Day: 23 May 2022

The match was a big arm wrestle from the start. Every scrum, line-out and ruck was an intense battle with the Union boys refusing to back down.

Woodridge scored the first try of the match through a rolling maul taking a 0 – 5 lead. A lot of unforced errors and pressure from Woodridge kept Union scoreless for most of the 1st half.

The Union team, however, found a bit of rhythm just before half time. Sustained pressure and good discipline led to a driving maul try scored by 𝗜𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆, taking the score to 5-all at half time.

The second half started with Woodridge scoring the first try, resulting in them taking a 5 – 10 lead. This was short lived, however, as Union responded almost immediately with a try through 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗱 after some slick handling from the backs and a dominant scrum by the forwards.

The boys then ran in a further three tries through 𝗔𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗲𝗸𝗶𝘀𝗼, 𝗦𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗽𝗵𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗹𝘀 and 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝘄𝗮𝗯𝗼 𝗦𝗶𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗮.

𝗛𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗶 𝗦𝗸𝗲𝗽𝗲 converted two tries.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘣𝘰 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘣𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺!

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟵 – 𝟭𝟬.

“𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐’𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 – 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘲𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 – 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵!” – 𝗠𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅, 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗫𝗩 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥!