Friday

A very tough friday for the boys. First up was Highland rugby-a couple of very large boys on the team-their number 8 was very big. They had coaches walking both sides of the field communicating with each other via walkie-talkie. Our boys took a bit to settle down. They scored a couple of quick tries before the boys figured out that they didn't have to take this. We scored a our own two tries and a penalty kick. I think they were absolutely shocked that we had scored on them, as they presumed they would dispatch us easily. The final score was 31-15-not bad for our first time playing the "exhalted" Highland team. One parent was told that this was the most points anyone had scored against Highland this season.

Our second game that afternoon was against the LA cougars. Both Asher and Jonathan knew one of the boys on this team-Andrew Jackson, who has played with them on the USA U17 and U18 team. Andy is their fly-half and his is absolutely deadly with the kick, which he showed off to great effectiveness in our game. Unfortunately, our boys just looked flat coming out to this game. Don't know if the effects of playing hard games for the past several weeks plus the really physical match against Highland just finally caught up with them, but they just couldn't put anything together and fell to the cougars by an uncharacteristic score of 21-0. I know the boys were disappointed, but as parents, we were cheering them on and hoping to give them a bit of lift so they can come back strong for their final game on saturday.

Friday night, we all ate together at a local italian restaraunt. I think the boys settled down, had a bit of fun and with some rest will have their game face back on for today's game against Union.

GO HIGHLANDERS!