The 2s win big against Horsham
With a gutsy performance last week that resulted in a narrow away win, the ******** where back on deck at the Hurlingham fortress. With a strong side selected, the boys were keen as mustard to put on a good performance against Horsham. After a questionable warmup and some frantic pregame chat, Nugget (pronounced Nu/Jay) calmed the boys’ nerves with his ever smooth, peaceful pregame guidance.
Kick off started and to no one’s shock the ******** gave away a penalty within 5 seconds of the whistle. Some strong defence and pilfering (jackling), saw the hammers achieve some penalties of their own and marched back into the opposition 22. As Horsham threw their first not straight lineout of the afternoon (many more to come) the hammers successfully won a scrum and managed to attack out wide in the 15 channels. George ‘milf hunter’ Nellany managed to use some of his pace and athleticism to get the ******** within breathing distance of the line, where some quick thinking by Gregor and Russell saw the ball go short side for an unselfish Sam ‘Nurse Shark’ Nursey try in the corner.
Horsham were looking to bounce back and after some more penalties, they were tapping and going 5m out from our line. Good urgency and courage from reliable forwards Charlie ‘stretch’ Lang and Dylan ‘nice guy’ Johns saw Horsham held up at the line. Unfortunately, with several penalties going against us, they eventually went over to even up the scores. Game on.
Strong defence from the likes of Hugo ‘Frankenstein’s monster’ Vati, was encouraging the troops, especially after he was sat down by his opposing number in embarrassing fashion. Speaking of the troops, it was only a matter of time before Dylan ‘god bless our troops’ Blicki got close to the line, with too much power he burrowed his way over for the *******’s 2nd try.
From here the ******** fell into some good shape in patches, with play effortlessly flowing out the back and via the tip option. When they held onto it the backs where gilding around the park, making a mockery of their opposing number. Some good connection from Geoff Mahon, Ted Shand and Jake Paul saw the ******** playing that expansive footy we try so hard to get right at training. Having inspired the forwards, Andrew Rogan, fresh off the plane that morning made a charge down the right edge, linking with Gunner to successfully (depends who you ask) in and away the opposing winger. The boys could do no wrong.
Shortly after, forwards Jack ‘Jmac’ Mcgregor and Harry Tate showed a combination of power and speed to run a good 2 man try straight through the middle to inject some more life into the ********.
In the second half, the boys were told by Nugget to tighten up the reigns a little. Again, in patches the ******** listened, but you can’t keep a ******* from doing something stupid for too long, as Ted Shand fired a terrible pass to Harry Tate resulting in a missed opportunity. A similar instance right after ensued as Matt Jones got put in arguable the best hole of his hammers career before a bit of loose ball resulted in a turn over (FINEEE).
At this point, the boys were blowing hard, and after a penalty for God knows what Captain Jmac took the points to give the boys a bit of a breather. Nugget was not happy. No doubt he would have pushed on if he were out on the field….
With the Bomb Squad (POM Squad), of Kioko and Samson ‘almost a prop´Hart, providing some much valuable line running, defensive pressure and genuine fitness injection the ******** completely ran Horsham out of the fight. With the ******** firing on all cylinders, and Gregor showing some levels of aggression he must burry deep down inside, the 2s linked for an almost full field try, which included some great support running from Nursey and Charlie Scott . Special mention to Geoff who only missed one goal all day.
Final score 43-5.
