Year 9 Rugby

Just when all looked rosy in the Greendowns garden of rugby the 22nd of sept happened. With a comprehensive clean sweep of Nova Herod last week and a great training session under our belts, the team was raring to go. To say we had a spot of bad luck would be akin to stating that Attila the Hun was partial to the odd Mood swing. Firstly 2 key players dropped down with the viral flue that afternoon (I thought that was restricted to girls…) and secondly I would love to know the reaction of Sir Alex Furgerson if, 2 minutes before the bus was due to leave Ryan Giggs informed him tha he had a paper round to do.
So it was that the Greendown 12 set off on a quest to take on the best rugby side in the area Wootton Basset. To be fair with the training we had done I still felt we were in with a shout. With a few tricks up the sleve with shuffled the team and made a real go of it. We found ourselves 7-5 up with 15 minutes on the clock. Heroic tackles from Niman, Liam Belcher and Elliott Adams gave the team genuine belief that we could pull it off. A foot in touch denied strong running Bipin a 60 yard run to take us further into the lead….Then it happened. After calling for the boys to double their efforts in defence and to get stuck in. Our enthusiastic outside half Conal Reese and Inside Centre, David Brickel clattered into a tackle and had a nasty clash of heads that made both players needing to leave the field. I am no mathematician but 11 into 15 doesn’t go. The Bassett attack used the overlap and picked holes in our defence at will.
Still there were heroes in the mists of ruins. Niman must have covered every blade of grass on the pitch that evening and tackled his heart out. A deserved man of the match. Liam Belcher found another gear and showed the Bassett team why he has county trials on Sunday to do battle with some friends and foe again. Troy Foster was dogged in defence and Jamie Clements never gave up or gave an inch. Bravery in defeat. We’ll ‘ave em next time. 34-7. I blame the Advertiser. Mr A Buchalik