Thanks to Australia, the weather was shite. Which meant even skittery backs looked liked they'd been near someone getting tackled. Twas a particularly muddy afternoon. For spectators too.
But the mud didn't take the gloss off that which has been brewing for a while, Kristen's (girls name) centenary match. He's been talking about it for the last three years to anyone who'll listen, and those who didn't want to listen. 100 games lumbering about awkwardly is a terrific achievement and is very well deserved. He even managed to get a few punches in for good measure. The Father in Law, Missus, Kids and dog all had a good view of it all so that was good.

Cam got us ahead first with a handy wee penalty thanks to a ref left over from the golden days of the 1950's who's penalty arm was never fully extended so it was hard to tell if it was a scrum or an advantage or a penalty. His decisions in all of those areas became ever increasing in dubiousness as the match wore on. Both Sydenham and us were equally perplexed but the law of averages meant Sydenham got the better deal. I've always said, refs don't win matches, but I may have been wrong.

One other thing I may have been wrong about was skittery backs. Today, I think, they out played our forwards by a big margin. And our forwards are big. Tommy had an excellent game, directing play well. Muzz was a bursting through giant as he regularly is. Cam proved up to the task of figuring out if Macca would ever pass him the ball cleanly and both Irishmen on the wings, Mossie and Flannel took it right up into Sydenham's nethers. Flannel doing it slightly more betterer than Mossie, but someone's got to shine. But the shiniest of them all was Rowdy who was everywhere, man. A well deserved MVP.

Not withstanding the backline effort, forwards did well too. Alex and & Tam held up the front row with New Boy Scrag and Old Cove Muncher locking things together. Col got the boots back on for 40 minutes or so. and Kev as always powered from the back.

The second half proved much like the first, except we were slightly closer to winning than the first. That last minute going off the boil will get us every time. However, the effort in the conditions Keith put it was outstanding. Even Tiny got in a last try before heading off to Australia to live.

With the bye we had last week and today's loss, the table will appear a bit skew wiff for a couple of weeks while other teams play out their bye rounds, so it's now time to concentrate on beating Canardlys, Bollocks and Heroes as our next targets.

Oh, lockin needs a write up.

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