WildBoys Vs Cobras match report

WildBoys vs. Purple Cobras

August 15 2007

On a cool Wednesday evening, the WildBoys played the Purple Cobras in a physical, high paced game, with both teams playing good rugby in a game where the WildBoys made errors at crucial times and the team coming somewhat short, losing 14-26.

One could argue that, in the Cobra’s side, the WildBoys were facing their most formidable opponents since their match against the Nadoes (which they had lost 8-3). The WildBoys’ had not conceded a try since that Nadoes game, and having convincingly beaten their opponents since that match, had plenty to prove on the night.

The game began, as expected, at a relatively fast pace, with plenty of physicality. The tackling from both sides was fierce, with the defensive lines relatively inflexible in the opening exchanges. Ten minutes passed before any points were scored, and the Cobras were first to open their account, as the flyhalf saw no defensive cover behind the defensive line, and smartly chipped over the WildBoys’ pressing line into space. He then managed to slither through the centers to recover the ball, and as the WildBoys’ cover defence thought they had the break covered, he offloaded onto a running center, who scored under the posts relatively unopposed. The try was converted, and the Purple Cobras showed their intent with the opening try putting them ahead 7-0.

It did not, however, take the WildBoys long to respond. No more than three minutes later, the Purple Cobras were in the WildBoys’ half again, when off a turnover on the 22, the ball was sent out wide, with Darren drawing his man and sending Jonty Rhodes-Harrison into space. The Cobras scrambled to cover the overlap; and Jonty took the gap between two lone outside defenders and ran half the length of the pitch to score a try for the WildBoys. With the conversion the teams were, once again, level on 7-7.

As half progressed, what had become apparent was the mobility (or fitness?) of the Cobra’s forward pack. They were more than capable of defending in the tight exchanges, and they also managed to curb a lot of the WildBoys’ momentum by slowing the ball down at the breakdowns. Good continuity by the Purple Cobra resulted in a corner-flag run in for their second try. With no conversion, the Cobra’s were back in lead at 12-7.

The WildBoys then began rebuilding their momentum, pressing in to the Cobras’ half, but a loose pass was quickly intercepted by a Cobras center, who ran in another try for the Cobras after beating a last-ditch tackle by the WildBoys. With the conversion, the Cobras ended the fist half leading 19-7. At this stage, the WildBoys were facing the task of getting back into a game which they should not have needed to chase in the first place. And considering the level of play by both sides, the WildBoys had a difficult task at hand.

Half Time WildBoys 7 --- 19 Purple Cobras

The second half saw the Cobras pushing into the WildBoys half yet again. Once again the flyhalf saw no players at the back for the WildBoys, and he chipped over the centers, and in the ensuing scramble for the ball on the line, the Cobra’s outside half managed to get his hands on the ball for another try. With the conversion, the Cobra’s had not only put themselves 19 points clear, but had also attained a bonus point for four tries.

The WildBoys then started to get their game together, and off a turnover the ball was sent wide to the outside backs, and a smart inside pass to “Oupa” Kelly, who managed to beat two tackles and get into space to run towards the try-line. However, a Cobra’s player, managed to tackle him before the line, and a penalty was awarded for to the Cobra’s for holding onto the ball. This was to add to the frustration for the WildBoys team.

The WildBoys then pressed for another try, and Dale managed to get in on the right hand side for the WildBoys. The try was converted, and the WildBoys closed the gap to 14-26. The Cobras were pushing for another try, but a great last-grasp tackle by “Big T” Yacoob denied the team try when it had seemed almost certain. In the last 5 minutes the WildBoys pushed for another, which was unfortunately to no avail as the game ended 14-26, the Cobras victorious.

At the end of the game, the score did not reflect the game at all. There was a good standard of play by both sides, and it was a competitive game. Defensive errors by the WildBoys’, and Lady Fortune’s cruel bias in the bounce of the ball, were what ultimately cost the Boys’ the game. What the WildBoys may have lacked, however, was the fitness of the Cobra’s side, especially in the forwards. They managed to get to the rucks faster than the WildBoys’ pack and managed to turnover the ball and counter effectively. The Cobra’s themselves did, however, also look slightly exposed off quick turnovers by the WildBoys themselves.

The WildBoys may reflect on the game, and realise that they had the potential to come out victorious, but the reality is that they did not play a bad game at all. But neither did the Cobras, who were deserved victors at the end of the game at 26-14.

WildBoys 14
Tries: Jonty, Dale
Conversions: 2

Cobras 26

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Once again, thanks to Jaimie our official media liason. And thanks to the boys who made a great effort in the pub!!! We will be playing arch rivals: panthers next week. So some solid practises and some good fitness sessions are required if we still want to take the league. Practise is on Friday and Sunday @5. Come rain or shine. Only 3 games left, only 6 practises..... who knows where the WildBoys will be next year..... so pull through, come jol, or don't expect to play!

