In an open weekend for me, I volunteered to help my adopted club (Albany Knicks) out and referee a friendly scrimmage with the local college side, U Albany. The game was to be played on a surface impossible to play rugby on, hard field hockey turf. This resulted in most players wearing tennis shoes, long sleeves and pants to avoid the nasty scrapes certain to result. We played two 20 minute periods, taking time outs for short coaching sessions.Fortunately this was a friendly, so all of the players were only out their to help each other, nobody wanted to hit the ground anyway. The scrums could not really be contested due to a lack of footing, and the D1 Knicks totally ran rampant over the scrambling college boys, I don't even recall the score. I do recall a try being scored off the kickoff though, without a tackle even being made (had the time been measured, it may have even made the guinness book of world records).
The game presented a great opportunity for me to practice positioning, whistle tone, signals, and prove my worth to the local rugby club.
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