New Players Encouraged to Come Out

Griffins VS Asheville W17-5

Greenville traveled to Asheville for our traditional bruise up in the mountains on a small and wet field. Asheville’s spirits were high coming off a big win the week before and were confident with their home field advantage. Greenville traveled with good numbers and a predominately rookie team, hoping to develop future Griffins and improve our level of rugby through game experience. The game started with a series of up front exchanges as both teams fought to dominate the pack. The backline was hindered by the severe lack of space but managed to keep things tight and keep Asheville guessing with some good tactical kicking by Mulli. It was always going to be a scrappy game, but with good leadership in the pack by Joel and later Tony Cogiola, Greenville managed to start controlling play. The second half saw Greenville camped in Asheville’s half, not looking for the kicks but for the tries. Highlight of the game was Titus bursting through the line off an inside pass by Mulli for the power try. Overall it was a good game, we won the initial battle in the first half and were able to control the rest of the game. The score line should have been more but with so many new players the finishing was lacking. Good day for rugby and it was great to get some many new players on the field.

Posted by Webmaster October 30^th, 2009

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