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Team Vs. Cobras

1. Dyl "Beast" Thorne
2. Scott "Jet-Fuel" Dewar
3. Ayanda "A-Bomb" Bomb
4. Luke "Butler" Taylor
5. PJ "Big Show - I eat Babies" Sharples
6. Nick "fridge" Bailey
7. Tor "Small Calves" Stewart
8. Shaun "Chabal" Knight
9. Darren "Wadda"
10. Mike "Love-Muscle" Russel
11. Stuart "4-Tries in one game" Black
12. Dale Owen (enough said!)
13. Johnty "I will round you" Harrison
14. Mike "Yes my guns are real" Davis
15. Warren "Old" Kelly

Reserves: Tauheer "Tialata" Yakoob, Matt "Fire" Born, Peter "HUGE" McConnel, James "Chino" McKillop, Dean "Speed" Taylor, Adi "Best 8th man in school boy history" Watermeyer, Andrew "Conan" Russel.

They game is set to be a cracker, preparations have been made. The Media alerted!

Check out the Internal League Blog for a build up (http://internalleague.blogspot.com/)

Come one, Come all, For the Wildboys are prepared to Dominate!

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Mistake with the Quarters

It seems I may have Misunderstood how the quarters would be determined. They will in fact be arranged like this:

Which means that if you take my previous predictions into account:

QF1: Ubumbo Vs. Turtles

QF2: Wildboys Vs. Marquad

QF3: Barbarians Vs. Nadoes

QF4: Panthers Vs. Cobras

So only time will tell!!

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How the quarters should look:

Right so as you can see, Wednesdays game against the cobras will determine who finishes in position 1 of the top 8. Top 8 for those who don't know: " the top 2 sides from each pool go through to the top 8, where their points will determine their position". So in pool A Ubumbo and Nadoes go through with 14 & 11 points, respectively. With whoever wins between US and Cobras, taking position 1 ahead of Umbumbo (PD will trounce if no bonus point is won, i.e: 4 points for the win) gives position 1 an easier game (1 plays 8). So Wednesday is a must win.

Barbarians will play Kopano, which if Kopano Upsets will see both sides entering the top 8 with limited points. Provided of course that Marquad does not trounce Ikaya and and kopano win, in which case it could be kopano and Marquad coming through.

Pool D is closely contested, with easterns playing panthers, the chance of an upset is a possibilty, and turtles should drill spanners. So if easterns beat panthers (with a bonus point or by more than 29) then we could see Easterns and Turtles coming through, with turtles top of their log.

So all in all here's My prediction for the top 8 (points in brackets):
1 Wildboys (14)
2 Ubumbo (14)
3 Barbarians (13)
4 Panthers (13)
5 Cobras (11)
6 Nadoes (11)
7 Turtles (10)
8 Marquad (7)

This is provided of course that we win. However if we lose then position 5 should belong to us. However as losing is not our style, win we shall, and it'll be great!

Just a short comparison on our Wednesday opponents:
This Season
Cobras: 5 wins - 1 draw
Us: 5 wins - 1 loss

Including last season
Cobras: 11 wins - 2 draws - 1 loss (To the Nadoes 35 - 0)
Us: 14 wins - 1 loss

Things look set to be Cracker!!
Hope to see you all there!

Fire!

Wildboys Vs Smuts Match Report 69-0!!

Once again courtesy of Jaimie:

WildBoys vs. Smuts

August 8 2007

The WildBoys began the second half of the season with a dominant and overwhelming performance against an (evidently far) weaker Smuts side, running out victors with an unremorseful score of 69-0

The game began at a frenetic pace, with the WildBoys scoring 3 tries inside the opening 15 minutes. It was apparent from the outset that the WildBoys had Smuts suppressed in all quarters of the pitch. Up front, the forwards controlled the game exceptionally well, managing to consistently turn over Smuts ball before they could even remotely pose any sort of threat. Out wide, Smuts lacked neither the pace nor the cover defence to contain the WildBoys as the outside backs Oupa, Stuart Black and (the younger) Russell always looking lethal when given the space.

Oupa started the try tally with a try within the first 5 minutes of the game. Jonty Rhodes Harrison then managed to carry two supposed defenders as he went over the line for the second. Stuart then scored a brace in quick succession, exposing the Smuts boys out wide for pace, and the Wildboys having picked up a bonus point with the game barely past 20 minutes. Jonty then scored another, after taking a short offload right under the poles, and Stuart then ran in another, which was a brilliant counter from within the WildBoys 22, with Oupa offloading the pass after collecting from a Smuts chip and chase, and the ball went through the hands wide to Stuart Black, who ran half the field unopposed to score, with the result of him ending the half with a hat-trick of tries. Of the 6 tries scored in the first half, 4 were converted to give a score of 38-0.

