Game Report: Sat. May 16, 2004

Mens 2nds
Final Score Oakville 21 Aurora 10

Although disappointed we had not yet been officially welcomed into the Marshall division by the Yeoman on our original ( rained out ) opening day of May 8th, we were prepared to take on perennial Marshall division leaders the CRU on their home pitch.

A 21-10 final score by itself would not do justice in describing the effort put forth by everyone that took the field this day.

Our scrums were by and large very stable, lineouts proved effective in restarting the play, and individual efforts all around helped keep the score within reach at all times. Had we been able to capitalize on nearly 10 minutes of play inside the CRU 22 meter area, the halftime score would have been quite different, and may have been just what we needed to push us over the hump and steal a victory from the home field favourites.

Obviously some lessons were learned from the result. With numbers increasing weekly at training, and work rate picking up along with fitness, we expect great things from this already improved Men's second XV.