| Two
cracking matches to get the Pool A fixtures underway at a sun kissed
Ravenhill.
New Zealand 37 Wales 14
Wales went three tries behind early on but did
well to fight back and with the score at 25 - 14 going into the
last half hour they looked competitive. Unfortunately the All Blacks
were just to big and heavy for the Welsh lads and they pulled away
with a brace of tries to give a slightly flattering score line.
Good crowd of Welsh over who seemed to enjoy the experience.
The Welsh Out Half looked very useful and Inside
Centre showed well but was a touch over ambitious at times.
Australia 15 Ireland 10
Ireland also looked outgunned up front but spurred
on by a big Ravenhill crowd they stood their ground and then started
to apply a great deal of pressure on the Auzzie line. An intelligent
chip to the corner by Scott Deasy was caught and
finished off well by Niall Morris for Ireland to
go 5 points up. |
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Ireland continued to
press and the big Aussie pack looked rattled. In a frenzied period
after the Ireland score the Auzzie Scrum Half was binned and the
Number 8 was red carded as they fought to get a finger hold on the
game. Unfortunately Ireland relaxed at this point and were unable
to take advantage of their extra men.
The Australians fired it up at the start of the
second half and their weight and power started to count against
a tiring Irish side who had looked to have given their all. Two
tries in the first 15 minutes of the restart took Australia into
a 12 - 5 lead and it looked all over. However good use of the bench
and the roar of the Ravenhill crowd resulted in a second wind and
after a period of pressure replacement Michael Sherry
scored an unconverted try to bring the score to 12 - 10.
Despite increased pressure Australia held firm
for the last ten minutes and they were able to kick a relieving
penalty to bring the final score to 15 - 10.
No real standouts on the Irish side, but an excellent
team performance. |
With the riffraff being allowed to roam free at the U19 World
Cup the great unwashed of the terrace were able to stand with
the elite in the Promenade.
Chief rabble rouser Kimble managed to weasel
his way into the plush surroundings of the Scoop Bar where he
met with the tired and emotional Dewi Barnes
for a quick rehearsal for the FRU prize giving night.
Will this scene, pictured right, be repeated on Friday 18 May
at the FRU Annual Awards and Gala Evening? Only
time will tell.
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| Stormont Pressure Mounts on
McCall! |
There was the makings
of a great bunfight between Veritas "The
Man of Truth" and Le "Hysterical
Popinjay" Paul over on the "chums
only" messageboard www
.uafc.co.uk. Unfortunately it was pulled
off by chief spoilsport Fermain before anyone burst
into tears, but fortunately, not before the subject matter was picked
up by the satirical magazine "Private Eye".
Below is the cover page showing Le Paul
and Veritas who met recently to discuss their differences
of opinion over the current Ulster Coach. |
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Things went from bad to worse for McCall this
week who was spotted by the FRU trying to take a break from his
Ulster concerns at the U19 World Cup in Ravenhill on Thursday
night.
Not only was he harassed by one of Eddie O'Stunted's'
winged monkeys who sat beside him for most of the match repeating
the words, "Trimble must play on the wing, never in the
center", but he was followed about all night by a young
lady who constantly made faces at him as can be seen from our
picture.
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Who could have been
so mean to organise such a thing? Ballpark? Ulsterobserver?
GerryO?
Well, look no further than the picture to the right
which shows the culprit gloating over his wrongdoings! Shame on
you General! |
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HISTORY OF THE GROUSEBEATERS
(PART I).
The Grousebeaters first came to prominence as long
ago as the year 33 AD, when they became deeply embroiled in the
controversy over the sacking of Jesus Christ, the coach of the Nazareth
Harlequins. He had led his collection of carpenters, shepherds and
donkey-minders to the Magners Holy Land League title. However this
lack of success led to calls for his head from some “so-called”
supporters led by a certain Le Paul (not Judas the Carrot as is
often thought).
Luckily (it seemed) for Jesus, the Grousebeaters
were solidly in support of his management of the team and, as they
were well-known pillows of the community, their backing was enough
to save his skin.
Unfortunately, a person of doubtful integrity,
Hugh Jeego, was to intervene with unfortunate consequences for the
embattled coach. He felt the team would be better off with someone
like the former coach of Assyrian Welsh, the renowned Dickus Maximus,
whose appointment would guarantee that the Nazzie Quins would win
the World Cup, the Americas Cup, the synchronised drowning gold
medal, University Challenge and the Second World War. Accordingly,
Mr Jeego offered the Grousebeaters thirty pieces of silver to withdraw
their support for Jesus. As a result, the unfortunate Jesus’
reign as coach came to a sticky end.
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