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sadam
'on the bench'
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 Posted - 08 January 2006 : 17:31:41
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Prelude
Lying in bed at lunchtime, head hurting after a night on the hard stuff, dreaming of the broad that might have been, but heck, who cares, its warm in here. A leisurely breakfast, a quick hair of the dog, and off to Stoke for another evening of leisure and pleasure to treasure.
F**k what was that?
The front door is knocked of its hinges, the bedroom door is flattenned: Eldon "Scar Face" Beest and The Enforcer crash through my dreams and drag me screaming from my bed.
"You've got 17 seconds to sh*t, shower, shave, get dressed, get your kit and get in the car" said The Enforcer politely.
16 seconds later I was in the car on the way to the Okavango Delta. It was snowing.
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The Beests swapped the delights of the Serengeti for the damp Okavango delta, But nothing could dampen their spirits.
A team that looked nothing like that selected on Tuesday, (retirements, calls to the first team, and stranded holidaymakers, having depleted the herd), meandered down the motorway in the snow to face the only team above them in the NCA Midlands Championship. This was a tough one to start the New Year, and as always THE BEEEESTS CAME OUT FIGHTING.
Soon on the scoreboard was Ratty One Eye with a well struck penalty: Beeests 3 Lion Cubs 0.
More pressure from the Beeests, with some impressive play from on-loan colt Mike "Blond Bombshell" Robertson, unfortunately went unrewarded.
The Cubs started to get into the game scoring a try near the touch line that they were unable to convert.
Beests 3 Cubs 5.
Though the Beests pack were finding the going tough in the set scrums, in the loose they were on top and after a couple of drives Ratty One Eye forced his way over in the corner for five points. The nudge went wide.
Beests 8 Cubs 5
Our backs always looked to have the measure of the opposition, and a powerful run from Norm Beest resulted in another try, converted by One Eye.
Beests 15 Cubs 5.
Shortly after half time Door Matt, who had suffered a Knee injury at the end of the first half, had to retire from the battle to be replaced by The Enforcer.
The Beests then went through a difficult period: the flow of ball seemed to dry up, and what little ball they could muster was hoofed up field by Creswell Coaches, who developed a nasty dose of ANTIBALLITUS. Several overlaps were wasted to the consternation of the pack who were having to fight hard for what they could get. Moore Beer deserving mention for several bullocking runs.
The Cubs were in the ascendant, and crossed the whitewash for a further 5 points.
Beests 15 Cubs 10.
More pressure from the Cubs produced some awesome defence from the Beests with a couple of noteable pressure clearence kicks from One Eye. With only a minute remaining the Beests RETURNED TO THE ROAR and a good move saw The Blond Bombshell score in the corner.
Final score Beests 20 Cubs 10
A very good performance where the Herd showed true determination. Thanks To Alex "Haircut" Tizard and Sumo Simmo for collecting splinters.
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Sequel
No try, cold, wet, a long way from Stoke, still snowing.
Should have told Scar Face to shove it. Well perhaps not, thats what The Cubs No. 2 did.
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Leicester cubs
Posted - 08 January 2006 : 20:15:01
