Wednesday, April 2, 2008
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NY rugby beat HCI rugby 22-5
today after assembly, we rugby boys stayed back to collect jerseys from those who havent return, then collect ICs for photocopying. as a result late for bio tutorial
20 pushups
nv bring ICS tutorial.
20 pushups.
so did 40 pushups with abel after lesson.
went kovan and hougang with yudhi to find tights, but all shops dun open till 11am, so wasted trips.
skip skip skip.
slept for 5mins, then woke up. jamal gameplan briefing, then bus to SAJC.
their pitch is like...worse than NYJC la. but at least they have the sidelines and trylines properly drawn out. other than that....mudpatch, no grass regions, uneven surfaces spawn everywhere...
first team selected, i play winger, number 14~ YAY!!!!!!!!!
kick off...we got to a flying start, with jeremy coming close to a try.
next it was me, just 3 meters away from the tryline, and i got hit by a high tackle. was disappointed not to get a penalty, but a scrum instead.
then eric got a free kick, but missed wide. soon, we got a try. eric was quick to touch and go from a penalty. try to us, by a solo effort from eric. caught the opponent unprepared. converted the kick. 7-0.
their captain was damm irritating. always trying to scare us, esp tedson. like saying "you will never escape from me...." king got injured from a scrum. then their captain said "1 down, 14 to go~" damm asshole la. their winger, damm small, smaller than me, also try to size up to me...but in a situation when he's attacking, he said, pointing and refering to me "he's my man!" OH helloooo...attacking, yet say i'm his man to guard?! hello...i hit back reasoning that he attack, yet mark me...then he was like "i dun care, you're still mine..." nvm such people...
but soon we got real sucked in to their mind games of intimidating us, and we were playing with our emotions rather than playing smart. it led to them coming close to our try line, then from an abel high tackle, they got a free ball, which they used to get nearer to the try line. but they failed to score yet. eric and their captain got into a mini burst-up and got cautioned. soon, they got their try. but they failed to convert as their ball hit the bar. real lucky for us. 7-5 at halftime. some highlights include abel slamming a guy into a mudpit, before laughing at him evilly. that guy...either injured, or too humiliated, subbed himself out. jeremy made some good crashes. i got a quiet first half.
team talk by jamal was shit. got scolded as we were too hyped up to hit back their intimidations.
eric and abel got some directed scolding from jamal. 2nd half, we really played with our heads...and soon we got another 3 pts from a penalty. eric scored it.
changed some gameplans, with eric kicking much more balls, and us chasing them. through it, we managed to create lots of chances. then we got a fantastic try from benjamin foo, with a few sidesteps and handsoff, he got a damm chio try. then tedson scored our last try from a nice pass from jeremy, and he rounded a few backs before he scored. eric converted the conversion beautifully. 22-5 at final whistle. some highlights include a burst through by HCI, attacking at our blind side. i ran from my own wing to the other wing at top speed, to prevent them fro getting a try, by grabbing their outside centre's arms and shoulders, not allowing him to score, in a sliding position
seriously, first time i see someone having a free road, but deciding not to stretch his arm out so apply pressure and make an obvious try. he hugged the ball, slide on the grass, and yet was slow to apply try, giving me 1 extra second to catch up and stop him. got some bonus by causing him some pain when i held him up. imagine him lying flat on his tummy...and someone pulling his shoulders backwards...back pain ahhhhh~
other highlights include jiahao getting face-planted, bleeding nose. i got a "FAT CAT" ball, but got tackled down right into a mudpit by their outside centre. guess he got his revenge by tackling and injuring my leg. due to the shortage of backline players, i decided to continue the game, ignoring my injured left leg.
through the game, injured players include yudhi, zack, jiahao, ben foo, me, king. jeremy leg abrasion got worse.
overall, we are happy to win~ i was happy to play, and contribute. 5 tackles, lots of runs, and 1 try saved.
doubt i will be taking napfa on sat, and i will miss 2 pe lessons.
next match, wednesday, acjc~
You were with me till;
10:02 PM