View from the sdeline

Remember this is a totally biased one sided view.

Well my first visit to 7oaks in around 20 years and nice to see updated changing rooms and bars, plus I have to say for those that said after last week that the pitch would be bad I have to disagree. There is still evidence of the summer work that caused the postponement earlier in the season but it was dry and flat until you got to the dead ball area at the school end which has a pretty shocking upward slope but that apart it was a decent track if a bit narrow. Club stormed out of the blocks and for 15 minutes Oaks looked like they were staring down the barrel of the gun but without reward for the dominance some indiscipline crept in and indecision which allowed Oaks to grab a foothold in the game and in fact lead at half time. But whatever was in the half time tea along I assume with a few pointed words from the coaches Club came out in the second half and scored 45 unanswered points (7 tries 5 conversions) with Jake Lloyd running in 3 and Foster 2. A pretty pleasing afternoon in the end but they do put me through the ringer at times. That’s us all caught up now 

Oh ye of little faith. 

That is the second-best news any true rugby fan wants to hear.

The best is when all 40 players walk off without injury.

Compared to that, the result is secondary.

Victory does indeed make the beer taste better.

But not at the cost of broken bones.