NLD Cup , Sat 9 Dec 2006

Ollerton 22- Hamians 36

not league but three counties cup and a tricky away tie at Ollerton ..


Players saturday morning work committments and traffic /christmas meant hamians eventually arrived 20 mins b4 kick off

not ideal preperation to face a side who fancied a cup upset

as previous years finalist and from a higher league hamians were once the favourites ....classic typset for self destruction

the side and yes thisis where they started

leavey , squaddie york , phil, epsy , coops (from nr 4 lineout supremo to winger in 7 days)ring rusty and portly j gorvett at fly half , draps , hobbit , jez,ice,dave,cookie, pud , daints jnr and fat prop....bench gollum and oli w

the forwards quickly agreed on set play calls whilst backs tried to agree on attcking and defence drills

it was bitterly cold

we kicked off down hill, good chase and pressure poor clearance....hamians line out ...

pud in charge ...complex five word three number ...good ball won

jg dances briefly into tackle , backs communication takes time to settle

over next 5 mins hamins realise home side will struggle if game kept simple and people use support , spend next 10 mins over complicating and ollerton defence scramble ball away and force mistakes

hmians drift defence stays with tide and home side left wing making progress. first time in hamians half and home side score from hamians failure to clear

5 nil

tempo quickens and good pressure and ball retention results in home side efence breached delebrite knock on lands in cookie's arms for him to plunge over

5-7

handbags and epsy takes number of punches on ground ...ref sends one of each to bin !

self destruct button arrives as despite 80%of ball , home side backs rush defence gain possession and winger breaks number of tackles to score out wide

10-7

hamians chase kick regain ball go through three phases and epsy crashes over ...following bullocking run from hobbit ( from stand in scrum half with velvet like distribution from base of ruck )

10-12

home side ko

jez gathers , drives on hooker and prop clear out , pud gallops left showes and goes to bewildered ice , hits floor with rolling motion , draps finds lurking hobbit at pace , jg carries on move with simple flick to balding centre who goes in under posts .

10 -19

home side under cosh ...forwars steal 3 line outs and 2 scrummages to maintain pressure .....hamins midfield not firing and confusion means passess being grounded or over complicated

half time ....19 -10 in front where with possession and territory it should have been more comfortable

Ollerton pack have good scrummage record down the hill and are confident of bulldozing way to victory

Hmains backs confidence is high just wanting more ball

tatically inside pass will keep driving game offensive leaving backs more time to elaborate

jg not having the benefit of hamimns trainin touch is uncertain of how to field crap passes with oppostion offside in front of you , and his midriff showing too many signs of civil service luncheon vouchers , the dancing centre is proving too easy a target

hamins receive kick ..cookie catches ( 1st of 3 )...drive on and clear lines

ollerton scrummage not settled and draps and ice able to harry at base ...poor line out ball jez and dainty snaffling

ggod move puts leavey clear in centre with three forwards outside , winger tackles too prevent good pass and refs deems forward

hmians forwarsds incensed ...win scrummage and phil shows good solo strength to score out wide

24 -10

k.off good catch and drive , through forwards and backs , draps kicks on , ollerton scramble to touch

hamians over throw , ollerton spin turn over wide , winger bounces through too powder puff tackles to score out wide

24 -15

hamians sub fat prop for oli

hamians camp in ollerton half , dave decides to take game by scruff of neck , rips ball from maul drives on , bounces from floor to stride majestically under the posts

31 - 15

ko cookie catches , jez helps ...offside says the ref ! kick to corner ....good line out jez destroys catcher onto floor, ollerton carry on ball over to score

jez being pumelled on the floor , dainty lens a hand ( clenched sort )
two off in bin

yorkie scores to make safe

game turns into farce , with puddin squabbling and showing chav like disregard for authority

little spats breakin out everywhere

ref blows for full time

36 -22 away win

ollerton have bar in church hall so walked for beer

name that pie competiton for snap ..fat prop and puddin show culinary expertise

train in tues ..league versus east leake away 16th dec , lets end year with another positive marker on clubs progression

pork pie orders tuesday please


rfu raffle tickets will be distributed with mid jan return date ...important part of fundraising plan for 06/07