Tired but happy bear

[chickenfeet]

The boys done good. My U16s played Balmy Beach this morning. The beach, as expected, were a skillful and well drilled team. My boys played out of their skins. The forwards were particularly awesome but everyone played well. We put six tries on them and ran out 34-0 winners. On that kind of form there isn't a team in the province we couldn't beat.

My reffing gig went fine. The game had its moments but I kept the lid on it and both the players and I seemed to have a good time. It was a close one and finished as a 12-12 tie. I was being assessed in the first half and apparently I was doing really well. Inevitably, there's stuff to work on but I'm getting there. I got stuck with TJing the televised game again so lots of running today.

In less happy news, we did have a US of Asstastic moment. Ontario U16s were scheduled to play Midwest USA U16s tonight. Rugby Ontario did an ID check and found the US squad were mostly 18 and 19. Not only is this stupid and cheating, it's also dangerous. I wish it wasn't so utterly typical of my experiences with USA rugby.

Comments

[sollersuk.livejournal.com]

That is horrifyingly, disgustingly, abominably dangerous. Age bands exist for a reason, and even more so in rugby. Some 15 year olds can be disconcertingly big and beefy, but they don't (or shouldn't) have the sheer bone and muscle mass of 18 year olds and are more vulnerable since *puts on Skeletal Remains in Archaeology hat* their long bones will not have completely ossified at the epiphyses.

[melted-snowball.livejournal.com]

That is really dangerous. *sighs* I'm mostly surprised that they thought they could get away with it.