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Sons Of Serevi RFC Official Webpage
Press Release
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Mon, 07 Aug 2006
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SONS GET TONGAN LOVIN' AT CWMTAWE
THE SONS OF Serevi hit rugby's big stage on
Saturday and got a thorough kicking for their
troubles – courtesy of the Welsh Wizards and their
six Tongan internationals.
With our fame resulting in the Sons being asked to
kick off the tournament on the main pitch against
the multi-millionaire-backed Welsh Wizards, our
heroes couldn't turn the challenge down - despite
having just six players with ten minutes to go
before kick-off.
But armed with two hastily gathered recruits from a
kindly west Walian coach, the Sons entered the fray
to roars from the crowd.
Unlike the trophy-laden Nottingham tournament, this
was to have no fairy-tale ending as the Sons were
smashed, bashed, knocked down, picked up, knocked
down again and again and again. As Sons of
Serevi-shaped holes started to appear all over the
pitch, the Tongans ran in 67 unanswered points.
The Sons fielded a team of just two backs and as
the Tongans failed to knock the ball on even once
or run into touch, they were never given a chance
to make the most of their five forwards in the
set-piece. On the plus side, Jase 'The Ace' Hori
did come agonisingly close to scoring but was
brought down about six inches from the line. "We
were crushed like a wine grape under a fat
Frenchman's foot," said captain Alex Mead of the
Wizards defeat. "We were squished like snail under
a postman's boot!"
In the second game - after ignoring the call of the
beer tent for just 14 more painful minutes - we
took the field against a tough English side called
the Cougars. Here the Sons made vast strides and
even touched the ball once or twice, before losing
it in an embarassing, and ultimately stupid,
fashion. At times, we even got close enough to the
opposition to make a vain grasp at their shirts in
a half-arsed attempt to bring them down.
Such passion showed in the scoreline with the Sons
losing by 66 answered points. "It's progress," said
Mead. "We just need to play 65 more games and then
we can get a draw. Seriously though, we've learnt
some valuable lessons here.The most important is
never to enter Cwmtawe again! The second is to make
friends with some Tongan people."
The Sons of Serevi will be able to make amends to
their severely battered egos (and considered
they've never won a game, that shouldn't be too
tough) this weekend when they play in their home
tournament at Llandaff North on Saturday. "We're
hoping the fans will be out for this one," said
Mead. "I've got high hopes of the boys doing well
this weekend, we just need that eighth man there -
that's you SoS fans. Together we can make a
difference!"
Posted 04:49
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1 comment
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From Little Acorns
Cwmtawe was obviously a lesson. 7's should be
fun. Getting stuffed or giving a stuffing does
nobody any good.
Look forward to seeing you all on Sat and you
showing us what you are really made of. My round
when you win your first game on Saturday.
Paul Ford
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