Sunday, March 21, 2010

Luxembourg 43 - Hesby 0

Weather: 12°. Rain
Pitch: Muddy
Kickoff: 11:30 (2 x 30 minutes)
Spectators: 18

With a very good refereeing from Mr. Olberst, Luxembourg started:

1- Jordi, 2- Quentin, 3- Niclas, 4- Mario D, 5- Gabriel, 6- Frederico, 7- Antoine R, 8- Pedro (C), 9-Micky, 10- Benji, 11- Stanley, 12- Callum, 13- Stuart, 14- James, 15- Sean

Subs: 32” 16- Jason for Jordi; 34” 17- Louis for Gabriel; 35” 20- Christopher for James; 37” 18- Lucas for Antoine and 19- Matthew for Sean; 40” 21- Hugo for Stanley

Scorers: Tries- Stuart (2), Pedro(2), Benji, Hugo and Quentin. Conversions- Benji(4)

From the kickoff Luxembourg went straight away into the opposition 22. After several phases where we were close to open the score it finally came at the 5th minute. A 22 restart kick went wide to the left ending in the hands of Stuart whom, after avoiding the tackle, ran straight to the line. Benji converted.
At the 13th minute we scored again. Hesby ran a counter attack and they were stopped in our 40m. Pedro caught the ball from the ground and ran 60m unchallenged. Benji converted.
On the 17th minute, Stuart got the ball inside our half and went straight. Inside their 22 and to avoid an arriving defender made a nice kick and chase only to be pushed without ball. Penalty try, converted by Benji.
After this try the game wasn’t particularly interesting to watch with lots of knock ons and fouls. A combination of individual playing, the muddy pitch, a slippery ball and a brave Hesby team giving all their hearts to stop our players, explains why. The score stayed unchanged till half time: 21-0
Second half was much better to watch. The team played more collective and made some nice moves with the forwards and in the backs.
On the 40th minute, five beautiful consecutive passes ended in the hands of Pedro who scored on the wing. On the 45th minute a penalty 5m from the try line was taken quickly by Pedro who passed to Benji to score and convert. At the 18th minute in another good move, Benji passed to Pedro who fixed two defenders and opened the way for Hugo to score on the wing. Finally, in the last minute, we won a line out near their try line and from the subsequent ruck, Quentin took the ball and scored.
Final score: 43-0

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