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Nerve Gas
'on the bench'
Iraq
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 Posted - 19 February 2007 : 18:39:25
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The Beests turned up with so many subs that they could have done with two changing rooms, luckily everyone got a game, largely due to the Hinkley lads agreeing to us using our subs, even though they had none of their own. ("You've got 7!! B***er me we haven't got any, ok you can use them, but don't take the piss").
The Beests took to the field, and for the first 20 minutes played some of the best rugby we have played all season. The forwards were playing well and in control, and soon a right hook to the jaw from S van Bend sent him SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDING through for his first (and last) of the day. Jan van der T had bought his extended family along to watch, and while no one was looking his mum slipped on and added the 2 points.
Further pressure from the Herd stretched the Hinkley defence, and van T (or was it brother?) went through a gaping hole for the next score. His Uncle missed the nudge.
From the restart the Beests again piled on the pressure and a good move ended with Moltonlava and van Bend on the same wing: a lovely inside pass well taken by Ryan led to him breaking the final tackle to cross the whitewash. Jan's Grandma slotted the convertion of St Paul.
Beests 19 Hinkley 0.
This was the signal for the BEEEESTS to do what they do best: sleep. Hinkley could hardly believe there luck as a well oiled lean mean grilling machine tuned into a dormant disfunctional disaster zone in the space of a nano-second. The forwards started doing Italian tank impressions, and the flow of ball dried up. On the defensive the Beests gave away several penalties, all of which Hinkley took quickly, and every time the Herd were caught out. We were lucky that the opposition were so suprised by the change in the game that they only managed one score before half-time.
Half-time Beests 19 Hinkley 5
This week at the huddle the guest speaker was Dr Musharraf of the Institute for Middle Eastern Studies. He gave an interesting talk on the effectiveness of Quick Impact Projects in Helmand province in Afghanistan, and we learnt that although Helmand remains, in the language of international development, a largely "non-permissive environment" with fighting preventing aid work in the east, some projects have got under way in the north. The full budget for QIP's was unlikely to be spent this year, but benefits were beginning to be seen.
The second half got underway, with San Van Jay, Maddog 1 and Van Robotson replacinfg Moltonlava, The Tompsen Twins and Van der Bend.
A bizarre back pass from the Hinkley scrum half to an empty space in his own in-goal area, produced a try for &^%$ (the player previously known as Dan Daveson), who also added the nudge.
The Beests however were still a bit sleepy, and Hinkley crossed for another try, and for a while looked the better team. The introduction of van der Lung, Mooroffthanon and Whatshisname produced some fresh legs though, and a final try from Nick van der Crumb converted by &^%$ (the player previously known as someone else), meant a final score of:
Beests 33 - 10 Hinkley.
If we play against Nuneaton like we did in the first 20 minutes we should win well. If we play like we played the second 20 minutes we should be massacred. The choice is entirely up to us.
(Squad: Maddog 2, Moltonlava, The Welsh Wizzard, &^%$, Van der Bend, The Tompsen Twins, Nick van der Crumb, Master Bates, Dancing Pete, Door Mat, Man Mountain, Skint Skippy (sorry about that one), Cresswell Coaches, Fidget, Fourshoes, Maddog 1, van der Lung, Van Robotson, Whatshisname, Mooroffthanon and San Van Jay.
It wasn't me
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Hinkley match report
