Dick gone. Muzz gone. Rob out. AJ out. Jared missing. Ross out. Cal out (and going). Our back line was seriously depleted at the start of the game. We had players out of position and shaking in their usually 30 minute boots. The call went out to Former Keith Great Warwick TAYLOR who came over with one of his mid fielders and filled some holes we had. Also thankfully Mittens turned up after not getting game time the last couple of weeks, so well done that man.
Forwards, as usual, we had covered in spades. So many forwards in fact Breen never even got on the field (except to carry the water bottles) when Kristen (girls name) stubbed his toe.

Due to the Dick's favourite lady ref being on island time, we started a bit late but her usual lack of rule knowledge made up for any lingering frustration we had at not having someone slightly competent on the other end of the whistle. I now know why she has pulled out of so many of our matches. She plays for the Sydenham womens team so has scheduling conflicts. Which is cool. Rugby is the winner on the day *cough cough bullshit*.

Pressure is our friend. Brad seemed to relish it. Which was great to see. Bravo thrives on it and scored well from it. Alan simply leapt into pressure fuelled mode and proved he's better than Lucey. And Mittens looked quite odd in an oversized scrum cap, but looked impressive running and tackling and shit.
Spook and Kev are quite the interchangable Number 8 and Chris took Sam's spot on the side quite nicely. This whole comfort-zone thing has been getting in our way and my view is we need to kick it out the door. Mix things up a bit and see what you guys can do. What I saw today showed us all I think that no one is a one note player except for Jones who screaming from the sideline is one whole octave above any other note heard by anyone, even dogs. But none of this has anything to do with me. It's up to Chief, Poacher and Trouty.

Sumner seemed a bit keener on getting stuck in than we did and ultimately it showed on the results board. Maybe their recent losses inspired them more than our recent wins inspired us. Who can say. I can say however, Kristen (girls name) went off with a dubious injury. Uli milked for all it was worth a potential injury (kick to the head) but stayed on fighting for the win to the end. Two different styles based on one of them works at a comfy desk in the city and the other works in a factory with big machines in the countryside. Beginning to waffle a bit now to fill in space.

Thanks to Tim and Wazza for the help. Thanks to Sumner for the Tui and for not complaining too much about the changing sheds.