Never Too Much

I do love rugby but seven hours may be pushing it. Starting with warm ups at ten am the marathon began with the high school teams inter-squad scrimmage. The half I was coaching, the Corvallis part of the team, played promising but ultimately succumbed to a couple early tries and several late tries falling 42-3. Ben Overman scored the only points for the Corvallis side converting a penalty midway through the first half.
Following this was the OSU women's team playing the Budd Bay Women's club team. A spirited game that went back and forth quite a bit. The game was primarily dominated by great play from the OSU backs as they ran through tackles and moved the ball very well from sideline to sideline and up field as well. Budd Bay made the most of the momentum they had throughout the game making the plays when they had the advantage of position or penalty. Using their forwards effectively they managed to find holes in the Oregon State defense and convert a few tries. Final here was 32-24
Last game of the day was the Corvallis Men's Club against the Vancouver Men's Club. In a game that resembled the women's game before Corvallis' backs ran roughshod over Vancouver for much of the game and opened up the lead in the second half en route to a 63-17 drubbing. A very close game for much of the first half as both teams took turns volleying kicks back and forth and forwards from both sides worked the ball close to the try line and we're able to power it in as Corvallis took a 24-17 lead into halftime. The second half was dominated by ground play, Corvallis began working the balls with the backs, spending less time putting the boot on it and more time using the pass and smart running lanes to put Vancouver on their heels. Vancouver continued to threaten early on but in the half but by the midway point Corvallis had worn them down and was able to put together three late late tries (including one at full time) to ice the game. Corvallis didn't miss any conversions and was zero for one on penalties.
All in all I arrived at the pitch at ten am after working for six hours and finally walked off the pitch at four thirty completely exhausted but sated for now. More to come about the high school game in the coming week.