S4, Res3: Nippers vs. Olympians (vBookie)

75.15

Ginger Furball opts to kick here for the Nippers. He's trying to Kick for Touch. A decent kick there. He's gained 26 metres of territory for them and we'll have a line out.

Line Out to the Olympians, just 16m away from their own chalk.
Great work by the Nippers. They've contested that Line Out superbly, and Zinzan Brumby steals the ball for them.

Brumby is tackled by Jimmy Smith, but he's penalised for hands in the ruck. Silly stuff really from the young bloke.

The Nippers aren't panicking and decide to kick for goal. Furball converts that one and that brings the score within only 7 with 4 minutes to play. Could there be a comeback?

Nippers 23 - 30 Olympians

 

75.30

Restart to the Olympians. Peter Jackson with the kick. He kicks deep. That's gone to Koal Kao who drops it cold. Knock on. Time for something we all love, a scrum.

Great work by the Olympians. They've secured their own ball and win that scrum gaining 1 metre.

Dion Alessi is tackled by Hal Teja for the Nippers and a ruck forms, 19 metres out from halfway. The ruck is contested but the Olympians show good ball security and retain the ball from the ruck.

Charlie Downes is tackled by Okoudou Gbagbo for the Nippers and another ruck forms. The ruck is once again contested and the Nippers players pile on in. I think he got a little isolated there, and they've turned the ball over here.
Quick ball for the Nippers who sense the opportunity here. Classified puts in a massive pass out to Faldo. Faldo chucks it to Kao. Is that a gap I see?

YES! Incredible break from Kao here. Farhat was there to cover, but Kao showed great acceleration this late in the game to leave Farhat trailing in his wake. With Jackson to beat and Farnsworth sprinting back to cover, Kao spun round the grasping reach of Jackson and dived over under the posts.

TRY to the Nippers

Can Furball get this easy conversion? Yes he can!!! The scores are level. The Olympians will be biting their tounges. Game on!

Nippers 30 - 30 Olympians

 

Fuck sake, width of a post away from leading.

 

78.00

A scrum to the Olympians here. Oh dear, clearly some issues with the way that Insane Bolt was binding on there, penalty.

Alessi kicks for touch, 4 metres beyond halfway. Great kick. That finds touch 14 metres upfield. The players run up to form the line out.

Easy take there for the Olympians. The ball is secured easily by Dave Cowie.

Al Farnsworth with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 4 metres. It looks like he's going to be tackled by Roger Mellie but he manages to offload to Scott Flack in time.

THE FULL TIME SIREN SOUNDS - is there going to be a winner here or will it be a draw???

 

Come on!

 

Past Full Time

Scott Flack has the ball and decides to run. He's already gained 9 metres. It looks like he's going to be tackled by Chuck Faldo but he manages to offload to Ben Storer just in time.

Ben Storer with the ball on the run here. He's moving sideways at the moment in the face of a good defensive line. Good Tackle by Pretzel Sparkle and a ruck forms.

Flack passes the ball out to Farhat. Ali Farhat is tackled by Zinzan Brumby for the Nippers and that's the end of that phase. The ruck is contested but someone in the Nippers' defensive line has been called off side. Penalty to the Olympians.

Pressure on this kick, which is only 14 metres out from the posts. It's from out wide and definitely not an easy one, but the 3 points would win the game for the Olympians.

Alessi zones out the crowd and steps back from the tee. He runs up - good contact. He's started this way out to the right, but it's slowly bending back round. Is it going to curve enough?

 

Never offside. How much did you cunts buy the ref off for?

 

How wide has he started this kick if it's taking 3 minutes to get to the posts btw?

 

NO! Alessi misses by about a foot. He'll feel sick after missing that one.

Well that's the game and we have a draw, where no one's a winner on or off the field.

The Olympians were comfortable in that one until the end. They'll have to head to the training park on Monday and recoup after that one.

 

Code:

Nippers (30)

Tries: Classified, Furball, Kao, Faldo
Penalties: Furball x 2
Conversions: Furball x 2

Olympians (30)

Tries: Farhat, Farnsworth, Tait, Downes, Dawson
Penalties: Alessi x 1
Conversions: Alessi x 1

 

Code:

Nippers			TOTAL
SCRUMS WON			14
SCRUMS LOST			14
SCRUMS WON AGAINST FEED		2
LINE OUTS WON			19
LINE OUTS WON AGAINST THROW	3
LINE OUTS NOT STRAIGHT		1
LINE OUT INFRINGEMENTS		0
RUCK INFRINGEMENTS		4
MAULS WON			3
MAUL INFRINGEMENTS		0
METRES GAINED FROM OPEN PLAY	437
POSSESSION			52%
TIME IN OPPOSITION 22 (seconds)	720
TERRITORY (seconds)		55%
SCRUM METRES			10
TACKLES MADE			31
TACKLES MISSED			25

Code:

Olympians	
SCRUMS WON			14
SCRUMS LOST			14
SCRUMS WON AGAINST FEED		2
LINE OUTS WON			11
LINE OUTS WON AGAINST THROW	2
LINE OUTS NOT STRAIGHT		3
LINE OUT INFRINGEMENTS		1
RUCK INFRINGEMENTS		3
MAULS WON			1
MAUL INFRINGEMENTS		0
METRES GAINED FROM OPEN PLAY	358
POSSESSION			48%
TIME IN OPPOSITION 22 (seconds)	525
TERRITORY (seconds)		45%
SCRUM METRES			17
TACKLES MADE			45
TACKLES MISSED			33