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Keith vs Linwood Bollocks
Ground: Bromley 1
Time: 2-45pm
GAME CANCELLED DUE TO GROUND CONDITIONS
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Keith vs Marist-Albion
Ground: Bob Deans 3
Time: 2-45pm
Team List
Forwards
Mathew YATES
Darren MOKE
Phil KEARNS
Hayden ROBINSON
Ian LOCKWOOD
Hayden SMITH
Colin GRAVETT
Barry GIBBS
Backs
Kelly HOANI
Nick BROWN
Paul CRICHTON
Rob FOLEY
Stuart HERRIOT
Leyton HUNT
Gary RICHARDS
Reserves
Ian COWAN
Dean LORY
Jamin PIPER
Phil HUGHES
Greg BROWN
John LUXTON
Adam JOHNSTON
Points: 3-0, 8-0, 10-0, 10-5, 10-7, 13-7, 16-7, 16-12,
19-12
Tries: Rob FOLEY
Conv: Nick BROWN
Pen: Nick BROWN (4)
Player of the Day: George PHILIP
Photographs here:
http://207.191.227.90/~keithpic/2010/20100522/
NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER STOP BELIEVING, NEVER SAY NEVER
There was a lot of talk this week about the dealings going on in the Marist-Albion camp and the schadenfreude started to distract the boys from the real business of thinking about the game. We were still suffering from the age old problem of boys not turning up and not having reserves (in the backs anyway) but were fortunate enough to have committed and Keithly Keiths turns up and put their body on the line.
This included Chief who ran out the team for his 175th Club game. While he downplayed the effort, the Keiths and his former (now defunct) team, the Saxons, appreciate every single one of his games. Thank you Phil, you're a great team mate and an integral part of the Keiths.
Other integral people playing for us this season are the New Boys. Seriously, we couldn't survive without you. Keep turning up and we'll love you forever.
Phil had a wee chat to the ref before the game to remind him about the head high tackle rule and he seemed to remember it and take it to heart, as his yellow card attested to, but the remaining rules, especially the throw the ball in straight during a lineout seemed to escape him. But it's been said time and time again, we don't need a ref on our side to win a game; just points on the board.
Nick started the points scoring with a handy penalty, then Poacher with his trademark intercept runaway try. Only 6 points difference at half time illustrated the closeness of the teams, but the second half, Marist-Albion started to lose their focus and their discipline. There was a little bit of broohaha but nothing serious and overall the game was played in good spirits.
It was a quiet time in the changing sheds afterwards and the clubrooms also were somewhat subdued, but those who were there had a few beers and a chinwag amonsgt friends.
Keith vs New Brighton
Ground: Bob Deans 4
Time: 2-45pm
Team List
Forwards
Matt YATES
Darren MOKE
Phil HUGHES
Hayden ROBINSON
Ian LOCKWOOD
Jaye JOYCE
Hayden SMITH
Barry GIBBS
Backs
Ian COWAN
Nick BROWN
Paul CRICHTON
Rob FOLEY
Stuart HERRIOT
Leyton HUNT
Gary RICHARDS
Reserves
Phil KEARNS
Jamin PIPER
Stephen MARSHALL
Dean LORY
Greg BROWN
Brendyn LAWSON
Kelly HOANI
Kelvin SCOTT
Johnny BAIRD
Colin GRAVETT
Points: 5-0, 5-5, 5-7, 10-7, 10-12, 15-12, 17-12, 22-12, 24-12, 24-17, 24-19, 29-19, 34-19,
39-19
Tries: Ian COWAN, Stuart HERRIOT, Jaye JOYCE, Rob FOLEY, Phil KEARNS, Darren MOKE, PENALTY TRY
Conv: Nick BROWN (2)
Pen:
Player of the Day: Scott THOMPSON
Photographs here: No Photographs were taken
Much of the pre-game talk was about how New Brighton used to be when we played them last; a little bit underhand and somewhat reluctant to play within the rules. They, like
Otautahi a few weeks ago, proved that talk wrong.
Good hard solid forward play and attack and defence charaterised the first 20 minutes with neither side giving any quarter.
