Gentlemen,
Excellent win this weekend. We went out and played the way we all know we are
capable of and secured a well deserved win that is a better indication of the
level we all can play. Just goes to show how you can play as a team when you practice
together as a team. We scored 4 quality tries on Saturday to Dave Doser, Matt
Myers, Phil Weston and Chris Fallow. We could have scored more. A couple of lapses
at times close to the line resulted in turnovers that Cape Fear were able to clear.
We played Saturday with intensity and Heart for a full 80 minutes. As a team we
played an excellent all round game. The pack led from the front securing lineout
ball and setting a somewhat stable scrum platform. We played excellent in the
rucks and mauls. However we did give away some stupid penalties for hands in the
ruck. The backline played excellent. We had some scithing runs up the middle and
we just smothered them in defence. This was an extremely satisfying win. And I
think it indicates to everybody what this team is capable of and how this season
could have been different if injuries hadn't conspired against us. It also shows
the need for recruiting in new players and to that end it was extremely beneficial
playing the game down in Clemson and connecting with both the Clemson and USC
teams. I'll be sending out a bit of a season write-up this week to sort of re-cap
the season and give us all a couple of good nuggets to mull over. This week let's
plan on going out and running touch on Wednesday night. I also believe that this
is the night that 7's practice is going to be run on over the summer. See you
Wednesay night for a good run around and a couple of beers in Dougals afterwards.
Dan Roberts
Coach Greenville RFC
Greenville Grffins Rugby Club