Friday, January 16, 2009

Kiwi Cup 2008—RI VS Saint Andrews

U19 A div final score: 7-5; two tries due to two red cards. Saints winger was sent off because he spitted on Jason (Junchang was shouting, amidst disapproval, “Send the hooligan off!!!”), allowing Marcus some open space to run through as he scores the first try. Then Lennie was sent off because he “attempted to kick someone” as he took a “forward ball” from Alimi. Saints, as usual, tight and predictable in attack and defence. We were superior individually (player-to-player) but were bogged down by an overwhelming desire to score, making many mistakes in the process. “Control” is the name of the game, but we evidently hadn’t grasp that yet, missing many scoring opportunities… I shan’t elaborate further.

Didn’t really watch the other matches, but heard that the over-35s won by a narrow margin and the under-14s lost by quite a bit.

And guys, relax lah. Real game’s already over and there’s no point in blame-games. OK, Jason caught neither the line-up call nor the ball at the dying moments of the game, but so what! Rugby is a team sport, so no one is to be blamed. Work on your weaknesses and get it over with!

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