By Hippo and the Clan
January 9 2004
LONDON IRISH AWAY. I think we liked this one. In the words of BBF "Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful!" Worrying re Injuries particularly to Rob Hunter who remained prone on the pitch for a while. After trip to hospital reportedly given the all clear. A selection of your comments follows…..
A very good second half
performance, we did however pick up a few injuries, Rob Hunter does not sound
good at all. Ajack
fantastic result well done
to the boys.
the half time score didnt really reflect the way the boys were playing.
foxy had another beaut, big tevita made a splendid start, big rob was a great
game before his injury, good to see chewie back, excellent in the loose.
the scrummaging today was absoultely first class overall, especailly in the
second half.
AB was here there and everywhere, knocking seven bells out of anyone who even
looked like crossing the gameline.
tucker did very well after coming on for chrissy hyndman but all the subs came
on and did well, chicken, snowy, dan, (briefly)
but for me the man of the match was bruce
the bloke is completely different gravy a class above everyone else in a yellow
or a green shirt. Rob Richmond
Man of the Match in my
inexperienced opinion was Darren Fox, he did'nt seem to stop moving and made
some telling breaks.
However, without wishing to repeat previous sentiments don't we blow hot and
cold with monotonous regularity. Kingsleyb
I agree that Darren Fox was
MOM, he has been superb recently. His first touch was a knock on but he was
strong enough to pull that round to a fine top notch effort. Hoddros
Downsides for me however
were the time it took to get medical help to Rob Hunter, play continuing whilst
he was still on the ground and Pearson as referee. The man was incurring the
wrath of many Irish fans near me and had his usual poor game.
Sharky had a stormer as did Tucks but everyone did their bit. Stockers
Magic moment was Grays's
cross kick to air Brucie for the second try - simple fantastic - looked up ,
shaped to drop for goal stopping the Irish defence, turned and with pinpoint
accuracy picked out Brucie on the right wing. Absolutely sublime. Barp
The second half saw some of
the best play I have seen this season. We were unlucky not to get the bonus
point.
Andrew Blowers was awesome, as ever; Bruce was superb. When Chris Budgen (the
bludgen) came on his input was excellent. The whole side was re-vitalised.
It's always nice to win. There is something special about winning away from the
Gardens. But winning today at the JetSki was, IMHO the biggest win of the
saeson so far. Yes it was nice to beat the Tiggers home and away, but as far as
this season's ZP goes todays game was paramount.
Good to hear that Rob Hunter is well, hope the same goes for JP. MT
I think the match turned on
the Saints fast start to the second half. They didn't so much as take it by the
scruff of the neck - more seized-it-by-the-throat-and-shook-it. I don't think
we let the Irish have the ball in our half until 70 minutes were on the clock
and the match was well-won. Our back row was immense in turning over ball and
the midfield tackling was exemplary. Oddshapedball
Tevita propped really well
and had his opposite number in great difficulty, pulling him down at nigh on
every scrum. Daimon
like the look of Tevita -
was always going forward Old Pete
Tevita looks a good boy in
the loose as well. He got turned in at a very early scrum but it DIDN'T happen
again. Tom gave a simply awesome display of scrummaging. WMS
TT looks like a very useful
scrummager. Stockers
Re TT
It was really noticeable
broonie. Every time the ball went dead he was watching the opposition so
closely - always aware - perhaps he'd been warned of the cunning Irish and
their habit of doing the unexpected. WMS
The defence in the second
half when Irish were battering away at the line for minutes on end was just
awesome. Stockers
Well done for getting back
into it and taking the game away from Irish our defence on the line was great. Kingsleyb
And finally….
The rollercoaster goes
on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! St. Marlowes