As you can see from the scoring list, forwards dominated the try tally, but a highlight, and a very welcome highlight at that, was Dirk screaming down the sideline, bumping opposition players off with little loss of pace, and diving down for his first try in seven years. The sideline erupted with glee and the entire team was filled with a warm glow and all around general love for our fellow Keiths. It was either that, or we were all hallucinating.
there was a modicum of doubt about Jaye's grounding of the ball, and even more doubt about Nick's conversion attempt, but that was all sorted at half time with Jaye getting his first keith try and Nick losing a 2 pointer.
The second half started with us 12 points ahead but that was quickly eaten away by New Brighton and there was talk about killing the ref if we eventually lost by a last minute penalty, but our try scoring started up again and the end
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reult was not in doubt.
And talking of the ref, he wasn't as bad as some, but he had odd timekeeping practices and a funny way of deciding who was having a penalty. But as i said, our try scoring started up again and the end reult was not in doubt so that didn't matter as it may have done against other opponants.
Unit turned up. That was nice to have a solid front rower, but by that time, New Brighton had lost too many players, so it was Golden Oldies scrums from then on. Dean went on and was almost immediately a target for some biffo, almost mostly without cause, but thankfully it wasn't him that ended up in the bin for 10 minutes.
The clubrooms were full for club day which was great and Kenny had another erection which he proudly told us all about. And we decided that 6 dozen bottles before 7pm was a good effort.
Bring on the Catholics next week, if they don't have a change of heart and convert to the true faith.
Keith vs Christchurch Canardlys
Ground: Christchurch Park 1
Time:
2-45pm
Team List
Forwards
Jaye JOYCE
Matt YATES
Phil HUGHES
Kristen CURRIE
George PHILIP
Scott THOMPSON
Ian LOCKWOOD
Hayden SMITH
Backs
Ian COWAN
Nick BROWN
Paul CRICHTON
Rob FOLEY
Brendyn LAWSON
Barry GIBBS
Gary RICHARDS
Reserves
Dean LORY
Peter HADDOCK
John LUXTON
Points: 0-3, 5-3, 7-3, 12-3, 14-3, 19-3, 21-3, 26-3, 28-3, 28-8, 33-8, 40-8, 45-8, 47-8, 52-8,
54-8
Tries: Paul CRICHTON (2), Rob FOLEY (2), Hayden SMITH (2), Barry GIBBS, George PHILIP
Conv: Nick BROWN (6), Ian LOCKWOOD
Pen:
Player of the Day: Brendyn LAWSON
Photographs here: No photographs were taken.
Now that was a game of rugby!
Once again though, we were bereft of numbers and playing several guys out of position. However, adversity breeds courage and commitment and our efforts in holding back any attempt from Christchurch to cross our lines only broke once in 80 minutes, while our efforts rewarded us with 8 fantastic tries, most of which were long range break trough runs typical of the Keith mid-field backs.
The game itself was played with good graces as befited the Sargentina Trophy Match, but the ref being the inconsistant rulebook monkey that he was, caused us to shake our head and wonder as to his parentage, but overall, the game flowed mostly to our advantage.
Nick got sin-binned, Scotty pulled some tendons and Muncher opened his gob. Trouty got worried
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about the lack of reserves but decided to hold himself back until there were less than 15 minutes on the clock to go. Perry tried to make a thoughtful speech, but someone from Christchurch RFC ursurped his position. Thankfully, his bottle of whisky went down well later back at the clubrooms.
Keith vs Shirley Wankers
Ground: Bob Deans 3
Time: 2-45pm
Team List
Forwards
Darren MOKE
Barry GIBBS
Phil HUGHES
Hayden ROBINSON
Kristen CURRIE
Ian LOCKWOOD
Scott THOMPSON
Hayden SMITH
Backs
Leyton HUNT
Nick POPE
Paul CRICHTON
Rob FOLEY
Stuart HERRIOT
Steve ELL
Gary RICHARDS
Reserves
Ian COWAN
Bertie DeGRAAFF
Stephen MARSHALL
Points: 0-5, 0-10, 0-12, 5-12, 5-17,
10-17
Tries: Rob FOLEY, Gary RICHARDS
Conv:
Pen:
Player of the Day: Gary RICHARDS
Photographs here: No photographs were taken
WE HAD OUR GAME FACES ON BUT THEY WEREN'T UGLY ENOUGH
Wankers. Sometimes I hate them, but sometimes they just score more points than us. But seriously folks, sometimes they SCORE MORE POINTS THAN US!! What's up with that? We've got the nippy backs with plenty of go; we've got the big white forwards going to and fro. We've got Trout. They don't have him. So what went wrong?
