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Ze German
'on the bench'
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 April 2007 : 08:23:45
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Let me tell you a little bedtime story. Once upon a time, there was this big group of men called The Meisters. Some of them were young, some of them were old, but most of them were very, very ugly. They liked to run around a field every Saturday chasing each other and rolling in the mud, sometimes they would chase other people too and if they were very, very lucky they got a big egg as a special prize. At the end of a long day chasing each other, they would all meet up and drink a special juice that would make them talk funny and fall over. One day, one of the Meisters called Dawes had drunk lots and lots of the special juice and had somehow hurt his ankle, but when he stumbled home early in the morning Mrs Dawes told him a very funny joke. She said ‘My waters have just broken’. Oh, how they laughed and laughed! Despite Dawes’s insistence that he was fine, Mrs Dawes drove them both to the Hospital. The Doctors and Nurses took one look at Dawes and requested politely that he goes to somewhere called Casualty. But oh no, Dawes just wanted to stay awake for the next 20 hours until Mrs Dawes had stopped screaming at him. When she did stop, there was suddenly a little person who spoke just the same language as Dawes…. And they lived happily ever after…. The End.
SO that was MY Saturday night… how was everybody else’s?
The penultimate league match of the season was at home to Belper. The away fixture was won with the help of Braddow and Louis, but this time the dynamic duo were off having their highlights done, so it was the Meister’s Usual Suspects lining up with Officer Bedders enlisting for one final push before he does a Jack Ryan and ‘goes dark’ in Basra in 5 weeks time. Good Luck Bedders (or should I say that to the insurgents?). Now, I don’t know if many of you have noticed but there has been a spot of competition for the top slot against the Vets, level pegging on points after honours were even in our own matches. The title will be won and lost in the remaining fixtures. So the Meister game plan today would be bonus points. After my week, I can’t remember any of the detail so the rest of the report will be a Fairytale-Lewis-Carroll-stream-of-consciousness-type-of-thing, OK?
We were gash in the first half. Nobody could be bothered to get to the breakdown. There was no support for any forward willing to take the T Ball move. Booya was stranded at least half a dozen times and Belper stole the ball regularly. We moaned and groaned at each other. JB played his usual tenacious game and won a well fought try. They broke back after some gash defending. Scott scored a similar try and converted leaving us just up at the end of the half without any of us even breaking sweat. Where was the effort?
The second half was a different story, all of a sudden we were motivated. We wanted to win the ball. Sheriff played a blinder, taking responsibility for most of the restarts and making Belper pay. Some of the Forwards were running around field like whippets. Notably Wisey, who was found looping around the backs, and the Brain who stopped a Belper move in place of the Fullback and then marched on his on run for at least 170 yards (give or take 160). Tries came in thick and fast, as the Meisters could smell the bonus points. Dancin Dave & Booya scored one a piece but I’ve no idea how. Graham scored one with style although the little wiggle at the end started Dave off on a winge. However, that was nothing compared to the expression of Bad Wind Dave was brewing after the next. Dawes received a pass from Bedders with only one marker to beat, with men on the outside, Dawes runs for the line but checks, steps inside and was lucky enough to make it to the try line for his first. Dave was having kittens. Colin Luscombe scored his first try of the season with a try that probably summed up the half, everybody wanted the ball but Col beat them to it with a fine burst through Belper’s melting defence. Dawes picked up his second try with a race to the line that the Belper winger handed over on a plate after loudly exclaiming that he couldn’t catch up.
Favourite moment of the game which lead to the Brain’s try. Belper defending on the 5m, a scrappy ball came shooting out of a ruck - the nearest player being Belper’s winger. The winger positions himself…Hoo Hoo Hoo!…Sheriff smells new 1st years!… Winger decides he wants his jewels intact … the ball bounces and Sheriff pounces, leaving the Brain to pick up the pass to glory. I’ve never seen anyone tackled by fear before – he was actually put off by the sound of barking!! Sheriff never even touched him! Awesome.
Final Score 57 – 10. Bonus points in the bag after 9 tries. Another game that sums up the season. Gash, but awesome. Good night.
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Meisters Vs Belper
Posted - 03 April 2007 : 10:45:19
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