Match Report: Renegades @ Corvallis

February 20, 2010
North Albany Middle School, Albany OR
Kitsap Renegades @ Corvallis
Beautiful, sunny, 60 degree day with a mild cross-field breeze at strart of match
19 - 43

Shortly after 2 pm, the renegades kicked off in front of approximately 30 to 40 fans on the North Albany Middle School football field (field was marked oddly and football posts at the end of the try-zone were used rather than the proper location, which lead to some confusion during the game).

Once again, in a trend that's continued since the team's previous half, Kitsap traveled well, kitting up 22 players to start the match. Corvallis, who fielded only 13 players against Kitsap in the fall, had more than a full side to chose from, suiting up a full 27 man side.

At a third of the way into the half, Corvallis drew first blood with a corner try and a failed conversion (0-5). Penalties and line-outs put the Renegades on their heels throughout the first half, playing most of the first 40 minutes behind their own 22 meter mark. Scrums looked evenly matched, but Kitsap found themselves with very few put-ins in the first half. A turnover, to the Renegades, at about the 30 minute mark resulted in a promising up-field drive, through multiple phases of strong rucks -- the first real threat Kitsap showed since kickoff -- prior to that, Kitsap's only gains were coming in the form of defensive kicking. Corvallis followed that drive with two of additional tries in the final 10 mins of the first half. In the final seconds of the half, Kitsap had pushed Corvallis back into their own end of the field, and the last play of the half was a missed, Kitsap attempted kick-at-goal following a penalty on Corvallis.

At the end of the first half, Kitsap, down by 3 tries, was starting to look more competitive then at the beginning -- Corvallis had missed two conversions, leaving a real potential for a Kitsap comeback. The score was 0 to 17.

The second half got off to a much better start for Kitsap -- looking more evenly matched than the first. Corvallis ran a touchdown out the back of the try-zone at 10 minutes into the second half, followed quickly by a recovery of the 22-drop, which was run directly in for their 4th unanswered try (0-22). 23 minutes in, Kitsap fought their way onto the board with a try in the corner by John Moore, the result of a penalty tap with dummy to Nate Jensen (5-22). The battle pitched back and forth pretty evenly from that point on. Soon after, a Kitsap defensive clearing kick was run all the way in by Corvallis for their 5th try of the day (5-29). Minutes later, Kitsap drove to the Corvallis 5 meter line, and Renegade, Brian Bruce ran in a corner-try on a quick penalty tap-and-go, with the conversion kicked in by Brent Colby (12-29). 3 minutes later, Corvallis matched the Kitsap try with their 6th (12-36) -- and 3 minutes after that, nearing the end of the second half, Kitsap responded to the Corvallis try with a ball spun out to John Moore at the Corvallis 22 for John's second try of the day (19-36). Corvallis comes back for their final try of the day at the 80 minute whistle, resulting in a final score of 19-43 in favor of those cheating bastards, Corvallis!

All in all, a good, and fun day or rugby. Kitsap matched Corvallis try for try in the second half, and no one could have asked for a nicer February afternoon to play on.

The post game festivities were held at Springhill Cellars where the teams shared grilled burgers and songs.

Line Up:  (WIP/TBD -- waiting for roster details)
1. Eric Simon, 2. Redwing, 3. Daithe, 4. Rob, 5. Nate Jensen, 6. Brent Rotter, 7. Glenn, 8. John Moore, 9. Brian Bruce, 10. Brent Colby, 11. Tevya Friedman, 12. Rick Hardwick, 13. Chris Munter, 14. Scott Miller, 15.  Luke

Scoring:
Tries: John Moore (2), Brian Bruce
Conversions: Brent Colby (2)

Man of the match went to Nathan Jensen and Chris Munter (blood sub'ed for by Rick Hardwick). (Corvallis: Who were men of the match for you guys?)

The referee was Hickabee(?).  (ref:  please contact me to contribute a comment to the match report)

Kitsap was coached by David Schneegas, who summarized the match as follows: "Spotted them 3/4 of the game and 4 tries before getting stuck in.  Three tries was value for the effort but not enough to overcome the slow start."

Teams Tries Conversions Cards Drop Goals Match Results Match Points Bonus Points League Points Renegades 3 2 0 0 19 1 0 21 Corvallis 7 4 0 0 43 5 0 29

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