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Keith vs Christchurch
Ground: Christchurch Park 2
Time: 1-00pm

Team List

Forwards
Bruce HALLINAN
Scott KEELER
Phil HUGHES
Simon GIFFORD
Stuart HERRIOTT
Sam BROWN
Thomas MATTHEW
Kevin WILLIAMS

Backs
Bevan WEBB
Richard POWER
Paul CRICHTON
Murray PICKEN
Patrick LUCEY
Brad STRINGER
Iain MacDONALD

Reserves
Isaac ARAPAI
Mike BREUKER
Damien BREEN
Phil KEARNS
Freddy BROADMORE
Leyton HUNT
Rob FOLEY
John LUXTON

Points: 0-3, 0-8, 0-10, 5-10, 7-10, 7-15, 7-17, 7-22, 7-24, 7-29, 7-31, 12-31, 12-36


Tries: Murray PICKEN, Richard POWER

Conv: Richard POWER

Pen:





Player of the Day: Damien BREEN
Most Valuable Player: Iain MacDONALD


Photographs here: http://keith.org.nz/?itemid=1609

Videos here: http://keith.org.nz/?itemid=1608

ROLLIN'. ROLLIN'. ROLLIN' LIKE A RIVER. IN THE DEEP.


There were beards everywhere. And I mean beards. Luxuriant and flowing. Didn't make for good rugby though, but still. Beards.
Piez took great delight in rubbing his balls along the rim of the Sargentina Trophy before the game, just in case we lost it. Which was fortuitous as we did indeed, lose it. The trophy and our focus.
Things aren't going well, but they're not falling apart. Having different combinations to play with every week is a coaches dream, providing every combination has played together before. In our case, injury and unavailability has made these player combos like having a Big Mac combo as your wedding breakfast instead of the more traditional KFC. Not too bad separately, but together they just leave a funny taste in your mouth.
Only time and players getting to know one another should alleviate this problem.

That being said, there was, as always, some individual brilliance from a lot of Keiths. Sam, Kev, Dick, Webby, Murray gave 110% but on the day, we just weren't good enough to capitalise on the mistakes Christchurch made and the very strange refereeing decisions.

Plenty of heart on the field, but not enough something else. We'll know what it is when we see it.