It's the weekend, and there's no game, so it's up to you to get in as much real-life training in as possible. Try repeatedly jumping off the roof, eat a bowl of macaroni with ketchup, drink a case of beer and fall asleep on the hood of your car. This should give you that familiar Sunday paralysis.
I dunno about you, but my world was rocked by this news. Another blow to the economy. It's going to be a long 60 days....
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
As suspected, we are washed out tonight, so hit the pavement/treadmill/bike/all-you-can-eat buffet by youself. Weather permitting we will be at Fox Street on Thursday @ 6pm.
A little iPod humor for your rainy Tuesday afternoon.
A little iPod humor for your rainy Tuesday afternoon.
Monday, April 12, 2004
Boston Irish Wolfhounds B 20, Portland 17
Sporting more grey hair than an episode of the Golden Girls, a creaky Portland side took the field last Saturday looking to shake off some cobwebs against a spritely, young collection of Irish contenders. After previous false starts to the season, a glorious day beckoned along with the opportunity to feel grass underfoot for the first time this year.
I've never been particularly good at remembering much of a game, let alone keeping score, and this was no exception. I could've sworn the game was all tied when the final whistle blew, but the ref. told me otherwise. Were it not for letting them have a do-over on one of their penalties, this may still have been the case.
No matter. There was much to take heart from in this outing. Line-out dominance continued, and there were many additional yards gained through effective mauling. On the whole the back line looked exceptionally crisp, and our two tries came from set peices that were executed at pace. It's funny. It looks like they're always just standing around at practice, but it looks as though they must have worked on a few moves. Lastly, given the pace of the Irish side there was also some very effective defence being played, shutting down a few try scoring opportunities.
On the negative side, scrums were more than a little squirrelly, and didn't always provide a solid base from which to attack. "Connectivity" between backs and forwards is still an area for work, and just generally stringing together a few more passes in open play. All things that can be fixed though, so onward and upward.
Props to Joey Team and Matt Winch for their respective tries and to Andy Nelson for his perfect kicking (two cons., one pen.) As far as I could tell on Saturday evening, everyone emerged from this opening encounter unscathed, other than Scotty T-H's usual 30 second cameo in the B game.
Practice is scheduled for this Tuesday at 6pm on Fox Street, although rain is forecast so the City might have other ideas. Watch this space.
Sporting more grey hair than an episode of the Golden Girls, a creaky Portland side took the field last Saturday looking to shake off some cobwebs against a spritely, young collection of Irish contenders. After previous false starts to the season, a glorious day beckoned along with the opportunity to feel grass underfoot for the first time this year.
I've never been particularly good at remembering much of a game, let alone keeping score, and this was no exception. I could've sworn the game was all tied when the final whistle blew, but the ref. told me otherwise. Were it not for letting them have a do-over on one of their penalties, this may still have been the case.
No matter. There was much to take heart from in this outing. Line-out dominance continued, and there were many additional yards gained through effective mauling. On the whole the back line looked exceptionally crisp, and our two tries came from set peices that were executed at pace. It's funny. It looks like they're always just standing around at practice, but it looks as though they must have worked on a few moves. Lastly, given the pace of the Irish side there was also some very effective defence being played, shutting down a few try scoring opportunities.
On the negative side, scrums were more than a little squirrelly, and didn't always provide a solid base from which to attack. "Connectivity" between backs and forwards is still an area for work, and just generally stringing together a few more passes in open play. All things that can be fixed though, so onward and upward.
Props to Joey Team and Matt Winch for their respective tries and to Andy Nelson for his perfect kicking (two cons., one pen.) As far as I could tell on Saturday evening, everyone emerged from this opening encounter unscathed, other than Scotty T-H's usual 30 second cameo in the B game.
Practice is scheduled for this Tuesday at 6pm on Fox Street, although rain is forecast so the City might have other ideas. Watch this space.
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