What a rugby game

On Saturday Bangor 3’s travelled to league leaders Carrick. This was to be an epic battle of the new league team and league leaders Carrick, and the currentl league champs Bangor.
Appearently on Carricks website they had been saying how this was to be one of their toughest games to date, but they would win.
NOT A CHANGE. We haven’t been league wins two years in a row for no reasons. So it was the perfect chance for Bangor to welcome Carrick to the league.

The pich was hard and energy sapping, it was a bit brizzy and over cast. it constantly threatend to rain. The perfect day for rubgy. 14.30 kick off and Bangor where up to this big style.
Carrick undifeated so for this season and looking to keep it that way where also up for it. the first 20 minutes where a combin of big hits from both side, with some very good ball handeling skills from Bangor forwards and backs.
Carrick never really seams to treaten Bangors in the frist have, but they where quicker than bangor to rucks, constantaly comming over and killing the ball, or comming in from the side. Carrick coming in the from the side was a god send and it gave us server attempts to lunch massive attacks and other getting close to their line.
On one occation we took a quick tap and go, I took the ball and was about a meter out when it taken down by two of their player, but the ref blow up say the tap and go was not allowed, so we took 3 points from it for the penitly kick.
From the kick off Carrick tried to attack but agin it was Bangor who dominated and after about 5 minute it was a try for Bangor 8 nill, and that was the way it stayed until full time. Althougt we had a second try disallow for some reason only the ref new.
After the try Carrick started to fall appart. The infighting and bitch only played to Our advantage. Carick did manger to get into the Bangor half a few times with long kicks from their number 10 but a grate partnership between our winger and full back but us right back in carricks half and on more then 4 occations it nearly ended in a trys for bangor, one of the occation the ref reconned that a carrick player got to the ball before bangors winger (who was now playing as blind side flanker due to a head injury).

All in all an fantastic performance by a last minute put together Bangor sdie, help slight by an unorganize and undisaplined carrick 4’s team.
Personally I do’nt think I played that well. I came out with a slight neck injury early in the second half and this effect me more than I though it would. It not to bad today as the neck mussels are moving more. Next week we have Civil Service away.