This was a Tuesday night game, it also made the rugby news.
http://www.americanrugbynews.com/artman/publish/college/College_Make-up_Games.shtml
Chilly (40 degree) conditions - played at 8 PM on Tuesday evening in College Station. Field was marked with blue lines - but there were white lines close to the blue. This caused confusion for players trying to stay infield. Game was close for the first 10-20 minutes, but A&M dominated possession and the gaps began to open up for them in the SH defense. The game was played in good spirit, but at the 60 minute mark SH really started to tire and began to get sloppy in their breakdown play - committing several penalties resulting in a YC. On full time SH managed to score their first try, punching over a try after numerous penalties committed by A&M goal line defenders - a habit that A&M had no opportunity to show earlier in the game. Overall, A&M dominated most aspects of the game (possession, set piece), coming away clear winners. |
Texas A&M: 10 Tries, 6 Conversions (62)
Sam Houston State: 1 Try, 1 Conversion (7)
Notes:
"white" request from A&M captain before game. I was not aware of "Maroon" importance.
two charge down offsides against A&M
offside lines on far side of ruck crept up - should have penalized earlier to manage better.
white 6 kept breaking his bind on scrum. Not very material - but should have managed the incident to stop him.
need to think about A&M ruck management - became more and more straight down as the game wore on. Need to manage better.
felt very good about my scrum management - I thought I was accurate and prevented problems before they occurred.
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