This past week-end was successful for 2 of the 3 teams that played against the Oakville Crusaders. The Men's 3rd team won yet again, this time defeating CRU  by 26-24 on the last play of the game.

 

 

             

 

The second XV was a team made up of young players with a few vets leading the way. They won by a convincing 27-7. This is a sign of what is to come for Brampton. The team showed pride and determination and played as a team. Well done to both sides.

 

The Men's 1st side had another disappointment, losing to a Cru team we should have beaten. The 1st side came out flat and were not ready to play against a well-organized and determined Oakville team. For the 1st XV, coming off a well fought game against the Aurora Barbarians last week-end, I was disappointed in our performance on Saturday. It seems like the team went backwards for the first time this season.

 

 

At half time, the team was able to get re-focused and come out more strongly and more aggressively. We now played 30 of the 40 minutes in the Oakville end. But, even though we crossed the goal line four times, we were still unable to touch the ball to the ground to be rewarded with a try. The half ended with 8 points gained.

 

 

For us, there was some outstanding play from Mike Shannon and Andre Rose Green. These guys played for the other 13 guys. Another note is that the Brampton offence line-out was successful 96% of the time. This impressive statistic was led by Blair's great high ball.

 

 

 The GOAL for this week:

 

 

        Training  this week begins at 6:30  and ends at 8:30 .  

 

Cheers,   Chris Allen