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Navy beats joint attack
By WO2 Wayne Ryan
Edition 1170, July 12, 2007 |
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Line bust: Army/RAAF’s sole try scorer, Pte Joel Trethowan, during the 41-5 loss to Navy in Rockingham.
Photo by WO2 Wayne Ryan |
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THE WA Tri-Service Rugby competition, or better known this year as the Bi-Service competition, was played out at the coastal town of Rockingham south of Perth.
Because of a lack of numbers, Army and Air Force had to combine their players to play the formidable Navy team, fresh from operational duties.
Watching the Navy team conduct a few warm-up drills before the match, I could not help noticing that a number of the players were dragging their knuckles along the ground and being fed fresh meat by their coach.
I then walked over to watch the combined forces practice; after several minutes I rushed off to see my bookie and laid $20 on Navy.
Predictably, the game started with Navy dominating the field, with some very good efforts by Army/RAAF in trying to make it as hard as possible for them to cross that white line.
I noted by the end of the first half that our team was starting to work well with each other, and it would be an interesting second half.
Army/RAAF came out fighting during the second-half, preventing Navy from making it a whitewash of a game.
It was starting to look like the boys would have to run around the field with their pants down, if they didn’t cross the line soon, but from the back of the pack with a burst of power came Pte Joel Trethowan, forcing his way through a sea of Navy players to cross the line with a dive.
By the end of a very good match, Navy came on top with the final score being 41-5.
If Army/RAAF had a few days to train together, I believe it would have been a different outcome, but it was still one of the better matches I have seen in some time. |
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