Well, it wasn’t the best of matches, and that’s being nice. The first half was a good ol’ fashioned ass whooping right from the kickoff. There weren’t many highlights, so I won’t try and polish this sow’s ear any more than I already have. I will say this tho, we screwed our heads on a bit tighter in the 2nd half and played a much harder, wiser brand of rugby.
Rounds of applause go to MOTM Sean Metras, who went out early with a knee injury, but came back in later to play a great match at fullback. For a kid who’s never played the game before, he’s coming along in leaps and bounds and is a bright star for OG’s future.
In the B side match, we were relieved to hear it was only 20 minute halves and that it was running time. In this abridged match, we saw a few flashes of brilliance, even though Amoskeag rolled out the local elementary school and old folks home for this one. When I wasn’t swatting away the 14 year old scrummie or getting stomped by the 60 year old greybeard, I was being amazed at some of OG’s young talent making waves.
Thumbs up go to 2nd rower Rob Guillemette who was a menace in defending lineouts and tackled just about anything that wore red and white. Also, kudos are in line for backliner, Dave Bergeron, who cut up the defense with some great runs and is probably the best hitter we’ve had in quite some time. He did all this with a bum hammie…. that’s guts folks.
Last and certainly not least, put your hands together for MOTM Tim ‘Woody’ Ward. A wiley veteran, Woody serves as a great example of what to do when you don’t have anyone to pass to: Go all out. His head cracking runs had more than a few Amoskeag guys watching out and drawing straws on who had to get him next. Great stuff piehole.