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Written by Joe 'majong' Cunningham
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Sunday, 10 May 2009 |
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We traveled light to Lincoln Park with several guys unavailable due to injury, work, and family obligations. We were also slow to prepare for the match with limited full team drills before kickoff, and it clearly showed in our lack of cohesive play during the first 20 minutes. While our defense was solid with few breaks and no scores allowed, we were somewhat soft on attack and we didn’t support well. In contrast, they applied heavy coordinated pressure near our goal line on several occasions and we only able to drive them back each time with solid tackling and swarming defense. Unfortunately, our offense was initially stagnant and unable to take advantage of several breaks inside their 22-meter line. We killed numerous offensive series via lost possession, unforced errors, and undisciplined penalties. Their pack also played well, particularly on lineouts where they won most of their own throws and often stole or interfered with ours. Fortunately our pack began to exert their advantage in scrummaging and the tide slowly turned in our favor.
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