BMT Con comes in to replace the filler PW Adams. This makes a negligible impact on the odds. Crabs still without a fifteenth player. Which is a shame for them, as this match is set up and ready to go, so they'll end up playing with only 14 players as I can't find anyone else with even the slightest tenuous links to CW to fill in for them.
7.30 Clayton Evans throws the ball straight to Crowley at the line out. The ref spots that and we'll have an attacking scrum for the Nippers here. Only 20m from the Einherjar line. Good scrum from the Nips, clean ball for Classified who takes a run towards the Einherjar back line. Good pass to Shriram who speeds past the lumbering Choco Man and slides over the line. TRY to the Nippers. Shriram misses the conversion. Einherjar 0 - 5 Nippers
16.00 Dirk Diggler tackled by Roger Mellie around the halfway line. Phifer comes in and secures the ball for the Einherjar. Bots passes to Man. Man onto Con. Con has nowhere to go and is tackled by Spark. Clean ball again for the Einherjar backs. Bots spins a massive pass out to Darts who cuts infield and passes to Diggler back on his outside shoulder. Great move here, and Diggler's at full pace as takes to the far touchline. He cuts in to avoid the tackle from Kao before sliding down in the corner. TRY to Einherjar. No one particularly wants to take the conversion, but Bots steps up to try. A tough one, and it gets nowhere near. Einherjar 5 - 5 Nippers
32.00 Try saving tackle by Choco Man on Okoudou Gbagbo. A firm tackle from the Lock/Centre forced the knock on and allowed the Einherjar to clear. Shortly after, Gbagbo returned the favour by slamming Man in a massive tackle which resulted in a nasty case of fisticuffs as the Nippers hooker tried to impolitely inform Man that there's plenty more where that tackle came from. The referee quickly calms things down and no cards result.
And half time follows with the score level at 5 - 5. A pretty uninspiring affair so far. Nippers slightly on top as things stand.
48.00 A. Filler penalised for poor binding at the scrum for the Nippers. Haydos Bots takes the penalty and with a good kick finds touch 5m from the Nippers try line. Evans gets his throw right and finds Will Robinson. Robinson is brought down just short of the try line, but Crowley with the quick pick and go slams over the line. TRY to the Einherjar! Einherjar 10 - 5 Nippers
68.15 Roger Mellie penalised for angling in at the scrum from a decent attacking position for the Nippers. The Einherjar kick that downfield and find touch only about 15m further downfield and another 15m from the halfway line. Good throw from Evans finds Crowley. Crowley to Bots, Bots cuts out Choco and finds Con. Con draws in Bannerman before finding Diggler with a perfect pass. Diggler slides through the gap opened up by Bannerman's tackle on Con and is through. He's got too much pace for Kyle Wright to defend, and Diggler dives over for his second. The conversion is again missed. Einherjar 15 - 5 Nippers
77.00 Haydos Bots puts the icing on the cake for the Einherjar by securing them the bonus point. The try was built on a good tackle from Rusty Downpipes on Michael Portillo. The slamming tackle knocked the ball loose where it was gathered by Con. The referee played advantage and it worked out well for the Einherjar as Bots found himself on the end of a try scoring move. Still couldn't convert, mind. Einherjar 20 - 5 Nippers
Einherjar (20) Tries: Diggler x 2, Crowley, Bots Conversions/Penalties: None Nippers (5) Tries: Shriram Conversions/Penalties: None
Einherjar Code: SCRUMS WON 22 SCRUMS LOST 17 SCRUMS WON AGAINST FEED 2 LINE OUTS WON 9 LINE OUTS WON AGAINST THROW 6 LINE OUTS NOT STRAIGHT 13 LINE OUT INFRINGEMENTS 0 RUCK INFRINGEMENTS 8 MAULS WON 1 MAUL INFRINGEMENTS 0 METRES GAINED FROM OPEN PLAY 242 POSSESSION 51% TIME IN OPPOSITION 22 (seconds) 690 TERRITORY (seconds) 47% SCRUM METRES 24 TACKLES MADE 44 TACKLES MISSED 11 Nippers Code: SCRUMS WON 17 SCRUMS LOST 22 SCRUMS WON AGAINST FEED 0 LINE OUTS WON 16 LINE OUTS WON AGAINST THROW 7 LINE OUTS NOT STRAIGHT 3 LINE OUT INFRINGEMENTS 0 RUCK INFRINGEMENTS 7 MAULS WON 1 MAUL INFRINGEMENTS 0 METRES GAINED FROM OPEN PLAY 214 POSSESSION 49% TIME IN OPPOSITION 22 (seconds) 825 TERRITORY (seconds) 53% SCRUM METRES 19 TACKLES MADE 57 TACKLES MISSED 6 Based on those stats, its hard to believe the Nippers lost by 4 tries to 1.
Code: Team MTk TkM BTk HE RM KMiP KMPen KiP KE PenIP GA GS CA CS LB NR IEAG OS HITR SI LOOB LOS LOI BT TA T LBA Time Alec Bannerman Nippers 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Zinzan Brumby Nippers 0 5 5 2 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 80 Insane Bolt Nippers 0 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 80 Cobra Class'd Nippers 1 1 2 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 80 Ethan McNamara Nippers 1 4 0 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Roger Mellie Nippers 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Koal Kao Nippers 0 2 2 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Okoudou Gbagbo Nippers 1 15 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 80 Michael Port'o Nippers 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Kyle Wright Nippers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Gunner Shriram Nippers 1 4 1 1 77 153 247 10 8 17 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 80 Pretzel Sparkle Nippers 1 8 1 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 80 Hal Teja Nippers 0 3 0 6 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 80 Chuck Faldo Nippers 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Brett Con Einherjar 0 2 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Choco Man Einherjar 0 2 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 David Crowley Einherjar 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 80 Cam Darts Einherjar 1 3 2 1 4 15 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Dave Armstrong Einherjar 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Dirk Diggler Einherjar 0 2 0 3 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 80 Brenton Phifer Einherjar 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 80 Haydos Bots Einherjar 0 5 0 1 34 141 299 8 3 22 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 80 Jamie Lyons Einherjar 0 3 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Rusty Downpipes Einherjar 1 3 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 80 Ryan Gayler Einherjar 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 80 Will Robinson Einherjar 1 5 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 80 Nigel Hunt Einherjar 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 80 Theo Miokovic Einherjar 2 9 3 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 80 Clayton Evans Einherjar 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80
No way should we have lost that, at not by anywhere near as much. Basically no difference in the stats. Though, 13 lineouts not straight from einherjar? What?