Last time we nilled them
A Ton of Champagne Sinks Mancs
Last time we nilled them
By Peter Creek
April 10 2009
Wednesday night rugby should be a fast flowing feast of champagne rugby with forwards and backs linking seamlessly providing an eighty minute extravaganza with a veritable hatful of tries. Manchester travelled to Headingley Carnegie last night and played it’s part in exactly that!
Last time we nilled them
April 10 2009
Wednesday night rugby should be a fast flowing feast of champagne rugby with forwards and backs linking seamlessly providing an eighty minute extravaganza with a veritable hatful of tries. Manchester travelled to Headingley Carnegie last night and played it’s part in exactly that!
From the moment the sun went down over the scoreboard end until the referee blew the final whistle we were treated to a sparkling performance by the “champions in waiting”.
We might have got an inkling of what we were about to receive when the team was announced. The management team picked the quickest, most talented backs available, added the experience and guile of Henry Paul and Jason Strange and put them behind a pack with something to prove. To a man the team responded from the off. The first try came after three minutes and it was obvious that it was going to be a long night for the boys from over the hill. There seemed to be something galvanising the Neegies’ pack.The scrummaging was ferocious. The offloading and support play was crisp and precise. The lineouts were won with military precision. With this platform in front of them Henry’s thoroughbreds cut loose. In the first half it was young Scott Armstrong who showed his pace, taking on the defenders at every opportunity. Goodridge helped with quick lineouts and good positional support interspersed with a couple of incisive kicks. Needless to say the scoreboard ticked along at a point a minute. Fosi showed his appetite for the hard yards with some barnstorming running into the rapidly tiring Manchester defenders and Tom Denton more than justified his selection in a similar manner. At halftime the score was forty-nil and the “away team” showed no signs of relenting the onslaught. It was at this point that we realised that there had been a complete absence of waffle-waffle throughout the entire half. So that was what was missing from the performance! The second half was pretty much in the same vein. Manchester refused to kick away any of the meagre possession that they acquired and likewise the Neegs were making the most of their lion’s share.By the hour mark the score had accelerated ahead of the clock and we started to think about the ton. Tom Biggs, largely without the ball in the first half decided to play more than his usual bit-part & stole the second half with some blistering runs and four tries. After eighty minutes the score stood at 97-0 with Manchester hanging on grimly to keep the score at that. Having had little luck all evening they threw a loose pass, intercepted by Andy Boyde, and the sixteenth try of the evening was a formality. Can we deduce anything from this performance? Yes – we have talented backs in the club who can run and pass at the right time. We also have a number of fringe players who are hungry for regular first team rugby. Certainly some of the individual performances will have given Back & Key some selection problems for the visit to HQ next week.
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Crisp and lacking waffle-waffle. Well done.| 11 Apr, 2009 11:53 | Report |
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