Harvey Match Summary

A Team won 38-0. B Team won 7-5

Here is a match report from Coach John:

This past Sunday, the Lions exhibited a comprehensive and clinical display of rugby played as a team not seen in a few years. Not since we traveled to Charlotte in 2006,  when we completely overmatched and outclassed 3 teams, or our 2nd half dismantling of Parsippany last year, have I seen such a display of team oriented rugby. We have all witnessed matches were individuals shined, taking over a match with their stellar performances, but rarely has a Lions team had such a performance as a group.

 

There was very little that erred during the match, other than some decisions regarding penalty kicks in the first half, for which they were fortunate that didn't come back to haunt them.  With 90% possession in the first half, only once stepping back into their half of the pitch, the Lions were able to finally penetrate Harvey's solid defense to score 2 tries, one by Jeremy Latriano after a feed by Ryan Ritchie and another by Matt Turinas, slicing through the Harvey defense, with a conversion by Ryan Ritchie, a reward for ball control, effective rucking and timely tackling.  With the sure handed catching of Andrew Goodhand, we won all of our lineout ball, disrupting a percentage of theirs.  We surprisingly won most of our scrums, putting theirs under constant pressure.  I say surprisingly because we have not spent much time on scrummaging and their performance was a very pleasant compliment to the day.   

 

Then came the 2nd half when the Lions could have easily sat back, even relaxed enough to allow Harvey to mount a come back.  At the end of the 1st half, it was still anyone's match, even with being up 12 points to nil.  But again, the Lions kept the pressure on, offloading, passing, tackling, supporting.  Outstanding tackling on the wing by Dan Sweet, a positive effort by rookie Garrett Lally along with the return of Jeicol Herrera, combined with the overall performance of the forwards, helped to keep Harvey at bay.  Lineouts continued to be effective and the scrummaging skill became such an issue for the referee that at one point, considered uncontested scrums. With continued support of the ball carrier, coupled with some nice individual runs cutting through the defense, we were able to put across 4 more tries and 3 conversions, all the while keeping Harvey out of the try zone for the entire match.  Each try scored in the 2nd half, one by Jack Little, Blaze Feury with 2 and Cap Huizenga with the last, just brought greater frustration by the Harvey side.  Coupled with Ryan Ritchie's 3 of 4 conversions, well, the performance was complete, the statement achieved.

 

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