Beecroft Brag – Issue 40

Unfortunately the day didn’t start out well; we took the field with 14 men, which meant we had to go uncontested scrums. The boys’ 1st half was a cracker; the grit and determination was fantastic. We were matching Mosman across the board, and as normal, when challenged, they resorted to the whinging, niggling and cheap shots. Daffy was into everything and the only way they stop him was by punching him; when he retaliated they both got sent to the bin which was totally unfair, especially when their player was a guy who’s as fat as he is tall. Down to 13 men they managed to score a late try to make it 14 – 3 at half time.

With Daff in the bin and Salesi being given a 10 minute spell for a shoulder charge (I think the forwards is defiantly his new position) we played a lot of the second half with 13 men and unfortunately the gaps appeared and they scored a few well worked tries. At no stage did the guys drop their head and give up. I was really proud with the way everybody dug deep and fought as hard as they could.

Thanks to the guys that backed up; Bish, Jimmy (1st Grade break away), Gussy, Steve O(1st Grade debut), Ash Goddard (1st grade debut), Toohey, Shaun and Matty. Great effort to get out there, back up ya mates and give your all.

Points

3 – Jason O’Dowd; Defended well all day and lead the guys around the park well

2 – Kumi; outstanding amount of courage with both ball in hand and continually dropping the big guys in defence

1 – Joel; talk and enthusiasm around the park was great and you didn’t stop trying

Bring on Balmain for our last home game for the year. I’m sensing a big upset so let’s train hard and come prepared to give it to these pricks.

Richie

Great start to the game on Saturday and after 20 minutes it looked like we could have a boil-over. Aggressive defence and sensible attack saw us with an early lead. Sean and Shaunwere solid in the mid-field, where we knew Mosman would attack. They also made some good breaks with the ball, keeping the opposition in their own half for long periods.

Whatever happened after the 20 minute mark is unknown, but Mosman managed to apply the pressure back on us and as is the way, they scored a couple of tries to go to the break with a lead.

In the second half we battled away, but aside from some brilliant stepping from Sean “the Ghost” Toohey, we were unable to score again until late in the game. Too late to win but the guys kept grinding away.

We lost Cuz to a foul, late, high charge and that was a real dampener. If you play on the edge you probably deserve a whack every now and then , but in years of watching I’ve never seen Childsy pull a foul act. To say I was ropable is an understatement, and I made it quite clear to Mosman management that if we had video I would have pushed for their guy to be cited!

It’s too late in the season to harp on about fitness but I’m sure that’s where we were out done. Mosman had some big, fit outside backs, and as soon as we couldn’t slow the ball that gave them free rein. They used my favourite play with the blind side wingers getting involved as either dummies or receivers, and our cover defence couldn’t cut them down. Two games to go and still plenty of hope though and the team is hanging tough.

Enjoy the break this week and we’ll see if we can improve on our last effort against the non-amateurs from Balmain.

GO THE ALL BLACKS !!!
Grey Man

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