A Hooligan's Game: Crusaders away: Week Two

Venue:Crusader Park in Oakville their second pitch which was a lot muddy and very smelly

Referee:It definitely was not Steve Scott as advertised but Rose Labresche ***

Weather:not raining, cloudy about 18 degrees (the sun was shining after the back to see the Crusader Firsts play.

Attendance:Andy had an extensive group of encouragers and Mary was there (she must have ground it chilly but the supporter's bus must have low down.

Team: (18 players! Nick Howe (20 min), Dylan Kinch, Nathan Rowbottom, Bob Mavro, Dean Gibson, Brendan Sculland (first game) Dan Wolfrack, Kyle Wilson, Nick Limeaux, Andy Breuls, Vic Blaney, Alex Millar (60 min), Jamie Scully, Trevor Trotman (60 min) , Derrick Weber,Jon Millington (60 min), Wally Cone (40 min), Martin Van Den Hurk (40 min)

President's Report:Crusaders IV were a bit of a storm in that they are made up of some real respectable players who are nevertheless interested in playing but not in practicing as regularly with the club as they would want to.In fact this team is stronger (they claim) than their third team which plays in the TRU. So they had some talent with a lot of see and a lot of players as the thirds did not play.We let them replace freely but are keeping track when we want to do the same. We are surely not bitter even though this is the second loss and let not scored any points yet and we had to bring a team with ugly uniforms.

Coaches Report:The Crusaders came out fairly confident and were often more ready for the back than we were.They touched the ball down the theater until Tyler Legatt (who played a match of game for us last year) let loose a drop goal after 3 min.We took the ball down the plain and made an attack for a rush at goal but missed.The Crusaders came back down the study and we spent lots of the second half in our end.Tyler scored at approximately 10 min and again at 25 min.One more try was scored in the low half.

Half time scoreGrimsby Gentlemen 0: Crusaders IV 24

The 2nd half was a little better for Grimsby and we were able to turn portion of the stake in their end and came near to marking a pair of times.Crusaders finished their scoring with one more try in the 2nd half at around 65 min.Overall the Cru had players who affected the globe more rapidly and got into position faster.We had difficulty getting a continuous offence going and our defense was slowly getting into position.They found gaps and took them with speed. We had some good runs and tried several plays but could not hold it going. Depending on how good they go we could have difficulty with them when they get to our place unless we get more organised and fitter.Maybe we can pick the passing on their camouflage suits.

Close


Closer- but no cigar
The captains choice for man of the fit was Trevor Trotman