Was good to see Jack out of hospital and on the way to recovery. Hopefully nothing as serious happens to anyone else.
Reasonable numbers in the sheds before the game. Although a few more will be required before the season gets too much older. Thank you to everyone who has dragged along unwitting friends or strangers they met at Cruz. Every able body helps.

Alex made the fatal mistake of confusing apparent age with skill, or the lack of it, in the pregame pep talk after casually glancing at the Belfast squad. He was looking for anyone with homicidal tendencies though, so the confusion is understandable. Experience told me that the Munchers are never to be viewed as easy and that every precaution, on and off the field should be taken. Those new to the team learnt that from the first few minutes after Belfast ran through us with seeming impunity. Dan, Rosco and Flannel did their best to stop them, but sometimes rugby players running fast can slip through a tackle. Something to work on over the Easter break.

The backs were denied any sort of cohesive balance. Not, I suspect due to lack of ability, but because it was just one of those days and not everyone can read what their team mate is up to intuitively just yet. It will come.
The forwards had the Belfast scrum in a mess and could teach the Crusaders a lot about mauling. We wont talk about the lineouts though. Always a touchy subject no matter who is throwing in or jumping or lifting or supposedly catching the ball.

It seemed like the start of a good strong team is forming. A bit of time together on the field and a few dedicated training sessions followed by some team bonding of the special variety we are known for will see the team gel and come together nicely. No game next week because some five day wake for a long dead Gallilean interrupts the football calendar, but training is still on. Get there.

Officially, as last week's game was abandoned, all of today's scorers scored on debut. Hopefully they were reminded of their duties back at the clubrooms. I'm sorry that my health prevented me from returning their after the game to oversee the delight the non scorers had in their free beer. I hope that was the case anyway.