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Sons Of Serevi RFC Official Webpage
Press Release
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Tue, 10 Apr 2007
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SONS OF SEREVI WIN SILVERWARE (WELL, TUPPERWARE ANYHOW)
For the first time ever - without the aid of at
least five players from another team - the Sons
of Serevi won a competitive game of sevens rugby
and with it captured the much cherished Jug at
the Wye Valley Brewery Sevens at Luctonians in
Herefordshire. Despite a poor start that saw them
fall to four group defeats, the Sons still showed
glimpses of promise whether it was the bullocking
runs of new chairman Chief Stickler who grabbed
his first try for the Sons in a rolling maul
powered by the Edinborough brothers and Rhys
Watkins or the impressive debuts of Steve
McGrath, Elwyn Clarke and Dan O'Driscoll. While
McGrath proved to be the battering ram of a
player that the Sons have often needed,
O'Driscoll showed some deft touches and slight of
hand and Clarke proved a steadying influence in
the backline. Ashleigh Walters also showed the
kind of skills that made the Sons snap him up at
Cwmtawe last term (at which he showed a natural
skill for putting leaflets on car windscreens
that we felt could be transferred to the rugby
field somehow). Needless to say, the Sons did
their bit for the opposition by allowing the
other team in the group without a win - an
international select VII team of, ahem, girls to
have some glory and dutifully capitulated at the
end to allow them to take full points. The Sons,
unlike other sides, are gentlemen first and rugby
players second, well, okay maybe not second
perhaps rugby players eighth or something.
Anyhow, back to the match report. With the Sons
now guaranteed a place in the Jug final against
the Merit Table Maurauders, the scene was set for
a stunning match. While the minor finals out of
the way, the crowd gathered for the Jug final and
were treated to the sight of the majestic Sons
running onto the pitch to the Rocky theme tune -
fitting for such a team of battlers. As you'd
expect, the Sons rose to the occasion like an old
man on viagra and took an early lead through the
pacey O'Driscoll, the Mauraders matched the score
before McGrath burst through for the Sons'
second. Again the Mauraders matched it before
Sons' skipper Alex Mead followed up some good
work from Clarke to take the ball all of one yard
over the line.
In the second half, the Sons started like men
possessed with the Edinborough brothers again
running riot before Mead picked up the spoils of
some good forward play to extend the Sons lead.
Being the crowd pleasers that they are, the Sons
allowed the opposition to close the gap to a
handful of points to keep the game alive, but
ultimately our heroes held on for an historic
win. You had to be there, you really did, brought
a tear to the eye. The Sons of Serevi bandwagon
just keeps rolling - who can stop it? On this
form, it might just take the old man himself to
teach his inspired Sons a lesson or two.
Posted 14:53
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