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| Ze German |
Posted - 12 March 2007 : 09:17:39
Here is the report from the Ripley website:
Ripley 1sts travelled to Haslams to face a much stronger Derby 4ths than they had beaten at Mill Hill earlier in the season. The visitor's team had a little makeshift look about it, with scrum-half James Franco being joined in the centre by debutante Nick Walkom, and with Luke Heanue coming in for his first game for the 1sts in the back row.
Rhinos had a slow start and from the off it was obvious that Derby had more class, pace and fitness in their backline. Rhinos had the early set-piece dominance - this carried through the entire match with the front row giving their opposite numbers a torrid time - but it is not possible in rugby to keep the ball in the scrum for the entire game and Derby had chance to exploit gaps Ripley's willing but slower defenders gave them in the backline. No. 8 Karl Ickeringill was leading the tackle count, with Heanue not far behind whenever Rhinos could lay a hand on the Derby attackers. Derby's fly half had an excellent booming boot that would peg Ripley right back in their 22 if he got the ball under pressure and their inventive centre pairing were taking running lines and showing handling that was mesmerising at times and saw their side score five converted tries in the first half. Rhinos had a pressure spell in the last ten minutes of the half but Derby defended their line stoutly, and with the referee unwilling to consider the next step after repeatedly penalising them, they kept Rhinos out.
The second half was a continuation of the first - and an insight into how the game was going was that Ripley's full back Paul Buzzard was the star man - and poor tackling kicked into the maroon's game as players tired. Derby made the most of the extra space this gifted them and were ruthless in possession to score well-worked tries with good support. Ripley's consolation score came when a lineout steal from Ickeringill and a good supporting run from Buzzard saw the Derby defence broken through and hooker Carl Whitley and centre Franco made room for Walkom to crash through to score in his first game for the club.
Rhinos didn't defend well - Derby's fly half and centres were given too much room to run through and then push the ball wide for scores to arrive on a regular basis. Ripley's good set-piece was a positive factor but the team need to work on more outside of that if they want to regularly compete with the calibre of opponent. The Domino's Pizza of Heanor man of the match award went to full back Paul Buzzard who showed great attacking instincts whenever he had the chance to run the ball at Derby.
The scorers for Derby were Gandalfo (3), Richards (1), Middleton (1) and Hersey (Wolverine)(5). Scott got 8 conversions |
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| Ze German |
Posted - 15 March 2007 : 09:23:39
It’s bean soo lung sinse oor lasd geme, i’ve furgtton hw 2 typ. Stll, at lest tht meens I can reeli schware now…cntu.
Dans la mémoire du jeu d' Angleterre-France ce rapport d'allumette vous sera apporté entièrement en français. Ha Ha! Le Grand Chelem est perdu pour les grenouilles, Quelle Damage… Vive les Ros-Bif victorieux!……… Nessun'attesa di no un il minuto! Non dimentichi le vittorie Italiane magnifiche e storiche. Il Haggis era bambini piccoli e per quanto riguarda gli ‘Amanti delle Pecore’.... Ho urinato sui miei pattini. Ha Ha Ha! Viva Azzurri!
The internet is such a wonderful thing, I can guarantee 9/10 of you couldn't understand a word of that, but after 30 seconds of searching, you’ll be urinating on your ice skates (literal translations are not a strong point though!)
After a 3 week lay off, The Mighty Meisters stretched and groaned their way back on to the pitch to face a return home fixture against Ripley Rhinos. Last time the two met was the eve of Mick’s Bar Opening in which two thirds of the Meisters where eager to catch a train to London – the resulting game was secondary to the forthcoming night of debauchery, hence we lost 22 – 12 to a convincing Rhino outfit that benefitted from Derby’s lack of try scoring talent. The return however, seemed to suffer from a plethora of try scoring talent… in fact, if you’ve got a moment while I digress… if try scoring talent had a collective noun (flock of sheep, school of fish etc) - Saturday’s extended team line up of 20+ provided what can only be classed as ‘Un Putain’ of Try Scoring Talent.
The game started steady enough with the Rhino’s weighty forwards gaining possession and marching slowly up field. A sustained period of 10 minutes or so, saw the Rhinos scrum impressively push the Meisters off the ball with ease (a term I seem to use regularly in these reports, honestly you’d think someone would take notice and arrange some scrum practise…we’ve got an important game next week, you know!!! No use, it’s like talking to myself…)
The Rhino’s could not capitalise however, and the ball came to the Derby backs. Nelly started the move with a burst straight through the centre of the ruck and passed to Dancin Dave who broke the momentum with a cleverly disguised dummy or eight, Scot converted 7 – 0. The rest of the half saw Louis “Il est un vrai con” Gandolfo run 3 tries in from full back. Two, he just lost the inept Rhino defence with his pace from around their 22, one was a superb demonstration of shaking tackles off and dogged persistence. Scot converted all three. 28 – 0. Dawes had a mare, he should have taken the defence on a few times once getting through but instead waited for back up and lost momentum. The Horse & Finbar had quiet games due to the Dave & Louis show. There was some slick passing though. At the end of the first half, the Rhinos had a penalty on Derby’s 5m line and decided to run it. This resulted in scrum after scrum. At Last some fine stout defending from the Meisters forwards kept the Rhinos at bay for 5 minutes until the Ref blew. This is the sort of thing we’ll be needing next week.
