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Frists Continue Winning ways | Mon 16th Jan 2006 | | The Team
Mal. Rob. Davy. Bert. Eddie. Gordie. Chris. Mitchie. Maxie. Paul. Rossie. Bap. Brian. Gilsey. Housty.
When I turn out on a Saturday to play for my beloved Strabane RFC I generally have a couple of aspirations for the day. Firstly that we will win and continue the march towards a league title, secondly that we will play well and enjoy ourselves and finally that one or more of my colleagues will make a clampet of themselves and give me some ammunition for my match report.
Many of the traditional clampets such as Bert and R.O.B now control their natural clampet instincts to avoid mention in my reports but thankfully we have discovered a new clampet, to surpass all other clampets and stand alone at the pinnacle of clampetdome.
Welcome to the broadsheets ……………Mr Johnny Bap.
If you want someone to throw the ball away after crossing the try line or kick a succession of stupid kicks straight up in the air or simply instruct his colleagues to stand on the oppositions head whilst the referee is standing listening to him then that’s right folks….Baps your man!
Anyway, the game itself was not as exciting as Baps antics and we should have won by a street but poor decision making and a lack of composure, which I am prepared to take the blame for, resulted in a number of gilt edge chances being missed.
We started strongly and had Newry on the rack early with Housty kicking a good penalty which was important for his confidence after Maxie had pointed out that his kicking average is a disappointing 14%.
Further pressure resulted in a succession of 5mtr scrums which Mitchie messed up and after the 15th scrum the backs got the ball and good work wide allowed Housty to put the flying Ross over, converted by John for a 7 pointer.
The backs however cannot boost too much however as prior to Ross scoring good ball from the forwards resulted in our hard running centre, the afore mentioned Mr Bap crossing the line after shrugging off several tacklers only to throw the ball onto Brian’s toe. As someone previously noted as being a greedy sod I don’t really know what to say about this except to remind you that it was Bap that did it.
No porn or oranges at half time this week and Mr Mowbray was very cool. Could this be the start of a new era?
The 2nd half was absolute rubbish and must have been terrible to watch. Good defence was continually undone by poor handling or incorrect decision making by myself including others.
We scored early after good individual work by Fast Eddie who made and scored his own try closing down their South African outhalf and forcing the block. Eddie then preceded to give our skipper and coach the 2 fingered salute for picking him in the wrong position. 2nd row for grunters where Eddie is more for a thoroughbred was the analogy that was used I believe however I cannot say as I had no part in this mini revolt.
Newry never looked like crossing the whitewash and we should have gotten at least two more but at least the disappointment of loosing to them away was vanquished and defensively we were good. The centres who caused us problems in Newry were cancelled out by Brian and Bap and our backrow got the better of theirs, winning the exchanges on the ground.
Our front row continues to play well with Davy Fin. having his best game of the season stealing ball in set piece and loose.
Also good to see Gilsey back and I thought he looked very sharp and strong defensively and with the ball in hand.
Final mention to Rossy. As everyone knows, particularly those of us who don’t have it, there is no substitute for gas. With Maxie and myself trying to get there but failing Ross put on the afterburners and from the wrong wing made the tackle of the day to keep Newry out. That’s what wins leagues!
Next up the men from Cavan. |
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