El Ejido 0 - 120 CGRUFC
We were meant to be away on Sunday, against a team from Almeria called El Ejido. However, they couldnt secure a pitch to play on, so we agreed to play the game on our pitch instead. How any team could refuse to play at home instead of away is beyond me, no long drive up there, or back, and home turf.
We were a bit short of players, and only just managed to field the full 15, which meant, I got a full game playing blind side flanker and 2nd jumper in the line out. Apparently (according to the BBC):
The blindside flanker should be an all round athlete. If only I was!
Strength, speed, fitness, stamina - the list goes on and on. Yup, I really could have done with all of those on Sunday!
Flankers are always involved in the game, winning ball and making the big tackles in open play. I did win some of the ball, and off the scrums, tackling was non-stop, especially when their number 8 insisted on picking up every time!
The blindside flanker tends to be bigger than their fellow team-mate, the openside flanker. I was a bit bigger than Nick (another new guy to the team, like me) but he played an absolute stonker of a game, making breaks, always in support and playing like an absolute demon.
They have more of a physical role and are often a target for the hooker in the line out. First time I have ever jumped in the line, I was the target only a few times, as our first jumper is very experienced, but I caught a few balls, was a very interesting new side to the game for me.
>Because of their high tackle count, flankers are always involved in rucks or mauls either at teh (sic) bottom or making the drive that counts. At the bottom, quite a few times, the occasional maul, and a number of good runs through tacklers.
So thus ends the rugby lesson for today.
We were a bit short of players, and only just managed to field the full 15, which meant, I got a full game playing blind side flanker and 2nd jumper in the line out. Apparently (according to the BBC):
The blindside flanker should be an all round athlete. If only I was!
Strength, speed, fitness, stamina - the list goes on and on. Yup, I really could have done with all of those on Sunday!
Flankers are always involved in the game, winning ball and making the big tackles in open play. I did win some of the ball, and off the scrums, tackling was non-stop, especially when their number 8 insisted on picking up every time!
The blindside flanker tends to be bigger than their fellow team-mate, the openside flanker. I was a bit bigger than Nick (another new guy to the team, like me) but he played an absolute stonker of a game, making breaks, always in support and playing like an absolute demon.
They have more of a physical role and are often a target for the hooker in the line out. First time I have ever jumped in the line, I was the target only a few times, as our first jumper is very experienced, but I caught a few balls, was a very interesting new side to the game for me.
>Because of their high tackle count, flankers are always involved in rucks or mauls either at teh (sic) bottom or making the drive that counts. At the bottom, quite a few times, the occasional maul, and a number of good runs through tacklers.
So thus ends the rugby lesson for today.
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