So this last weekend was another doughnut. We play Para-Plim and got rolled, sort of like the last time we played them.
I blame much of it on this guy who came down from the senior first team. Right from the get go you can tell he didn't want to be playing down with us. Within the first 15 minutes, he got red carded and had to leave the whole grounds. What a moron. He was a back, so we actually played without an outside center.
Last time we played this team we rolled through our pack. This time our pack stopped them good and at half time it was 14-0 them. (Last time 37-0 during the first match by half). But then they figured out if the swing it wide there was nothing we could do. They ran away with it in the second half all the way to 67-0.
I've never made so many open field tackles in my entire life. I was a mess after this match. The very first tackle I made I flew out of bounds and slammed my arm into a table. It was nice and colorful later. I was beginning to get real mad b/c I got suplexed with these mammoth of people like 3 times in the ruck. Takin once by my neck. Punched in the nose twice, but it didn't break or anything. couldn't see who was doing it so I just tried to get nasty in every ruck and bring in my knees. Later in the match I made a tackle and the guys studs raked against my chest. Ripped up my jersey, and that sucks b/c I hear that I get a jog in my court session for ripping my jersey.
So all in all it was just the most exhausting game I've played yet. It was ridiculous the amount of ground I had to cover as a fullback with no outside center.
On a good note, I made gumbo for my dinner last night and everyone who came over for tea didn't die from my food! In fact, they "say" they even down right enjoyed it. Chicken and sausage gumbo. First time I ever actually made a proper gumbo, well the second if you count that "thing" I made that one time which I wouldn't wish upon my worse enemy. I wasn't sure if it would feed everyone, but it fed 8 of us and we had some left over, so it was all good.
The weather was great for the weekend, but a big southerly just came in today and it's all wet a cold. Training is gonna suck. At work the wind ripped into the door and slammed this sliding door into my hand. In horror I thought I lost a finger and it only cut all the skin off. Very nice,
Cheers
2 comments:
well i was kind of waiting for you to tell us a story like this one....with you getting all beat up like a proper rugby player! lol
I'm glad ur gumbo turned out better than your last attempt! lol!
Archie is better today; thanks for asking. He has been demanded not to drive for at least 6 mos b/c they think he had a seizure last night and they could come on at anytime now.
I wonder if you tried to send pics to my e-mail account. 45 minutes later and it was still trying to down load. I had to close out my e-mail account to get it to stop. Great shots. I, like Dirk, also had a hard time recognizing PIP. Rock on.
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