Keith vs Sydenham Saracens
Ground: Bob Deans 3
Time: 2-45pm

Team List
Forwards
Matt YATES
Jamin PIPER
Phil HUGHES
George PHILIP
Scott CURRIE
Bert DeGRAAFF
Scott THOMPSON
Hayden SMITH

Backs
Jeremy PARISH
Nick BROWN
Paul CRICHTON
Rob FOLEY
Gary RICHARDS
Stuart HERRIOT
Justin GULLERY

Reserves
Prasanth KUMAR
Ian COWAN
Stephen MARSHALL


Points: 0-5, 5-5, 5-10, 5-15, 5-17, 10-17, 12-17, 12-22, 12-24, 17-24, 17-29, 17-31, 17-36, 17-38
Tries: Gary RICHAARDS, Jeremy PARISH, Nick BROWN
Conv: Nick BROWN
Pen:

Player of the Day: Jamin PIPER

Photographs here: no photographs were taken

CHRISTIANS & SARACENS HAVE A GO AT EACH OTHER. TIME FOR ANOTHER CRUSADE?

Nick kicked off into the sun, and as usual we immediately conceded a runaway try. Some good back line pressure followed by some good forward resolve shocked Sydenham into making mistakes. Nick coughed his first penalty attempt from right in front.
Phil had a nervous start at hooker but recovered nicely. Dirk started like he was a New Boy again and ran around and fumbled the ball, but the nerves soon left him and he fitted right back in nicely to help Gaza quickly burst through Sydenham lines to score.
Jeremy sorted out the right lines to run, but hands in the back lines let him down. The penalty count crept up in our favour but we couldn't convert into points. Our defence and attack started to slide at the 1/4 game mark resulting in a quick try to Sydenham after some average pressure.

Hayden took one around the neck for the boys. and George was constantly taking it to the opposition, but hands on the ball and the new laws weren't co-operating. A bit of touch slapping instead of tackling let Sydenham in for try #3 and their 1st conversion.
Good pressure from the forwards and a sneaky run from jeremy added our 2nd try just before half time.

Some good amateur dramatics from Gulls (who snapped his achillies tendon) and dropped the ball which Sydenham immediately picked it up and ran under the posts with it.
A run and a sudden stop by Toad was continued by Nick who dotted down under the posts but continued his abysmal kicking record.
Good solid general play ensued for a good solid time, mostly because both teams were running out of steam due to the heat. A small kicking duel broke the monotony for a minute b.ut the general play continued, generally. Toad got angry and was angried against but Scotty managed to hold up a certain Sydenham try.

Wide open gaps after a Sydenham penalty left the try line open for them to score again. troubles in the scrum kept us on our toes with freekicks galores.
Sydenham kept up the pressure but we held them back for all we were worth. The ref grew a pair and finally sent off a Sydenham player (albeit the wrong one) for stomping.
Beer and hilarity ensued back at the club.