Gentlemen,

Well it really was a heartbreaker of a loss this weekend. It was a game in which we literally had 70% of the possession and territory but we could not capitalize on our possession. We started the game off perfectly with well won lineout ball which went through the entire backlines hands for Brecker to score an excellent try in the corner. Charlotte managed to score 2 tries then against the run of play which made it 5-12 at the half. Th esecond half was so frustrating. We literally must have been camped inside their 22 for 30 of the 40 minutes without being able to cross the line to score. The Gods just conspired against us to be able to finish off our moves. Charlotte managed to run away with 2 more tries against the run of play to hand us a gutwrenching defeat 2-27.

The bottom line in this game is that we haven't had a good practice as a team in a couple of weeks so our timing was off on the lines we were running and our support play an some of our setpiece work. And when we couldn't seem to score we started trying to do too much as individuals rather than working as a team.

We have our last game against Cape Fear this weekend. Let's finish out the season with an excellent victory. Our Achilles heal in games this year has been our finishing. We ar egoing to have a touch practice tomorrow night but then a full team practice thursday night. Let's finish this season with a strong victory over Cape Fear. We are going to need to train as a team thursday night. So come on out for a light run tomorrow night and the EVERYONE plan on being there Thursday night to practice for this weekends victory over Cape Fear.

Let's play the way we all know we can.


Dan Roberts
Coach Greenville RFC


Greenville Grffins Rugby Club