Ontario U16 Central Division Final

Toronto Nomads 38 Toronto Saracens 0. Onto the Provincial Finals on September 6th/7th. Report to follow.

Game report

It was the U16 central divisional final. Win and we go to the provincial final four, lose and that's the end of the season. I had close to my ideal starting line up, by no means the norm in youth rugby given camp, family vacations, cottages, work etc. We started strong and stayed strong. Once we got a line break we diced them. Our defence; back row, midfield and outside, was rock solid. The forwards made sure we won our own ball and turned over a fair bit. Every time we got a line break we made seious distance and everal of our scores came from just putting really fast players into space. The only flaws were in the finer points of the game. We conceded too many penalties at the breakdown and our handling in the backs was just a touch pedestrian. Half a second more precision here and there and it would have been a massacre.

All in all, it was pretty impressive.

u16final_30, originally uploaded by jgilks@rogers.com.

Lots more photos (courtesy of lemur_catta) here