OK so I'm a sucker for punishment, and played for our 4th Grade against Mac Uni for their Old Boys day. At THP when the young bloke playing LHP usually plays there, apparently. Could have fucking said something!
Anyway, I'm sore as fuck today, and we got towelled 33-12 but I had a bunch of fun.
Third Grade got pumelled 37-14, with some suspiciously good Mac Uni talent out there. Can't blame them as Thirds is their best shot of making the finals. Ours were hanging by a thread that has now been cut.
My Second grade boys, with a couple of blokes returning from work commitments, brought the pain and won comfortably 36-5. Great effort across the board and it was pretty hard to award points because everyone - for a change - did their job. Still a few things to work on but if I can keep them together for Beecroft this weekend I might just have a shot at a win.
I used coach's privilege to put myself on at loosehead prop for the last 5 minutes
Followed one of our big blokes to within 5 metres of the line, and then a knock-on robbed me of my chance to score my first try in 8 years
First Grade were in a tight one with the Warriors showing a lot of smarts, but we scored the bonus point try with the last play of the game to win 22-12.
Couple of concerning injuries in that First Grade lineup, considering we have the Wednesday night game against Irish to try and put ourselves into the top 4.