SRFC downs Frisco
Shreveport RFC uses it’s physical dominance to down previous undefeated Frisco 36-19 Saturday. SRFC came out firing on all cylinders with Hal Struckman scoring 5 minutes into the match. The rest of the half was a defensive struggle holding the line to keep Frisco from breaking through. Defending our goal for many attacks until Kelly Irvin picked a dirty ball from a great counter ruck for Alex Aroli and Ra Lawrence one chip kick and a great bounce and Craig Storer was down the sidelines for a centered try. That sudden score must of deflated the visitors because the following kick off had 2 crash balls then a quick offload to Bear who dummied the center and went untouched into try zone to end the half 19-0.
Entering the second half SRFC thought the wind would favor there attacking style but was put under pressure quickly with Frisco scoring 2 ties in the first 12 minutes in the half to make it a 7 point affair. Frisco was on the attack again when Wombat stole another ball that squirted from the breakdown. This was a reoccurring theme as he had 9 poached balls from great rucking of the SRFC forwards. this led to a pop to Big Pat who rumbled to 20 meters we strung a couple of more phased until a pop to a hard crashing Hal, running over anyone in his way, led to his second try of the match. League leading try scorer Anthony Gregory would not be denied taking a stolen line out from Alex A and a great team maul for 15 meters before Cakes slipped through a crevice leaving 2 would be tacklers grasping at air as he scored his 11th try of the season. Craig finished the scoring for SRFC by out running everybody to a grubber to dot down the final points of the match.
Great match overall the pack controlled the restarts while the back-line had an almost perfect match with little to no turnovers. I think both teams played a hard fought match that could of went either way the physicality of Shreveport i believe was the difference in the match. If Frisco was able to move the ball wide quicker the score line might of looked different. Here is the KTBS news report…
http://www.ktbs.com/sports/Shreveport-Rugby-Club-defeats-Frisco-36-19/-/144720/19255874/-/r9y2k7/-/index.html