In the second half, there was no relief for the Smuts boys, as the WildBoys continued their first half performance, taking a lion’s share of possession, as well as counter-attacking at every opportunity. Mike Russell received the ball out wide two phases after a scrum on the halfway-line, managed to run around his the opposing winger, and throw an inside pass over the fullback to Riley, who sauntered over the line unopposed. Andrew Russell ran in the Wildboys 8th try, at which point it was apparent by the several missed tackles and non-existent defensive lines that the Smuts team had become somewhat dejected in the game.

The Smuts team just never seemed to able to get their game going. The side would go through, at most, two or three phases only to have the WildBoys’ forwards turn the ball over, and the ball being sent wide for the backs to counter-attack effectively. In addition to their pack being dominated, the backs struggled to get successive strings of passes together without making any handling errors. I don’t think the Smuts team ever managed get into the WildBoys 22, let alone pose a threat on their line. Jonty completed his hat trick, Stuart Black scored his 4th (!), and Dale Owen finished the game off by beating 3 tackles to score after a poor attempt at a clearance kick by Smuts. In the two years since the Wild Boys last lost to Smuts in the B-League semi-finals, it is apparent that either Smuts has lost some strength, especially in the forwards, or that the Wildboys have become considerably stronger. Or Both.

Essentially, the game was a serious walkover before it had even started. Two players scored hat tricks, and many of the players on the roster took turns converting the tries. I was surprised to even see Riley pot one over in the second half.

All in all, it was a horribly one sided game, and the team walked out with a convincing score of 69-0.


WildBoys 69
Tries: Oupa, Jonty (3), Stuart Black (4), Riley, Andrew Russell, Dale Owen
Conversions: 7 (conversions taken by numerous individuals)

Smuts 0

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Wildboys Vs Smuts

1. Dyl
2. Blake
3. Ayanda
4. Peter
5. Luke
6. Slug
7. Dean
8. Fridge
9. Darren
10. M Russel
11. Stew
12. Johnty
13. Dale
14. A Russel
15. Oups

Reserves: Tauheer, Big, Riley, Fire, Chino

Come one, come all!! Wednesday the 8th will be remembered as a "Day of Nerd Bashing" for smuts is a house of nerds and a killing we shall dish!!

Also drinks after the game!! Come support us and we'll support you!!

Fire!

Monday Moment!

Courtesy of Chumpstyle and modern drunkard I bring some interesting history on possibly a favourite past time:

The Jäger Deer Shoot Me, Shoot Jesus Jägermeister Liqueur

There is something unsettling about the level gaze of the Jägermeister deer. While most animal icons demurely look askance, this beast stares you directly in the eye. It also appears to have Christ on its side, or at least on its mind.

Jägermeister is German for “expert hunter” and if you examine the edge of the label you’ll find a German poem by Otto von Riesenthal, which roughly translates into:

This is the hunter’s badge of honour

That he protect and nourish his game

Hunt sportingly, as is proper

And honor the Creator in creation.

So what's with all the religious stuff? you're probably thinking. The deer's got a neon cross stuck in its antlers and the label's got some goofy rhyme kissing up to the Creator--what gives?

Well, back around the 7th Century, a pagan sportsman named Hubert was about to bag a magnificent stag when a glowing crucifix appeared between its antlers. And if that wasn’t disconcerting enough, Christ himself gave a shout out, proclaiming in a very loud voice: “Hubert, unless you turn to the Lord and lead a holy life, you shall quickly fall into the abyss of Hell!”

Hubert didn't need to be told twice. He was soon ordained and spent the rest of his life putting the arm on the local pagans and idolaters and erecting monasteries. Then, long after he died, he became St. Hubert, patron saint of hunters. And opticians, but that's another story.

So, in 1935, Curt Mast, an avid hunter and inheritor of a venerable German distillery, adapted the legend and imagery of St. Hubert to his spanking new concoction. A combination of 56 herbs, roots and spices, Jägermeister was meant to be something you’d more likely keep in your medicine rather than liquor cabinet. Early advertising swore it was a cure for incessant coughs, digestive problems and other common ailments. It became somewhat popular in Germany, but that was about it.

The Jäger blitz, launched in 1970, targeted nearly every country on the planet, and was met with immediate success. Eschewing traditional advertising methods, the liqueur was introduced with a clever grassroots strategy of throwing bar parties (manned by squads of “Jägerettes”) and sponsoring hard-drinking metal bands, including Metallica, Pantera and Slayer. Its rapid expansion was also facilitated by false rumors suggesting the liqueur contained deer blood and/or heroin extract.

Evolution: The Jäger deer hasn’t changed a hair since it appeared 70 years ago, and isn’t likely to, so long as it maintains its stranglehold on the liqueur shot niche.

