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Page 21 text:
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early in the second half we had establised a 14-6 lead, representing a tally of three tries to none, the one scored by Fenton in the corner being worth waiting a season to see. The subsequent defeat of 14- 16 was a tragedy for Torrie and his team but fate and the referees whistle were just too much for us and Brentwood were not slow to snap up their chances. A blanket of snow forced postponement of our return fixture with St. Michael ' s University School and by beating Brentwood 9-7 in a closely fought game, they have pres- ented us with one final shot at the championship - a win and all three of us, Brentwood, St. Michael ' s University School are co-champions; a loss or a draw and St. Michael ' s University School are sole champions. By the end of the season the team was really beginning to roll. The forwards were very strong in many phases of play none more so than in pressuring the opposition when they had the ball. Doug Torrie was an indefatigable No. 8 pop- ping up everywhere in both attack and defence. Bob Dras- sinower and Stephen Southerland were a lively pair of flankers, the former alert and intelligent and invariably first to the point of break down and the latter not far behind. The locks, Dave Coalman and Russell Dyson, blended well in set scrum and lineout but still found time to be involved in much play in the loose. They were both good in the lineout, especially Coalman who jumped well and took the ball very cleanly. The front row of Eddie Evans, Redmond Goody and Mark Collver was very strong and solid and we outscrummaged nearly all our opponents. These three could also run and handled well in the open. Thus the pack as a whole were mobile, and, after they had shaken loose from their early season complacency, fit. The backs took a long time to become a unit and it was not until the last two or three matches that the cohesive- ness we worked for started to show. It takes time for half-backs to blend together well as Alberto Girotto and David Hyde-Lay found out; but both these players came on well as they gained in confidence and began to understand the game as a whole rather than within the limited vision of their own positions. Alberto has a quick and accurate ser- vice, tackles well and has a cheeky break from the base of scrum and ruck which he does not use often enough. David Hyde-Lay has plenty of ability; handling, running and kick- ing well and the brittleness of his play is disappearing as his confidence grows. The solo try he scored at Brentwood was a gem. In the centre Stuart Gault and Charles Crossfield were very sound without being spectacular. They both tackled hard and ran well and the timing of their passing was good but in Gault ' s case his pass was often too hard. Their positioning too improved greatly as the season wore on. The wings were both good runners; Page Tucker very strong and direct and hard to bring down. He was also the best tackier on the team and stopped more than one oppo- nent dead in his tracks when it looked as if he might score a try. Paul Fenton on the other hand was much more elusive and ran cleverly. He also kicked ahead intelligently and, with a much improved defence, removed the one remaining question mark about him in our minds. Rob Dawson was a very sound full-back. Absolutely safe under high punts and very difficult to knock down after he had caught the ball, he gave the team the kind of confidence any team needs from its full back. In addition he was a strong runner and danger- ous when joining in with the backs. In retrospect, this team was a strong one once it realised that there is no substitute for hard work, but it took a long time in reaching its present level of play and there is still room for improvement. It will be interesting to see how well it plays in the forthcoming tour to New Zealand and Australia. Unfortunately, it will not quite be at full strength as Russell Dyson and Rob Dawson are unable to go. D.W. Hyde-Lay 17
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There is no doubt that the 1st XV had a disappointing season. The material was there for an excellent side with powerful forwards and strong running backs. However, discipline and team work were both missing and by the time the side realised this a number of matches had been lost that ought not to have been. It did not help to be without the services of three of our backs for the first half of the season as this caused constant change as first one combination was tried and then another. Nevertheless, a really good side overcomes adversity of this sort and almost plays the better because of it; something this team early on was not able to manage. We opened the season on an encouraging note beating Hillside 24-10 in a fairly typical beginning of the season match. We were not ready for the better prepared St. George ' s team who beat us 16-0, and who took their chan- ces while we did not. One lesson we failed to realise from this game was that we were not yet match fit, something really brought home with a vengeance in a drawn encounter with Brentwood. In fact Doug Torrie, the captain, who had to leave the game because of injury could not believe after- wards that we had allowed Brentwood to score two tries in the last seven minutes to tie the game. Fortunately their final try was scored well out and the conversion attempt that could have won the match was missed. Unfortunately we were missing seven regulars for our game against George Watson ' s College of Edinburgh who were out in B.C. on tour and we were no match for them losing 39-3. This must be one of the feeblest efforts by a Shawnigan side in many, many years. However, this drub- bing served as a catalyst in bringing the team together and from this point on we really began to improve and to look something like the team we hoped to become. Magee were narrow winners over us by a 16-12 score with each side kicking 4 penalties and then we drew 10-10 with Point Grey, scoring two tries to their one. These two schools were the two leading sides in Vancouver. We made hard work of beating St. George ' s 14-12 on our return fixture although we scored 3 tries to their none, largely because their kicking game was on and ours was off. It was the same kind of story, but this time both kickers were off as we won 3-0 over St. Michael ' s University School. Redmond Goody, the third kicker we tried kicked, the vital goal, after six other attempts, many of them easy, were missed. St. Michael ' s University School missed all five of their attempts. As for the match itself we had the better of things but failed to make the most of our chances. We now realised that by winning our match with Brentwood we would keep alive our chances of becoming the Independent Schools Cham- pion, an unlikely prospect earlier for a team that had opened its campaign with a loss and a draw. However, with no school able to win consistently we were still in the hunt. In this match the side played its finest rugby of the season. Spearheaded by a powerful pack we drove relentlessly for- ward and established a clear territorial dominance. The backs ran strongly when the opportunities came and by 16
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