Thursday, June 25, 2009
Player Profile: Murray Muzza Smith
Introduction: Murray Smith one of the many international pick ups the NADS have had over the years. This one though is a keeper as he now resides in the Moose Jaw and married to a beautiful home town girl and proud parents of a lovely little girl.
Name: Murray Muzza Smith
Born in: Te Puk New Zealand.
Sign: Sagittarius
Family: Beautiful wife and lovely little girl
Years Played: 32, played one year in the womb!
Favorite Position: Running upright with the ball! and 8 man.
Life time number of trys: 754 not including international play or womb play!
Most memorable moment: road trip with the NADS to Banff 10’s!
Favorite Movie: Predator
Favorite Food: Raw Meat
Drink of choice: Water
Dream? To be like Dave Jukes!
Nick name: Muz
Monday, June 22, 2009
NADS vs Condors June 19th
NADS WIN 40 – 0
Once again all the planets aligned in the solar system as the NADS went on to another stellar performance and convincing win in Division 1 play in Regina Friday night beating the Condors 40 – 0. “The return of star kicker and defensive god Paul Grajczyk makes a huge difference in our game” said Dave Jukes. Playing the whole game because of a lack of front row players Jukes added the first of six trys early in the game as he bulldozed his way from 10 meters out brushing away numerous would be tacklers. 5 more trys would follow: Mike Dunning (2), Martin Alberts (2), and Elisha Baiton (1). Grajczk would convert 5 of 6.
Curtis Constable had an outstanding defensive game making some bone crushing hits early in the game which set the tone for the rest of the game.
Jeff Throsell made his first return since taking hiatus to go on tour with his body building competitions.
Jukes went on to comment about how well the backs have been playing as the doctors; Martin Alberts and P.J Vertue take control and lead the backs every game.
Quite and outstanding game considering players missing were; all-star back Tryan Sapergia, player coach Emil Christianson, and Murray Smith were all away with the Regina Fire.
Once again all the planets aligned in the solar system as the NADS went on to another stellar performance and convincing win in Division 1 play in Regina Friday night beating the Condors 40 – 0. “The return of star kicker and defensive god Paul Grajczyk makes a huge difference in our game” said Dave Jukes. Playing the whole game because of a lack of front row players Jukes added the first of six trys early in the game as he bulldozed his way from 10 meters out brushing away numerous would be tacklers. 5 more trys would follow: Mike Dunning (2), Martin Alberts (2), and Elisha Baiton (1). Grajczk would convert 5 of 6.
Curtis Constable had an outstanding defensive game making some bone crushing hits early in the game which set the tone for the rest of the game.
Jeff Throsell made his first return since taking hiatus to go on tour with his body building competitions.
Jukes went on to comment about how well the backs have been playing as the doctors; Martin Alberts and P.J Vertue take control and lead the backs every game.
Quite and outstanding game considering players missing were; all-star back Tryan Sapergia, player coach Emil Christianson, and Murray Smith were all away with the Regina Fire.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Player Profile: David Harral Jukes
Introduction: David Jukes is one of the founding members of the NADS. If it wasn’t for his dedication and commitment to the game of rugby and Moose Jaw; the NADS would have undoubtedly gone under as a club!
Name: David Harral Jukes Age: 57
Born in: Moose Jaw sk. Sign: Leo
Family: 1. Very, very understanding wife – Mary
2. Two Daughters and 1 son
Years Played: 41
Life time number of trys: Every game until he turned 50!
Most memorable moment: Playing with his brothers; Rick, Tom and Ron. Most special moment; Playing with his son and having him drink a shooter out of his belly button in Missoula!
Favorite Movie: Stagecoach – John Wayne
Favorite Food: All
Drink of choice: Milk, 2nd choice – Rye Whiskey
Dream? To play rugby till I die!
Nick name: Jukesy.
Name: David Harral Jukes Age: 57
Born in: Moose Jaw sk. Sign: Leo
Family: 1. Very, very understanding wife – Mary
2. Two Daughters and 1 son
Years Played: 41
Life time number of trys: Every game until he turned 50!
