Keith vs Sumner Sharks
Ground: Bob Deans 3
Time: 2-45pm

Team List
Forwards
Mark Van GROENEDAAL
Peter HADDOCK
Ian COWAN
Steven JACK
Callum BOWMAN
Colin GRAVETT
Freddy BROADMORE
Kevin WILLIAMS

Backs
Bevan WEBB
Brett McNEILL
Paul CRICHTON
Rob FOLEY
Adam JOHNSTON
Paul ANDERSEN
Frankie SOLI

Reserves
Isaac ARAPAI
Andrew BADDLEY
Lachie McPHAIL
Karl HADDOCK
Bruce HALLIMAN
Simon BARNES
Patrick LUCEY
Andrew McGILL
Blake BUCHAN
Paul KENNEDY
Leyton HUNT
Perry SCARLETT

Points: 5-0, 7-0, 7-5, 7-8, 7-13, 7-18

Tries: Adam JOHNSTON
Conv: Brett McNEILL
Pen:

Player of the Day: Ian COWAN
Most Valuable Player: Kevin WILLIAMS

Photographs here: http://gallery.keith.org.nz/2013/20130601/
Videos here: http://keithrugby.com/keithvideos/2013/20130601.html

SHARKS CAN BITE AND TRASH ABOUT AND GNASH THEIR TEETH, BUT IN THE END THEY'RE JUST SOUP. UNLESS THEY TAKE YOUR HEAD OFF FIRST.


Uli Uli Uli. It's all about Uli. Anyone would think he's just played his 250th Keith Game. Like who hasn't done that. Well, actually, no one else have done that, so maybe today can be a little bit about Uli.
250 games, 179 points, 21 seasons and he's still on the same wife. He must be doing something right.
But seriously, he deserves all the accolades. He's a true and loyal Keith.

After the snow and fine weather of earlier days, today was calm but overcast with a dampness underfoot we haven't yet been used to. But with the return pairing of Poacher and Toad we felt confident with our footing. Sumner felt more confident in aiming high with their tackles, than trying to follow the regulations. Much in keeping with the referee who only looked at every second page of the rule book when he decided yesterday right after walking out of the eye hospital to ref the game. Decisions of bizarreness made it difficult to get momentum. but going forward did not matter as we never went forward enough to cross the tryline after the first 5 minutes. At least for the first half.

The second half we got a telling off from Trouty for being girlier than his daughter's highland dancing and that emasculating slap in the face woke us up a bit. We pushed and pushed and pushed but combinations of Sumner defence, our own casualness in holding/kicking/passing the ball and the ref's afore mentioned bizarreness denied us further points. Sumner also did not further their first half points, so in the end we lost the game and a man to hospital with a high tackle around the neck.
Thank goodness Andy's reported himself as fine.

The drinks situation resolved itself back at the clubrooms with lots of chateau de speights and several sculls accusations of incorrect attire and shit. Good times.