Dark Secret: Jäger creator Curt Mast was allegedly a member of the Nazi party and fast friends with Hermann Goering, commander of the Luftwaffe.

Claim to Fame: The de rigueur shot of frat boys and bikers alike, Jägermeister succeeded in capturing the highly-prized middle ground between girly and manly shots.

The Barcardi Bat

Piss Off the Bat and He’ll Bomb You Barcardi Rum

If company legend is to be believed (and it rarely should), a bat found its way onto the Bacardi label in 1862 because the wife of the distillery’s founder noticed a colony of fruit bats hanging around the rafters of the converted warehouse that was their first distillery. The bat was considered a noble and lucky creature by the local Cubans, so it seemed a smart move to attach the symbol to the fledgling rum.

An alternative history, strenuously denied by Bacardi, is that the bat got the nod because every morning distillery workers had to fish the lucky, noble, and thoroughly intoxicated creatures out of the rum vats.

The rum found quick favor in Cuba and spread rapidly throughout the Americas. Prohibition gave it a boost, thanks to Cuba’s close proximity to the U.S. coast, and by the ‘50s the bat was flying high as the best-selling rum in the U.S.

Then came the communists. Despite the fact that the Bacardi family helped bankroll the Cuban Revolution, they were driven out of the country and their holdings nationalized when Fidel Castro seized power. The Bacardi clan never forgave this betrayal, and have used their considerable political and financial influence to make things difficult for Cuba ever since.

Why it worked:The aforementioned locals not only considered the bat good mojo, they were also largely illiterate. They couldn’t read the verbose Spanish praising the product on the early labels, but they could recognize the bat just fine. When the rum spread to more literate countries, the exotic mammal matched up well with what Westerners thought of rum: nocturnal danger with a hint of vampirism.

Evolution: The prototype bat was a fatter specimen, but aside from the usual streamlining, Bacardi has remained true to the original logo.

Dark Secret: Embittered Bacardi helmsman Jose Pepin Bosch bought a surplus B-26 bomber with the hopes of bombing his ex-pal Fidel’s oil refineries (the bold plan was foiled when a picture of the bomber appeared on the front page of New York Times). He was also allegedly involved in the CIA plot to assassinate Castro.

Claim to Fame: Bacardi was the first “civilized” rum. The founder, Spanish emigrant Don Facundo Bacardi Masso, tamed the raw New World spirit by experimenting with charcoal filtering and oak barrel aging.
—Frank Kelly Rich

So next time you're about you have a Jagger Bomb remember the Nazis, and think about those bats swimming in your rum!

Fire!

Monday Moment

In an effort to keep the monday moments rolling forward at an interesting pace, I thought I'd try something new this week: we have google images ==> search for "huge", along with some other "interesting" pictures I get the following:

Man with huge Cock:
Small dog Huge ass:

And Huge Megalodon:

Anyways try it out.... not at a varsity comlab computer however.....

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Monday Moment from a Far off Country

Hey Guys, I must apologise for my lack of posts. However due to some excessive heat, lack of computer and complete turn around of weekdays, I've lost a sense of regularity. You see here in Dubai at the moment the daily temperatures are pushing 45 degrees with humidity resembling rain, so to add to my heat caused confusion thew week begins here on a Sunday with Wednesday and Thursday being the biggest nights out! weird. Anyways I present you with a local flavour for the Monday moment:
As you can see the summers here are hot!!!:

And countrary to popular belief the local girls don't always cover up:

Hope you are all having a massive holiday!!!

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Monday Moment

For those of us who are finished.... some holiday inspiration..... for those who are still writing - a reason to keep going!!!

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Check This Out!!!

This is amazing!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM

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Monday Moment

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Blackle

For those of you who like me believe that global warming is a problem... and will affect us and our children and so on... but decide to that it would be easier to ignore it and rather carry on living your life they way you do presently, without concern for your CO2 footprint. I have a solution for you. Set Blackle.com as your home page! It was proposed that if Google changed it's web page to a predominantly black page, the energy saved through less light energy being used would equate to 750 Megawatt Hours per Year! So make your contribution to Global warming Prevention and use Blackle! Find out more at www.blackle.com

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Monday Moment

Googles new advertising campaign:....

3 Reason why its great to be "The Hef":
Why we love summer and mini skirts....

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7's league

Hey Guys,

I'm gonna start a 7's League next term. Games will be played over 2 sundays, and then finals on a saturday (following IRB 7's structure). Each team has to have 10 players, so i need to know how many of you are keen to play so i can make up our teams, you're welcome to get your mates to play aswell, everyone is welcome. there will be a entrance fee, but i'll let you know about that later. Anyways email me, sms me, leave a comment on this blog even, just let me know if you're keen and if anyone else you know is keen.

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