Most memorable moment: Playing with his brothers; Rick, Tom and Ron. Most special moment; Playing with his son and having him drink a shooter out of his belly button in Missoula!
Favorite Movie: Stagecoach – John Wayne
Favorite Food: All
Drink of choice: Milk, 2nd choice – Rye Whiskey
Dream? To play rugby till I die!
Nick name: Jukesy.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Game vs Saskatoon Gophers
NAD’s on 3 – Rugby post for June 14
The NADS continued their winning ways in Saskatoon this past weekend. The buried the Saskatoon Gophers 36 – 0; poor little rodents didn’t know what hit them.
Interlock action this weekend saw all the Regina teams and Moose Jaw match up against the Saskatoon teams.
Moose Jaw came out playing hard, but did not score until about the 15 minute mark when Tryan Sapergia dipped and doodled himself weaving through numerous would be tackles that looked like they wanted no part of tackling him as he picked up speed like a locomotive.
Next to the try line was Murray Smith who had a nice run himself from about thirty meters out. Murray at 6’4” runs as well as anyone on the pitch and with gorilla like arms to match his size he just swatted the would be tacklers away as he bounded his way to 1 of two try’s in the match for Smith. Sapergia went on to score another before the half with another long run. As the second half started the back breaker for the Gophers would have to be the beautiful steal by “Fly Boy” Mike Dunning at half, with cat like reflexes and a cunning sixth sense of where the next pass was going, Dunning shot the gap, intercepted the ball and was gone on the longest try of the game. This was Dunning’s second try of the game and the most dramatic. Game MVP went to Dunning as this spectacular performance was the best of the season for him so far. Other honorable mentions have to be KC Reed a grade 11 student who plays as well as any of the big boys and adds another nice dimension to the team. Speaking of big boys the second row for the NADS have a taken a lot of scrutiny lately from the coach and the media for their lack of intensity. Even though the two second rows average an age of 43, and it should be noted that this is one of the most demanding positions to play other than the front row which no one really wants to play. But imagine sticking your head between two asses that really stink more as the game progresses and rubbing your ears off and pushing as hard as you can each and every scrum until you have no energy left, did I mention putting your head between two asses, anyways honorable mentions were given to Winston Montgrand who started the game and Dave Jukes who came in for the last 20 minutes as the other staring second row went down with a hamstring injury. Jukes played outstanding for the time he was in even though he increased the average age of the second row to 56 with his entrance. Coach Christianson went on to say, “I know I’ve been a little hard on some of our forwards and older guys but if they don’t get their fat asses into shape quick the winning won’t come as easy, we have been lucky of late that the backs are playing so well!
Christianson also went on to say, “that our kicking game right now really sucks, were leaving to many points off the board because of it”. All are anxiously awaiting Paul Greasy’s return, as the star kicker should be returning soon.
Rugby Shorts:
NADS are now 3-2 on the season
NADS have not had all starters play a game together yet this season.
Murray Smith and Tryan Sapergia lead all scorers with 8 trys each.
Corey Short is expected to make an appearance sometime this summer. Also Reggie Jackson will be on leave from the Cold Lake Penquins and is expected to play at the end of the month.
Still many players that have not shown up to training camp for various reason’s;
Rob Hassal was recently exported from Scotland for mishaps of which are unmentionable at this time, he is expected to suit up for the next game.
The NADS continued their winning ways in Saskatoon this past weekend. The buried the Saskatoon Gophers 36 – 0; poor little rodents didn’t know what hit them.
Interlock action this weekend saw all the Regina teams and Moose Jaw match up against the Saskatoon teams.
Moose Jaw came out playing hard, but did not score until about the 15 minute mark when Tryan Sapergia dipped and doodled himself weaving through numerous would be tackles that looked like they wanted no part of tackling him as he picked up speed like a locomotive.
