Gentlemen,
An excellent game this past weekend. It was a perfect example of playing the way
we have been practicing. The first half performance by the team is probably the
best half of Rugby I have seen us play in a long time. We played great team Rugby
which is going to get us far. We scored our first try within 2 minutes of the
kickoff with TJ Knapp dotting down right under the posts. We did a great job of
maintaining ball possession in the pack and keeping them on the back foot. This
good platform led to 2 more tries by Phil Weston and Dan Roberts. We were able
to keep attacking in Old Whites half for most of that half and we went to the
break 33-3 ahead also thanks to 3 conversions, 1 drop goal and 3 penalties from
the boot of Mulli.
The 2nd half we started to get away from our gameplan and allowed a number of
scoring opportunities go by going to far and making a bad last pass. We were scoreless
in the 2nd half and allowed Old White to cross for the try from 50 meters out.
We pressured again for most of the half but couldn't quite turn it into points.
So the final score was 33-10.
A great win Gentlemen, but we now need to focus towards this weekends first matrix
game against Charlotte B. There are certain areas we need to focus on going into
this weekends game and we will be working on them tomorrow night and Thursday.
It's important that we get everybody out and ready. This weekend was a good platform
but we need to go for a full 80 minutes. Charlotte B this past weekend beat Cape
Fear 43-0.
It's important that we hit the ground running this weekend. Get your runs in this
week and I'll see everyone tomorrow night @7:00pm
Good Job Gentlemen, now lets secure our first Matrix win this weekend.
Dan Roberts
Coach Greenville RFC
Greenville Grffins Rugby Club