70 Degrees, Rainy. Over a foot of mud and standing water on field, barely playable conditions. Goal posts on top of soccer goals at the back of ingoal. One ingoal was only about 5 meters deep. Dallas Reds are a mid- table Division 1 men's side, San Antonio are at the bottom of the D1 table.
The Dallas side were very frusturated with the field conditions, struggling to focus on the game and making the right decisions. San Antonio capitalized on the Dallas hesitation and scored two opportunistic tries to start off the match...going up 12-0. As the game wore on and Dallas accepted the conditions they began to make it work for them. They showed their athleticism outwide breaking numerous tackles any time the ball moved passed their outside half (which was rare). It was one way traffic for the Dallas Reds in the the rest of the match but San Antonio picked up a consolation try on full time. Players were slipping and sliding in these atrocious conditions. Any player who kicked the ball would have their feet slide out from under them EVERY TIME.
There was, however, a couple of neat tries where the player slid a good distance in the mud/water to score.
Dallas Reds (31)
Tries: 26:00, 41:00, 60:31 (c), 72:00 (c), 77:00 (c)
San Antonio (17)
Tries: 15:10, 19:00 (c), 82:13
Notes:
-as already stated, bad conditions. I was (along with all the players) carrying around about 10 pounds of mud on both feet.
-didnt improve my ball control, still staying infield, but was feeling limited by conditions. There were a couple of calls I made that required a bit of guessing because I was on the wrong side. The players claiming it popped out the side off a foot, but the ball was looking to me as if it was still in
-Dallas players wanted to ask about every 50-50 call, when theyd ask - SA took advantage. Nice work SA
-I think I may have been too sympathetic with SA - too much empathy for hte players I think lead the teams to question some of my calls
-there was a punch I missed, silly from SA player who weighs well under 150 lbs (scrumhalf, 18). thank god the Dallas player did not retaliate.
-somewhat lenient with breakdowns and players keeping feet for duration of ruck. more unplayables than usual.
-awarded try on 5 meter line (the ingoal was only 5 meters deep) so the 5 meter line looked certain to be the try line. No posts for reference either.
-Dallas player went ingoal and got pushed out without knowing it. I tried to tell the player to put it down to no avail. It's possible he might have been tackled and grounded on the goal line......but there was no line for reference, only mud.
-side entry issues. you must always drive straight, it doesnt matte rif you came in the gate at first, you still must push straight.
-Dallas foot up, blocking the put, didnt always ge tthe communication.
-22 drop out, player punted, total blatant up and over. I wasnt watching, did not call it. If I dont see it, I cant call it. Players played on but made sure I knew it was a punt.
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