Next to the try line was Murray Smith who had a nice run himself from about thirty meters out. Murray at 6’4” runs as well as anyone on the pitch and with gorilla like arms to match his size he just swatted the would be tacklers away as he bounded his way to 1 of two try’s in the match for Smith. Sapergia went on to score another before the half with another long run. As the second half started the back breaker for the Gophers would have to be the beautiful steal by “Fly Boy” Mike Dunning at half, with cat like reflexes and a cunning sixth sense of where the next pass was going, Dunning shot the gap, intercepted the ball and was gone on the longest try of the game. This was Dunning’s second try of the game and the most dramatic. Game MVP went to Dunning as this spectacular performance was the best of the season for him so far. Other honorable mentions have to be KC Reed a grade 11 student who plays as well as any of the big boys and adds another nice dimension to the team. Speaking of big boys the second row for the NADS have a taken a lot of scrutiny lately from the coach and the media for their lack of intensity. Even though the two second rows average an age of 43, and it should be noted that this is one of the most demanding positions to play other than the front row which no one really wants to play. But imagine sticking your head between two asses that really stink more as the game progresses and rubbing your ears off and pushing as hard as you can each and every scrum until you have no energy left, did I mention putting your head between two asses, anyways honorable mentions were given to Winston Montgrand who started the game and Dave Jukes who came in for the last 20 minutes as the other staring second row went down with a hamstring injury. Jukes played outstanding for the time he was in even though he increased the average age of the second row to 56 with his entrance. Coach Christianson went on to say, “I know I’ve been a little hard on some of our forwards and older guys but if they don’t get their fat asses into shape quick the winning won’t come as easy, we have been lucky of late that the backs are playing so well!
Christianson also went on to say, “that our kicking game right now really sucks, were leaving to many points off the board because of it”. All are anxiously awaiting Paul Greasy’s return, as the star kicker should be returning soon.
Rugby Shorts:
NADS are now 3-2 on the season
NADS have not had all starters play a game together yet this season.
Murray Smith and Tryan Sapergia lead all scorers with 8 trys each.
Corey Short is expected to make an appearance sometime this summer. Also Reggie Jackson will be on leave from the Cold Lake Penquins and is expected to play at the end of the month.
Still many players that have not shown up to training camp for various reason’s;
Rob Hassal was recently exported from Scotland for mishaps of which are unmentionable at this time, he is expected to suit up for the next game.
Rugby Post June 7 Game vs Highlanders 2009
“NADS ON 3”. Moose Jaw Rugby Post for June 7.
Not sure if it was the humiliation from being thrashed by the Grads last Friday night or the grass and team bonding after the game, (birds in the bush), or the fact that the grass is greener in Moose Jaw, but the NADS put together an impressive game on Friday night beating the Highlanders 39 to 12.
Both Dave Jukes supervisor of operations and head player/coach Emil Christianson were smiling after the game. Jukes had imported Emil Christianson in from the University of Victoria over two years ago to clean up the organization and it has been paying dividends ever since. Last year the NADS enjoyed one of the best season in a lot of years in division 1 play. A lot of that can be contributed to the new coach and a few added delights such as super star Murray Smith also from B.C., the two South African doctors and Mike “fly boy” Dunning have complimented Sapergia and a few other stand-out NADS to bring their game to new levels.
If Friday night is any indication of the future for the NADS, watch out! Playing that well, winning and still missing some key players in key positions is an unusual feat, but considering the type of team the NADS have a reputation of being it is not overly surprising. The NADS have a reputation of being one of the most hearted and feistiest teams in the province, although lacking fitness at times, the true grit and determination to win often over comes any adversity!
Friday night the highlanders took advantage of some poor ball handling off the starting kick-off to score one of the fastest trys in rugby history. That slap in the face and fear of a repeat from last Friday kicked Moose Jaw right in the “nads” and motivated them to take the game into their own hands. Coach Christianson took some time on the try line during the attempted conversion to motivate his team and remind them of the game plan they had practiced on Wednesday. “Well, I just let them know how pissed off I was, dropped a few “F” bombs and said I would probably kill some of them if we lost this game”! That seemed to be enough to motivate them as the NADS scored very quickly afterwards and didn’t let up much after that. The Highlanders did squeak by a few times to score but those two times were only because of sloppy tackling which was soon rectified in both situations!