Actually nothing went wrong, but THEY SCORED MORE POINTS THAN US!
Standing on the sideline we looked like we were playing well apart from them scoring more points than us. We needed some help from Kenny Pope's progeny in making up the numbers, who gave his all and broke his thumb as well as getting sin binned for an inadvertant high tackle. Also, thanks to Steve Ell for keeping the winger spot occupied.
The ref, who was barely out of the Academy for Weird Decisions, made some weird decisions and rule interprtations, particularly in regards to the knock on rule, the offside rule, the tackling around the head rule, the throwing in straight rule and the how to play rugby in general rule. But all props to him, he managed to do it with a broken arm and we can't bemoan a volunteer for making Division Six his lifelong passion.
Toad made the whole first half worthwhile by charging down their conversion attempt and Scotty kept up the tradition of slash hash and bash kicking skills and Toad kept up the tradition of try saving tackles. Muncher wanted to start a new tradition of getting removed from the ground for upsetting the ref, but wiser heads knocked that tradition on the head.
The second half proved a bit more energetic than the first but Shirley still scored more points than us. Luckily we had beer back in the changing sheds to talk about Shirley scoring more points than us, but that was the best part of the night. The clubrooms were an interprative suicide meeting. Or so one would have thought by the numbers attending and the dirges played over the speakers. The highlight of the evening though was Daz saying goodbye and telling us all he was going home to eat some pavlova.
Keith vs
Otautahi
Ground: Bower Park 1
Time: 2-45pm
Team List
Forwards
Jamin PIPER
Darren MOKE
Phil HUGHES
Hayden ROBINSON
George PHILIP
Bertie DeGRAAFF
Scott THOMPSON
Peter HADDOCK
Backs
Leyton HUNT
Nick BROWN
Paul CRICHTON
Rob FOLEY
Stuart HERRIOT
Blair PATERSON
Gary RICHARDS
Reserves
Kristen CURRIE
Ian LOCKWOOD
Ian COWAN
Greg BROWN
Jaye JOYCE
Brendyn LAWSON
Points: 5-0, 7-0, 12-0, 14-0, 14-5, 17-5, 22-5, 27-5, 29-5, 34-5, 39-5,
41-5
Tries: Paul CRICHTON (2), Blair PATERSON, Kristen CURRIE, Nick BROWN, Brendyn LAWSON
Conv: Nick BROWN (4)
Pen: Nick BROWN
Player of the Day: Hayden ROBINSON
Photographs here: No photographs were taken
CLASSICS RUGBY AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE. HARD AND WET WITH AN UNEXPECTED FINISH
Bower Park? Never bloody heard of it. Luckily we all got there in the end even though we were thinking it was a day more suited to remaining in bed. The rain didn't effect the softness of the ground that much, but just made the surface slippery, but we are men after all and can handle slippery surfaces for an hour and a half.
I said to myself last week not to forget to mention that it was Poachers 150th game, so naturally I forgot. Sorry Rob, but congratulations anyway on a well deserved sesqui event.
The first 15 minutes were an episode of backwatds and forwards and backwards and forwards pushing running and kicking. Not very exciting, but it gave the boys some practice of ball holding onto experience which hitherto had been lacking this season.
Otautahi proved worthy opponents and it took 16 minutes until Toad managed to slide through for the first points of the game. He managed a repeat performance shortly after and Nick bumped up the points with two conversions.
Nick's kicking skills let him down when New Boy Blair slid over for his debut try but we weren't concerned as our defence and the general play kept
Otautahi to 5 points to our 22 at the half-time point.
The rain and the wind picked up a bit, as did the intensity of the game, but older and cooler heads calmed things down, although Muncher had a rush of blood to the head with a misdirected slash hash bash kick and a fall over and score moment, which made the sambuccas at the club go down all the more sweeter. Phil also had a uncharacteristic moment of kicking which cost him dearly later on in drinks, but he's loving the change of position from flanker to hooker so he is forgiven his exuberant excesses on the field.
Overall, it was a pleasure to play the guys from
Otautahi. truely the game for which Classics grade rugby was designed.
There was a better turnout at the clubrooms than the previous weeks and was great to see Old Coves and New Boys getting their groove on and going upside down. Even if the nanny state wannabes from the bar prevented us from doing possum sculls.
Oh, and Mum got pissed.
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