S4, Res3: Nippers vs. Olympians (vBookie)

44.45

The Olympians with the scrum. The ref has blown his whistle here for a penalty. Clearly some issues with the way that Roger Mellie was binding on that scrum.

Dion Alessi decides to kick for touch, 20 metres away from the tryline. Great kick. That finds touch 15 metres upfield. The players run up to form the line out, just 5 metres from the tryline.

Easy take there for the Olympians. The ball is secured easily by Robert Dawson. The maul forms. Very dangerous for the Nippers here. The Olympians get a good rumble on. They've forced the Nippers back over their try line. Dawson still has the ball and he gets it down.

TRY to the Olympians

Alessi is spot on with that one and adds the extra 2.

Nippers 12 - 20 Olympians

 

50.00

A scrum to the Olympians is called. The scrum collapses as the ball's fed. The referee has penalised Alej Parero for that offense. That'll be a penalty to the Nippers

The Nippers decide to go for goal. Ginger Furball is spot on and gives his team an extra 3.


Nippers 15 - 20 Olympians

 

52.30

Farnsworth breaks the line. He gets within 3m of the try line but is tackled. Storer with the pick and go, but he's held up over the line by Faldo.

At the scrum, a dominant (though a potentially early hit) by the Nippers front row wins them the scrum and they clear the danger.

 

56.15

The Nippers have the penalty. Furball decides to kick for touch. That's a poor kick. He's failed to find touch there, and the Olympians snap up the ball.
Tait catches the ball and he has acres of space to play with and run at the Nippers' line.

Too easy for Tait, just 10 metres from the halfway line. He runs at full pelt, he side-steps Kirk and he's through. Furball troubled him, but with so much space to play with behind the Nippers' line, he easily slid over in the corner.

Big mistake from Furball for that try.

TRY to the Olympians

Alessi misses

Nippers 15 - 25 Olympians

 

59.30

Ginger Furball is tackled by Alej Parero, 18 metres away from the try line. The ruck forms and is contested but Ginger Furball has been penalised by the referee for not releasing the ball. That'll be a penalty to the Olympians

Alessi kicks for touch. Great kick. That finds touch 15 metres upfield. The players run up to form the line out.

Easy take there for the Olympians. The ball is secured easily by Jimmy Smith.
Smith gains a couple, but is tackled. The Nippers commit bodies to the ruck to try and win the turnover.

Clean ball for Flack though. The Olympians spread this one wide. A chance of an overlap here... Yes, Farnsworth with clean ball and he beats Kao down the touchline. The touchline is usually Kao's friend, but he can't force Farnsworth over this time. Great strength from the Nippers' winger. It's try time again.

Another easy line break for the Olympians. Looking tough for the Nippers now.

TRY to the Olympians

Alessi misses again. Let's hope he doesn't regret not bringing his kicking boots today.

Nippers 15 - 30 Olympians

 

Fuck sake, our defence is terrible. As if I'd miss a kick for touch.

 

62.15

The Nippers aren't a team to give up though. They hit back almost immediately through a line break from Classified which was backed up by some good work from the forwards. They had a few pick and go's before Classified completed the move with a burst from the back of the ruck.

Furball hits the post. No 2 extras on this one, I'm afraid.

Nippers 20 - 30 Olympians

 

As if I'd shunt kicks.