It was a glorious day at the Cotlandswick Arena
of sport. The pitch was in great condition a credit to the ground staff
with the second team game called off I had numerous phone calls from
players looking for a run out but with a full squad already I resisted
all offers and stuck with our mix of vets and young lads. I was a bit
worried when Amersham and Chilterns first player turned up I asked him
about their 70 - 0 win the week before and he told me he didn't know as
he usually played for their 2nds and had a late call up on the Friday
night to play for the 4ths with both teams having big squads we agreed
to roll the subs. Amersham and Chiltern started well and had us pinned
for 15 min in our 22. The defence was absolutely awesome every man
making tackle after tackle. Chris Hemingway was having a great game in
the scrum and in the loose. Unfortunately he pulled a calf muscle and
had to come off. The next 15 we played in Amersham's half but could not
cross the line. Amersham forwards put in some good work and worked a
try in the corner. We made a few changes at half time and started to
push hard for the score Amersham not getting out of their half at all.
Jamie the 10 got an injury so Casey changed from full back to scrum
half and Wynn to 10 we were still pushing for a try. Then Casey injured
his ankle when an Amersham player come round the side of the ruck to
snag him. Wynn went back to 9 Osbourne pushed into 10. We now had no
centres but in stepped Sam Richmond and Stuart Grey neither one of them
taller then 5 foot six they both stood up well and tacked well above
their weight. Good forward play and Ross Graham went over for the try.
We missed the conversion and it looked like time was out. Wynn had run
himself into the ground and had to come off, back on Casey limping into
the game. Amersham got into our 22 and it looked like they scored the
winning try only to realise that they had put the ball down on the 5m
line. Everyone who played run themselves into the ground it was a
fantastic performance. If I'm fit next week I don't think I could
select myself. Thanks to Amersham it really was a sporting contest.
Team
Gooey,Ross Court,Damien,Tony Malie,Sam Crowne,Joe Baker, Casey,Jamie
Turner,Brenden Selkink, Ross Osbourne,Brad Cox,Stuart Grey,Hugo Neal,Richard
Winder, Wynn James,Demetri,Simon Fretter.
