Sat 30 Nov 2019
Wirral 4 7-63 Winnington Park 3
Unusual selection problems this week with a choice of 56 players available to travel away for the 3rd team a balance of youth and experience (i.e. old) was selected. It was clear from the offset that parks pace even in the boggy conditions would cause Wirral problems after an early penalty Park scored from the reset. Throughout the game clever link up play and offloads between stinger and Glen tore Wirral to pieces and wings Jamal and sonic always being available when someone made a break with them scoring 3 and 2 tries respectively. Too many good passages of play to talk about so it’s easier to talk about the comical passages of play.
It was a sorry day for Kyle who after a night of heavy drinking and head butting a bus stop and making snow angels in his sick was feeling rather poorly. So I thought the best remedy for him was to play a full 80 for the opposition marking Jamal which he seemed to appreciate, but he did play well putting a good hit on Shep to stop him from scoring.
Park were too much for Wirral out wide with park nearly scoring every line break, the most notable exception was Pete Neary thinking he was Jonah Lomu on the wing running directly into contact and realising he needs to eat more pies before he can bump players off.
Wirral did have a couple of good spells driving through the middle and fringes of the ruck which inevitably led to a try but otherwise our defence was flawless. Barry received and returned a few restarts and shouted some celtic war cry each time(we think it was about potatoes). Steve Berg made a cameo showing his officer training by watching Shep do all the work by beating 5 men run 40 meters and insisted took the ball over the line and take the credit with a try. And Aran maintained his 100% goal kicking record for the club.
DOD was going to be Shep for cocking you a sure try, but Jim came into the club with trousers that should never be seen on a man in his late 30s. MOM was Jack for being a constant threat and his first hat-trick.
You’re fortunate enough to have me for at least one more game so let’s all get down next week and keep the team at the top spot.