Scoring Summary:
Muz 2 trys
Tryan 3 trys
Elisha 1 try
Alberts 1 try
Converts by Sapergia.
The NADS would also like to thank the fill-in official for managing the game on such short notice. Although at times it looked like he suffered from Alzheimer’s, maybe not just sometimes! All in all he did a good job with very little disagreement, rather just a few head shakes!
Rugby Shorts:
Adrian Enns left the game at half with an undisclosed injury. Is expected to be back in action next week if his wife lets him.
Check out the picture in the herald this week of star back and old time NAD - - Robbie Fleck!
Rob Halsall is currently on a 2 week rugby exchange to Scotland. They got him,…. and we got nothing!
Still expected to show up to training in the near future; Montana, P.J., Winston Montgrand, Johnny Hort, Greg Martin, Tweeze, Big Daddy, Corey Short, Buenno and Robbie fleck!
Paul Greasie will be able to play next game as his 4 game suspension will be paid in full.
Next game action will be in Saskatoon this weekend, some old NADS that currently reside in Saskatoon are expected to partake in either the game or activities after.
Not sure if it was the humiliation from being thrashed by the Grads last Friday night or the grass and team bonding after the game, (birds in the bush), or the fact that the grass is greener in Moose Jaw, but the NADS put together an impressive game on Friday night beating the Highlanders 39 to 12.
Both Dave Jukes supervisor of operations and head player/coach Emil Christianson were smiling after the game. Jukes had imported Emil Christianson in from the University of Victoria over two years ago to clean up the organization and it has been paying dividends ever since. Last year the NADS enjoyed one of the best season in a lot of years in division 1 play. A lot of that can be contributed to the new coach and a few added delights such as super star Murray Smith also from B.C., the two South African doctors and Mike “fly boy” Dunning have complimented Sapergia and a few other stand-out NADS to bring their game to new levels.
If Friday night is any indication of the future for the NADS, watch out! Playing that well, winning and still missing some key players in key positions is an unusual feat, but considering the type of team the NADS have a reputation of being it is not overly surprising. The NADS have a reputation of being one of the most hearted and feistiest teams in the province, although lacking fitness at times, the true grit and determination to win often over comes any adversity!
Friday night the highlanders took advantage of some poor ball handling off the starting kick-off to score one of the fastest trys in rugby history. That slap in the face and fear of a repeat from last Friday kicked Moose Jaw right in the “nads” and motivated them to take the game into their own hands. Coach Christianson took some time on the try line during the attempted conversion to motivate his team and remind them of the game plan they had practiced on Wednesday. “Well, I just let them know how pissed off I was, dropped a few “F” bombs and said I would probably kill some of them if we lost this game”! That seemed to be enough to motivate them as the NADS scored very quickly afterwards and didn’t let up much after that. The Highlanders did squeak by a few times to score but those two times were only because of sloppy tackling which was soon rectified in both situations!
Scoring Summary:
Muz 2 trys
Tryan 3 trys
Elisha 1 try
Alberts 1 try
Converts by Sapergia.
The NADS would also like to thank the fill-in official for managing the game on such short notice. Although at times it looked like he suffered from Alzheimer’s, maybe not just sometimes! All in all he did a good job with very little disagreement, rather just a few head shakes!
Rugby Shorts:
Adrian Enns left the game at half with an undisclosed injury. Is expected to be back in action next week if his wife lets him.
Check out the picture in the herald this week of star back and old time NAD - - Robbie Fleck!
Rob Halsall is currently on a 2 week rugby exchange to Scotland. They got him,…. and we got nothing!
Still expected to show up to training in the near future; Montana, P.J., Winston Montgrand, Johnny Hort, Greg Martin, Tweeze, Big Daddy, Corey Short, Buenno and Robbie fleck!
Paul Greasie will be able to play next game as his 4 game suspension will be paid in full.
Next game action will be in Saskatoon this weekend, some old NADS that currently reside in Saskatoon are expected to partake in either the game or activities after.
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