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Keith vs Linwood B
Ground: Linfield 2
Time: 1-45pm


Team List

Forwards
Andy PETI
Bruce HALLINAN
Steve JONES
Dene RYAN
Stuart HERRIOTT
Angus ELLIOTT
Lopeti LANGI
Kevin WILLIAMS

Backs
Nic McLENNAN
Cam BEEL
Thomas CLARKE
Murray PICKEN
Matt GIBBS
Mossie O'SULLIVAN
Keiran DAVIS

Reserves
Phil KEARNS
Tevita TUPOU
Otenili TAUMAUNGA
Isaac ARAPAI
Ross SINCLAIR
Alan O'CONNOR
Nick PERCY
Bevan WEBB
Jack MacMILLAN


Points: 0-5, 0-7, 5-7, 7-7, 7-12, 12-12, 17-12, 19-12, 24-12, 29-12, 31-12, 36-12, 38-12, 38-17, 38-24, 38-29

Tries: Murray PICKEN (2), Matt GIBBS, Thomas CLARKE, Steve JONES, Mossie O'SULLIVAN

Conv: Cam BEEL (3), Thomas CLARKE

Pen:


Player of the Day: Bevan WEBB
Most Valuable Player: Thomas CLARKE


Photographs here: http://keith.org.nz/?itemid=2052

Videos here: http://keith.org.nz/?itemid=2051

Point by Point Scoring Trend


Overall Points Differential




THE ONE WHERE FORWARDS DON'T SHOW UP BUT A FÉINIAN DOES



I've been proved right. Again. We're a team that despite not having so called "essential" players available on the day, we still have the depth and the skill set to have others fill those positions and to fill those positions well and with skill. While having players who are attuned to the minutia of a set position is a good thing, oftentimes the opposition can be outwitted by a player who does the unexpected because he's not quite in tune with what he's "supposed" to do in that position. We showed that in the front row and in the backline and it was good to watch.

Andy led from the front, right up to the end without flagging which some of you younger men not yet in your 50's could take notes on. Other than the usual suspects playing their usual hard game, no one however, stood out as a star today. Which means either we are now a fully fledged cohesive team playing for a clear and defined goal, or people were off the boil. I choose the former.
We look like a team now. We're training like a team now, We're playing like a team now and we're winning like a team now. Except we don't all have team gear. Which I'm told is coming.

Was a nice surprise to see Georgie with his TinTin haircut show up to try and take the gloss off Mossie's try scoring ability but Mossie will be able to return to Ireland now and gloat in front of Paddy LUCEY, and proudly proclaim he is a try scorer! We all knew it was coming and he did it with style. Unlike his first attempt of the day which was abysmal. But seriously folks, it's been a journey for Mossie and he's finally hitting his rugby straps and getting close to 100%.

The less we talk about Webby's efforts to get his boys from the works registered as rugby players the better, but at least he did his POD back at the clubrooms where all six of us enjoyed the beer.

We've got the Heores next week, who, as you know, are a team mostly composed of novice rugby players, so let's treat them as such and not as anything else other than the sideshow many other teams have. We are above such childishness, are we not?