MEN'S TEAMS NOTES FROM COACH ALLEN     29th May 2007

 

This past weekend, Brampton Men's program lost 3 straight games to the new kids on the block: Stoney Creek. They were a pleasant surprise as a team well-coached and they can execute strongly in the style they have adopted. Stoney Creek should do well in the Marshall Division this season.

 

 

 

I think that Brampton Men's program has received an eye opener in how much work we have to do over the next few months. I think everyone now realizes that having a poor Spring training program results in poor execution on opening day for all 3 teams. The teams that played were a mixed group of veteran and new Rugby players. So, well done to the players who played their first games with Brampton and thanks to the old boys for coming out and helping the young guys out.

 

The Men's first side is a team that will gain a great deal of credibility this year, once we get a few small details cleaned up. Again, this team was a mixture of the veteran and new. A real sense of pride is starting to show in the wearing of the Beavers jersey, and this team will be an electrifying force in a few weeks.

 

Jeff McDiarmid played his first game with the Beavers and he looked outstanding. There was some very strong running from Cam Mitchell, and Andrew Petriccia held his own in all the scrum situations. Andrew was awarded Man of the Match for his hard work and positive outlook in the game.

 

Please see the photograph to realize our new Brampton first team tradition for players. There is a mandatory starting 1st XV post/pre game uniform.  It is an honor to start for the Brampton first team and this players will be recognized for this. Anytime this season that a player is selected to play for the 1st XV, they will be given this shirt. The new players for the 1st XV will be presented with their shirt during Thursday night training.

The shirt is not to be worn other than on game day, pre and post match, and it is also not be to worn if you are not on the starting XV. This is a new tradition that we are starting at BRFC. Please respect and honor it. 

Also, this year we are going to be honoring a man of the match after every game. This award will honour the selected layer by allowing him to wear a BRFC suit jacket that has be donated by one of our long standing club members Robin Boydell. Again, this is a new tradition we are starting at the Club, and again I ask you to respect and honor it. 

We will be having a hard and physical training week, and i look forward to seeing all players on Tuesday night