Winning Stre..... Broken

It is with much sadness that we announce that our winning streak has been broken... however it was by the A league champions of 5 years and it was only by 5 points and 11 minutes short. Even though we we're told about the best ref being ours for the night I do believe that no - one informed him that our games are 25 minutes a half. but that is neither here nor there.

The game started in our favour, by our tactics, by playing into the wind and receiving. However a handling error of the kick off gave them a scrum. this was our first opportunity to show their experienced forward pack that we are a force to be reckoned with!! which we did!! the game went on with the nadoes taking first blood with a penalty in front of the posts... which they slotted. We replied later on in the first half by putting one away ourselves. Some awesome rucking on the Nadoes behalf - taking advantage of the ref - saw them stealing of lot of ball and through some quick hands the first try of the match. this was not converted and saw the end of the second half.

After a discussion of a how to slow down their game at the half time, the team returned to the field with the second half swaps.. who after watching the 1st half were keen to prove themselves. This is when the Nadoes took advantage of the bye weekend for UCT and played the talented paddy at fly half. Needless to say the second half was up and down the field with lots of scrums and forward play... preventing our backs from getting the ball and playing their usual game. However through some quick ball and a 1 man overlap we saw Stew rounding their backs... unfortunately we failed to convert this into points and an unfair penalty called, saw the ball going to the Nadoes. the ball worked its way back down the park towards our line.. but an off the ball raucous that ref thought he'd just watch saw him calling the game early... leaving both sides wanting just a little bit more.

Overall not our usual game style but a good sign considering them playing their older more experienced players. We have shown that we are capable of beating them!! so lets do it!! practice needs to be more structured with more focus on the basics as opposed to just touch!! looking forward to meeting the Nadoes again and giving them a Run for their money.

Next Game 23rd May, and practice is every Monday and Friday until then at 5!!

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