Sunday afternoon at 2.30pm is rarely quiet for Perrenials. After many of them have painted the town red the night before they assemble for a game of fiercely competitive rugby.
As one commented “This is the age group that have played and know every trick and play in the book & how to execute it”.
So it was the case when we witnessed some free flowing rugby. When they kicked it was precise.
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The game was won by the Perrenials and you will see in the video interview below that the Perrenials have an efficient well drilled team who play alot of rugby together. Banbridge it could be argued where slow starters and had assembled their team the week before.
Not to take anything away from The Perrenials who were sharp, focused and resolute in every aspect of play.
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A very entertaining game to watch with both sides displaying excellent spacial awareness, passing, rucking and lineout skills all in display.
Thanks guys for another entertaining game and great to see Fusco nearly scoring in the last minute.
OFFICIAL PERRENIALS REPORT
Perennials v Banbridge
On a Spring type afternoon at Belfast Harlequins, a very disappointing turn out of only 19 players from the Perennials excelled in coming out on top by 5 tryies to 4, against a very strong Banbridge fifteen.
With a starting back row with a combined age of 150 years plus and the IRFU’s new fund raiser Gerry O’Donnell packing down at wing forward, the Perennials threw its youth policy out the window. After a slow start in the first quarter they managed to recover, to use their considerable experience to turn the scoreboard around.
Tries from the youth members in our team of George Neely, Kevin Simpson (a brace I have been told), Peter Sanford and Ritchie Weir helped the Perennials to their second win of the year (and season).
The consensus after the game from the referees was that the Perennials had found a great raw talent in their new wing George Neely. They felt wing was his best position, as it was a position normally far removed from the action, that let the referees run the game without vocal interference.
In a post match interview the Perennial’s captain Willie Oakes emphasized that his team was undefeated in 2011 and things were looking up to finish the year still undefeated. When asked about results from the start of the season to the end of 2010 he declined to comment.
A big thank you to referees Tim Lowry and Graeme Gibson and a special thanks to Bernie McGrath for again laying on a first class spread after the match.
