NADS vs Grads

Give yourself a pinch or your girlfriend or someone’s girlfriend?, no your not dreaming the NADS are legit!
It was a beautiful night for rugby and the weatherman cooperated with some cloud cover to start the game cooling off what other wise was a sizzling day. The NADS took the field with confidence and a nice complement of players. It is odd to see more than a couple, if any subs on the sideline! After the embarrassing loss last time these two teams went at it the NADS were making sure that they had enough players and speed to sub when needed!
It took about twenty minutes and a lot of grueling hard work by the forwards before the first try was actually scored. At 22:32 Kyle Leduc went in from about 9 meters out on well fought battle by the forwards who inched and fought their way from the their own 22 to punch it across for a well deserving 5 point lead! Greasy the NADS old time kicker who has only been getting better with age converted the try with ease.
Andrew Tjeltveit also scored 10 minutes later with another short spurt and again the forward’s grueling display of toughness and some finesse by the backs to get the NADS in range. The NADS capitalized on some sloppy passing by the grads when a missed passed by the grads was heading out of bounds and by some quick thinking and pure instinct of the game Murry Smith with a soccer style kick saved the ball an inch from the side line. Smith rocketed the ball forward along the sideline for speedster Elisha Baition to again give it another kick to gain some field advantage; run on to it and take it all the way down to the 5-meter line where the forwards went back to work.
Both youngsters Kyle Leduc and Andrew Tjeltveit played a strong game for the NADS who saw 4 rookies get playing time and contribute to the win!

Half time 14 – 5 NADS!

Second half was tougher than the first, which was to be expected as the Grads came out hitting harder than the first and with determination to get back into the game quickly! Greasie again added to the NAD lead as he kicked a penalty kick from about 30 meters out giving the NADS a 17 – 5 lead. The Grads immediately responded after the score to quick kick and catch the NADS sitting back on their fannies maybe a little to happy with the lead. It was evident how much was on the line with these two teams as tempers flared close to the NADs try line again and a fight broke out; and the Grads scored. Yes, the Grads scored as the fight was in progress without any stoppage in play by the official. No penalties were handed out even through second man in for the Grads was able to get some cheap shot punches off against the NADS who were only trying to stop the original bout.
Inspired by the heart of the rookie NAD who stood up and fought for his team the NADS answered back almost immediately with a phenomenal run and pass play by superstar 8 man Murry Smith. Breaking out on the short side he was able to sucker in some Grad defensive players and make a beautiful pass toAdrian Enns. Enns then scampered to the try line with a nice run from 20 meters outrunning 3 Grad tacklers. This try was not converted as Greasie was understandably distracted by a young lady in a bikini just behind the posts in the grads end zone. The Grads had no intentions of quitting after the score which gave the NADS the lead by 17 making the score 22 – 5. With again some quick work of the kickoff and some sit back sloppy play by the NADS the grad soon answered back with a try of their own, but missed the conversion making the score 22 – 10.
Hold on to your NADS! The best and sweetest play of the game came when Murry Smith who like a gazelle on this played broke loose and went on a gallop of about 40 meters before getting tripped up from behind, but not until popping the ball back to the lone support Albert’s who went into score his first of the game. This beautiful play caught admiration of the some 250 fans in the stands; as all stood cheering and applauding; except of course the Grad fans.

Final score 29 – 15…

Although there was some outstanding plays by certain leaders on the team all can be applauded on a truly great win by the entire team who say all contribute.

NAD shorts:

Tryan Sapergia was missing in action tonight due to some marital brown nosing; which in retrospect may benefit the team in the long run.

Others missing were Dave Jukes; (family reunion), Winston Montgrand; (Tugaske bar).

Welcome back Montana Stapleton who played a significant role as the toughest forward.

Adrian Enns had the bone crusher hit of the game!

Rookies were outstanding.

And honorable mentions to Chris Nancarrow who played outstanding with much improved passing game!

Big Thank-you to Mike Dunning who provided the Snow Bird fly by!

Stay tuned for the next blog which will be a tribute to Emil Christianson!