I sometimes like to review other referee's match reports on the New England Rugby Referee's website. I stumbled across this one (also on sunday) and realized the story is almost EXACTLY the same as the game I refereed. So, I took the time to replace the names and publish it as my own...plagiarism at its best (Thank you Peter).
Taken from: http://www.nerugbyrefs.org/schedules/match_report.cfm?match_id=5422
This match was played on an artificial turf field lined for football but with sufficient width (e.g. soccer outline). The goal posts were in the dead ball line. It was mild with light rain. Under the conditions, ball handling was difficult and there were a lot of scrums, in which Nichols had a slight edge. There were bursts of good, linked phase play from both sides, but lack of experience and over-enthusiasm kept these from becoming the pattern. Nichols and Framingham both managed to score one try in the first half. In the second half, with more possession, Nichols was able to keep the pressure mostly in the Framingham and score multiple tries, mostly from a set piece platform. The game was played with pretty good discipline and in good spirit. I was impressed by Nichols coach and captain who prompty substituted out the one real attitude problem on their side (the said problem had stomped and thrown a punch that the referee missed...but the sideline did not).
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