Second Friendly Loss

Sunday last saw two large squads turn out for the second Broccoli vs Chimpo friendly of the season. We trained beforehand, working on a zone given the ridiculpus wind. 6 new trial players came out too and coupled with a decent showing from the current squad we had around 16 present - enough for two lines a few extras.

The game began wih a time out, much to our surprise, but then burst into lif with the first point throwing up a few turns and lots of hard running. the Chimps scored it and then came out in a zone. This was to be a feature of both teams D (or a poachy number) given the windy weather on the day. We traded until 2s maybe then a few unforced errors let JC get away a little. There were tunrs in every point, both from the weather and decent Ds but only one team was converting them. Chimpo took half 9-4.

The second half continued in the same vein with Broccoli unable to get out of a rut of drops and throwing errors. With the Chimps growing in confidence and our heads dropping the scoreboard kept ticking over until it was 17-6.

A disappointing day to say the least but, as friendlies are meant to, it proved we have a lot to work on and with the numbers continuing to be high it showed we have the player pool to do so.

Next stop: Cork Open.
Marko