The Crusaders
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| The Crusaders | |
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| Team Manager: | Lord Cortik Junik |
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| Team Roster: | Lord Cortik Junik, Lord Rodiste N'Gato, Sir Alessandro Keniwik, Mer Umaish Aurik, Mer Davonos Anizut, Mer Ranuk |
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| Team Colours: | Gold and White |
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Match 1
Crusaders 16-7 Lost Ferry TC
In an amazing match, the Crusaders manage to pull victory! The Lost Ferry had three fouls, giving the Crusaders the lead almost right away with the Lost Ferry coming back to make it 9-7. Finally, a last ditch effort raised the ending score to 16-7. Crusaders taking the match! Man of the match awarded to Ranuk for his spectacular run down half the length of the field, putting the game squarely out of the hands of the Lost Ferry team.
Players
Crusaders: Ranuk, Davonos, Alessandro, Cortik
Lost Ferry TC: Oribanna, Adan, Petir
Match 2
Roaring Bears 6-0 Crusaders
A game where the scoreline didn't really reflect the play. The Crusaders had a streak of beautiful runs, coming agonisingly close several times in the form of Lord Rodiste to the tryline, but the Roaring Bears defence slowed the ball down, and piled it away every time. Not a pretty game of tackleball by any means, but hard fought on both sides. Mer Davonos looked almost certain to score, but put a foot into touch, which was picked up by the referee and a penalty was awarded to the Roaring Bears. At the restart, after a furtive attempt to drive the ball forward, Lord Arnax delivered a beautiful kick from the half way line to the corner flag, pinning the Crusaders right back onto their own try line, but their superior ball handling and rucking skills were enough to ensure that the Bears couldn't cross the line and score a try. The Crusaders, only 3 points behind, kept probing and probing at the Bears defence, which was starting to look shaky towards the end of the match, but an unnecessary tackle and resulting penalty made it necessary to score a converted try to win. The Bears' tactical decision to slow the ball down eventually frustrated the opposition, and a number of the crowd, ending the game without a corresponding score. Man of the match was awarded to Lord Arnax for his long, spiralling kick to touch, which could not have been better placed.
Players
Roaring Bears - Arnax, Parosh, Eriden. Substitution, Aldrin for Parosh.
Crusaders - Cortik, Alessandro, Davonos. Substitutions, Rodiste for Davonos, Ranuk for Cortik.
Match 3
Crusaders 17-14 Blacksharks
With Spring Festival heralding in pleasant weather, two teams gathered on the field in the Gold Dragon's Memorial Park to test their athletic abilities. It was a game for the ages. The Crusaders won the first ruck and began running toward their goal line. They were brought down early, but the ball skittered loose and was picked up by Lord Cortik Junik. The Junik Lord, who took Bronze in the Olympic Race and was part of the Gold Medal Relay Race, put on amazing speed. He was brought down agonizingly close, but the Crusaders recovered quickly. The ball was, once again, in the hands of Cortik and he sped it in for the first try. They made their conversion to make it 7-0 for the Crusaders.
But Lord Marsalos of the Blacksharks soon made the tying try with a run so quick the final thirty yards that none of the Crusaders could even catch him to make a tackle. 7-7 tie!
The Blacksharks struck next, scoring on another unstoppable drive by Lord Rikon. 7-14 in the Blacksharks favor!
But with another relentless drive, Lord Cortik scored another try to make it 14-14.
With 15 minutes left in the game, The Crusaders won the ruck at the 50m and made a few runs. They lost posession but quickly gained it back, and attempting at drop goal from 25m out, Davonos scored! 17-14 for the Crusaders.
With time winding down the Crusaders won the ruck and attempted to kick to touch. But Lord Cortik missed the kick entirely and Lord Marsalos had the ball! He was brought down by Davonos who managed to recover the ball and kick it 40m downfield. The Blackshark's last run was stopped and the Crusaders won, 17-14.
Players
Crusaders - Cortik, Umaish, Ranuk. Substitutions, Davonos for Ranuk.
Blacksharks - Rikon, Marsalos, Empyrean.
