Fun friendly against Alliance and Friends
Although the City of Dallas scheduled three events for the same pitch at the same time, DARC waited for the Diablos to play Oklahoma City then got started sometime after three. Alliance was short a couple so two or three from DARC and a couple from OKC filled in.
Lots. Of. Tries. The final score was 70 (12,5,0,0) - 10 (2,0,0,0). Tries were scored by Mark W., Cardell, Jay, Drew, Gonzo (allegedly - I didn't see him at all on Saturday and am not sure he played), and *cough* Sam wisely played To The Whistle ("a nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat"). I might have missed one. The DARC backs worked pretty well together this day. Lots of timely inserts and counter-attacking. Good hands, nice working of the ball out.
Tackles weren't as sharp as the previous week. Nor was forward fitness, they got around much better last week (or, it might be that the back did a better job of working the ball to the forwards). Either way, there was a bit of mid-field forward grazing to be seen. And our backs need to do a better job of getting out of the rucks once formed. Sure, backs often need to start a ruck as their often the closest, but they need to get out just as quick.
A little bit of hot potato on occasional kicks. Forwards need to condense on the ball where ever it goes on a kick off. No watching, no pop-passing. If you're not catching the ball, you should be running to get an arm's length or less behind the person who is!
Lots. Of. Tries. The final score was 70 (12,5,0,0) - 10 (2,0,0,0). Tries were scored by Mark W., Cardell, Jay, Drew, Gonzo (allegedly - I didn't see him at all on Saturday and am not sure he played), and *cough* Sam wisely played To The Whistle ("a nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat"). I might have missed one. The DARC backs worked pretty well together this day. Lots of timely inserts and counter-attacking. Good hands, nice working of the ball out.
Tackles weren't as sharp as the previous week. Nor was forward fitness, they got around much better last week (or, it might be that the back did a better job of working the ball to the forwards). Either way, there was a bit of mid-field forward grazing to be seen. And our backs need to do a better job of getting out of the rucks once formed. Sure, backs often need to start a ruck as their often the closest, but they need to get out just as quick.
A little bit of hot potato on occasional kicks. Forwards need to condense on the ball where ever it goes on a kick off. No watching, no pop-passing. If you're not catching the ball, you should be running to get an arm's length or less behind the person who is!
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