the start of the game:
end of game
Within about 10 minutes both teams were wearing a very similar color...mud brown. Scrums were regularly getting repositioned to enable to players to get their safe footing.
Hartford had a distinct advantage at scrum time but struggled to capitalize on that dominance.
Worcester were given a yellow card at the 60 minute mark for repeated zone entry infringements.
The score was 14-14 with about 5 minutes left in the game and Hartford made a critical error ...throwing the ball to a "brown" "teammate"...a Worcester player who strolled in to make the score 19-14.
In the next few minutes Worcester took a shot at a goal to stretch the gap and end the game...but the attempt was wide and Hartford made a nice break up the sideline only to step out around the oppositions 10 meter line (game over).
FT
Worcester: 3 Tries, 2 Conversions (19)
Hartford: 2 Tries, 2 Conversions (14)
A few notes for myself from the game:
- Missed a Worcester player reaching through to strip the scrumhalf at a ruck...I was busy getting the backs onside. When I looked back it seemed the Hartford player had knocked on.
- The Hartford scrums were bothering me...they were so dominant. I did not pick up on any binding problems on my side...but the Worcester coach pointed out to me after the game that the loosehead was binding on to the arm and pushing down
- The Hartford hooker had great timing, consistently getting his foot in front of the Worcester foot...unfortunately he could not get a hook and it kept coming straight bcak out. My only solution was to tell him to be better...his foot was not up early but it was very disruptive to continue resetting the scrum.
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