Keith vs Sumner Sharks
Ground: McCormacks Bay 2
Time: 2-45pm

Team List

Forwards
Matt YATES
Peter HADDOCK
Phil HUGHES
Hayden ROBINSON
Steve JACK
Scott THOMPSON
Bert DeGRAAFF
Ian LOCKWOOD

Backs
Ian COWAN
Nick BROWN
Paul CRICHTON
Rob FOLEY
Gary RICHARDS
Leyton HUNT
Justin GULLERY

Reserves
Phil KEARNS


Points: 0-5, 0-7, 0-10, 0-15, 5-15, 7-15, 7-20, 7-25, 7-27, 12-27, 12-32
Tries: Paul CRICHTON, Phil KEARNS
Conv: Nick BROWN
Pen:

Player of the Day: Ian LOCKWOOD

Photographs here: no photographs were taken


SEASON OPENER A CAUSE FOR CONCERN, YOU SLACK BASTARDS
Fark it was hot. Fark the ground was hard and dusty. Fark. Where the fark was everyfarking body?

I know in the past we've had some rough starts to the beginnings of the season but on our first game we didn't even have a full complement of players. We even had to ask Sumner for a prop just so we could have Golden Oldies rules in the scrum.
Luckily we managed to field 15 players with one reserve all on our own but by crikey fellas,
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if you say you're going to turn up, turn up.

We kicked off into the sun with New Boy Nick BROWN doing the honours. As usual, big Sumner boys barged their way through our lines to score in the first 3 minutes. Good forward pressure and a kick and chase from Leyts nearly netted us a return try,

but we didn't quite get there.
A period of general general play ensued for a while with the boys not letting up the defense, but large fat props are hard to stop when they've got momentum. And then Toad scores!!!!!!!!! dragging a seasider across the line with him. Good stuff.
Sumner forwards start to get a bit stroppy near half time, based on the ref accuratly interpreting the rules. Lots of pushing and shoving and shouting ending in the first of three runaway tries to Sumner.
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The second half started rough again with Sumner running in another try right away but the restart garnered a try for Leyts, only to have Johnno signal a touchline infringement and bring back play. Oooops.
Trouty pushed ahead and was inches away from the line only to have a few minutes later, Chief complete the move to bring us our second try.
Back in the midfield, Poacher, Leyts and Scotty completed a tripartate of errors which if hands had of caught the ball, a runaway try would have ensued.
The penalty count crept up on both sides and noises were made by Sumner about the refs parentage. Sumner ran in one last runaway try right before the end and I can only sum up our effort with the phrase; Where were our hands?

It's difficult watching from the sideline and to then write about the game but I do try to mention things fairly.

Back at the Club after the game it was an even bigger debacle than at the ground with only Poacher, Psycho, Trout, Toad, Phil, Hayden, Nick and Johnno turning up. Piss poor effort for our first game.