Vassar do a great job of reporting on their games:
http://www.vassarathletics.com/news/2009/10/17/WRUG_1017094317.aspx?path=wrug
From my perspective...at half time...I was very happy. At full time...I was not happy with my performance.
The 1st half had less than 5 penalties....despite the close contest the ladies were listening to my preventative instructions and abiding.
I was so happy with their legal play in the 1st that when in the 2nd half they started creeping up at the breakdown and not quite coming straight into the rucks...I was not quick enough to penalize it. As the 2nd half wore on the offsides and zone entry got worse and worse, eventually getting to the point where I was blowing quite a lot of penalties.
My problem with my logic: when the ladies started creeping up I needed to ping them immediately to let them know the standard was still there...I was lenient...almost rewarding both sides for their strong performance in the 1st half. Mental note: don't do this again.
Otherwise the game was quite exciting with one of Dartmouth's tries coming from inside their 22 and passing through probably 10 of their players hands...quite a spectacle, it reminded me of Ngwenyas USA v. South Africa try in the 2007 world cup.
There were a few questionable calls from the game...it was not clear following one scrum who took the ball in goal (need to see the video)....and I was behind a girl as she scored a try (whilst being tackled)....it looked as though she may have knocked on before downward pressure but I had no evidence so I awarded the try. There was also a scrum feed that went straight through to the otherside..I thought it had probably slipped through the props foot but from what I hear..it did not. This lead to the winning try so I need to make sure these errors do not occur.
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