Keith vs Christchurch Canardlys
Ground: Christchurch Park 1
Time:
2-45pm

Team List

Forwards
Jaye JOYCE
Matt YATES
Phil HUGHES
Kristen CURRIE
George PHILIP
Scott THOMPSON
Ian LOCKWOOD
Hayden SMITH

Backs
Ian COWAN
Nick BROWN
Paul CRICHTON
Rob FOLEY
Brendyn LAWSON
Barry GIBBS
Gary RICHARDS

Reserves
Dean LORY
Peter HADDOCK
John LUXTON

Points: 0-3, 5-3, 7-3, 12-3, 14-3, 19-3, 21-3, 26-3, 28-3, 28-8, 33-8, 40-8, 45-8, 47-8, 52-8, 54-8

Tries: Paul CRICHTON (2), Rob FOLEY (2), Hayden SMITH (2), Barry GIBBS, George PHILIP
Conv: Nick BROWN (6), Ian LOCKWOOD
Pen:

Player of the Day: Brendyn LAWSON

Photographs here: No photographs were taken.

Now that was a game of rugby!
Once again though, we were bereft of numbers and playing several guys out of position. However, adversity breeds courage and commitment and our efforts in holding back any attempt from Christchurch to cross our lines only broke once in 80 minutes, while our efforts rewarded us with 8 fantastic tries, most of which were long range break trough runs typical of the Keith mid-field backs.

The game itself was played with good graces as befited the Sargentina Trophy Match, but the ref being the inconsistant rulebook monkey that he was, caused us to shake our head and wonder as to his parentage, but overall, the game flowed mostly to our advantage.

Nick got sin-binned, Scotty pulled some tendons and Muncher opened his gob. Trouty got worried

about the lack of reserves but decided to hold himself back until there were less than 15 minutes on the clock to go. Perry tried to make a thoughtful speech, but someone from Christchurch RFC ursurped his position. Thankfully, his bottle of whisky went down well later back at the clubrooms.