any tactical genius on display during the pvs p

any banter from the ball?

3s match report:

After an interesting season, which has seen old friends, hockey and football players put on the blue and gold jersey of GHRFC, the stage was set for a great last match of the mighty 3s.

Once again a scratch side was selected with Young Simon and myself forced to manage from the sidelines as Jack ‘sideburns’ Limbrick leading the boys onto the field to meet the biggest St.Marys’ 3s side seen in my 4 years with the club. After a late minute absence of our resident hooker, Sal, Tony Sebastien, Mike Warren and Zack ‘such a strong face’ Taylor stepped up to contest in the front row.

The heart of GHRFC was seen from kick off with Izzy and Charlie Reeve putting in crunching tackles in the centres…the latter sending one of Marys’ ex 1s boys limping off the pitch.

However, within the first 10 minutes Marys had crossed the Guys tryline and it became apparent these were not genuine 3s players. Did this stop the mighty 3s? No. It merely spurred them on with solid defence seen from Hari Ravi and Poom Kunplin on the wing and at fullback.

As the game progressed Marys were forced to work harder as the 3s threw their bodies on the line with Younger Simon and Hayden giving all they had in ruck and mall before they went off for a breather, seeing Will Hanan and Diedre come into the fray. Rich Cameron and Will became a couple of big ginger furies as they continued to smash the endless Marys fringe runners to the ground. Matt Camilleri and Diedre ran around the pitch like men possessed hitting the Marys 10 and any other unfortunate who touched the ball. Diedre once again putting in an unbelievable display of lack of self respect and fitness flying at ankles and knees, one of which got the better of him producing a spectacular nose bleed.

Jack showed his true captaining skills on the pitch, not only commanding the boys in defence and attack but flooring a cheating piece of Marys scum who struck out at Diedre informing him in the politest of ways not to do it again.

Tom fenner showed great heart after twinging his back in the 2s came off to  be replaced by Tom Tom who gave us a little more weight in the forward runner and ruck department.

Half time came and the score was several to none. The boys heads were still up, passion was high and Zack who had spent most of his time on the pitch stealing ball and at the bottom of every ruck just wanted to get back out and do it all over again.

The second half saw Tony come off after giving everything in the pack and our scrum go uncontested. As well as a spate of Marys penalties Jack finally had some decent ball to distribute to Nathan, who up until this point had been mostly involved in defence and placing forward runners into the small gaps in the Marys defence. But now he could command a few of the hastily prepared backs moves which proved nearly devastating with Charlie falling a few meters short of the try line, moreover Izzy, Nick Chang and sam Nayar all made ground off their runs. Replacements were also made seeing Tom Garth and James Holland appear at wing and fullback, both took up the task and put their bodies on the line securing loose ball and providing a great last stand.

After a brief rest Charlie Reeve returned into the attack and Hayden was seen coming back onto the field along with a few other starters for the final 15mins which saw the mighty 3s rebuff countless attacks and launch several of their own spending most of the time turning over the ball and marching it back into the Marys 22. Unfortnately none of these outstanding displays resulted in points but the passion was always there.

Final Score: 63-0

To quote Mr John Maynard ‘Your boys have shown terrific amount of heart today. They have reaffirmed my faith in Guys Rugby and what your club is capable of.’

All that is left to be said is, thank you boys for a great season.