In the second half, there were wholesale changes to both the pack & backs. However, the only effective change was that Gandolfo was replaced by Wolverine. First off, a Dave Richards run unbelievably fell short by a yard, Wolfy on hand for his easiest ever try, pick up and put down. Scot superbly converted from the side line. 35 – 0.
At this point the Rhino’s picked up their only try, a mix up with Wolfy & Dawes let them through on the 5m for a soft one, but they failed to convert. Then came the handbags, Nathan the Terminator had not played for some months and so needed to let off some steam. The result was the Ref (who was being assessed) became “anale ritentivo” pinging Derby for the slightest misdemeanor… as a result Dawes was sin binned for the Team’s Third Offence…not rolling away, even though he had stolen the ball. “Vaffanculo a Lei, la sua moglie, e' la sua madre…”
This mattered not one iota, however, Wolfy ran in four more tries. His pace and tricky side step was like watching a Limping Whippet on heat… with a ball under his arm… on fast forward. The most majestic of which started with Dave on our 22, passing to Daz in at Fullback, Dave looped round and received the return then lofted it over to Wolfy on the halfway line. He zipped past his first two, with only the fullback to beat… “Watch out for the side step!” cried the Rhino supporters and right on cue a Camp Fred Astair materialised leaving the Rhino Fullback dazed, confused and sat on his backside.
Daz put one down at the last, only due to Gandolfo (who came back on for Dawes) handing him the ball over the line just to avoid his jug. Final Score 66 – 5.
Men of the Match had to go to Gandolfo & Wolverine. This however, does not let The Meisters of the hook. Next week’s game is the return fixture against the Derby Vets. This could decide the league title. Both star players are not available and The Meisters will have to pull something special out of the bag to beat the Vets up front. The Meisters are now unbeaten for 13 games… Some inspirational leadership is needed.
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| glover |
Posted - 13 March 2007 : 17:21:45
dont qualify to old for the age group, but im sure if there was an OAP side then you would qualify through your 'excellent' pace and ability to be at all breakdowns.
don't envy me because your jealous |
| finbar |
Posted - 13 March 2007 : 15:30:41
What about all the tortilla chips you can eat?
9 - thats where its at!!!
10 - not bad either!! |
| Macca |
Posted - 13 March 2007 : 13:16:38
no good selecting Batesy again then! 
yes o juvenile king of rip roaring wit BUT ZG wants a decent tight head not a useless empty head that cant last more than 10 mins! - so unfortunately thats you out! but the u8s need a prop???
ZG I think entry prices should be raised this week to £15 to reflect the magnitute of the game...effectively a winner takes all scenario.
I am available............match fee only £200 plus refreshments |
| glover |
Posted - 13 March 2007 : 12:33:50
hello. i can 'play' tight head according to some and according to others i cant so take your pick who do you believe.
surley the great macca can play tight head, one of his multi talents.
don't envy me because your jealous |
| Ze German |
Posted - 13 March 2007 : 10:53:53
We haven't even written the biased version yet!
Are the rumours true that it is going to cost £5 to get in on Sat to see the match of the season?????
Will the Meisters find a Tight Head??????? |
| Macca |
Posted - 13 March 2007 : 10:31:04
..surely not another bias match report?? these things are just becoming far too common and coincidentally seem to be about the Meisters?
so what's happening next week? big game or something??
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| finbar |
Posted - 12 March 2007 : 13:25:28
Getting back to the match report, its pretty accurate apart from the follwoing comment:
"set-piece dominance - this carried through the entire match"
Its a little bit far fetched, from what I remember after the first few scrums the pack holted any push and even won a couple against the head.
A great warmup for next week!!
9 - thats where its at!!!
10 - not bad either!! |
| finbar |
Posted - 12 March 2007 : 13:01:21
Empire Tandoori Takeaway
40, Chapel St, Spondon, Derby, Derbyshire DE21 7JP
(found @ yell.com)
or any other curry house
9 - thats where its at!!!
10 - not bad either!! |
| Ze German |
Posted - 12 March 2007 : 12:55:16
I think we need to speak to Simon Jones to get it arranged for all the teams.
Suggestions of sponsors please!
The 4th team would be ok with Dominoes as most of us pretty fat anyway!
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| finbar |
Posted - 12 March 2007 : 11:58:05
Is there a tacco bell in Derby? Would that be better for you Macca??
9 - thats where its at!!!
10 - not bad either!! |
| Macca |
Posted - 12 March 2007 : 11:48:43
Hey ZG I like the Ripley Dominos Pizza MOTM award thing...although winning it too many times will not help the receipient in the speed or fitness stakes!
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