End of Summer Touch League Singapore 2007!

AT the sound of the siren and the final whistle,I raised my hands up in victory and walked out onto the field,all smiles in my white,not-excatly-easy-to-scrub NTU jersey.The Summer Touch League (STL) has ended after a gruelling 11 weeks (with 1 week of delay doing the catch-up games) and the final score for the A grade Women's game was NTU 8,UWC4. UWC fought hard in the first half,with the score tied at 3 all. Frankly, they were able to score cos of our team's own mistakes,but credit goes to them for being able to convert that to tries.

Had a pretty decent game.Had better games during the league,but this one wasnt so bad.Went in with a bad sore throat and miracle of all miracles,the sore throat was fine after the game! (Well at least for the next 1 hour when I'm still on a high after the win). And no wonder considering the fact that we played with 8 ppl against UWC the first time,7 ppl(technically Sari+me = 1 player due to injury so its by right 6) against SMU in the quarter finals,8 again against LFS in the semis.Wa kau stress lei ppl.

And of cos what good is this ocassion without photos of me and the team? (Ok ok I'm just darn happy that I have a bit more free time on Sats.)

Watched Hocus Pocus play Nanda just before our finals.I was pretty disappointed by the way they play in the first half. Maybe its over confidence?They were running into men straight and dumping without a purpose.The player on the left and right of the ball carrier didnt call out whether they want the ball to be passed to them or call for a dump.Just looking at the person run.Wa lau. That is not called reacting thats just pure laziness,expecting some one else to do the work for them. I almost blew my top at them(again) but held back because I can see they are still trying to do their best. It was a pity that the referee was slow and her positioning was off. Hocus actually had the ball grounded and scored at least twice before the touch was made on them.

2nd half was much better with them excuating what I asked them to do. Not to mention the defensive touches done by Huijun(in thefirst half.She was off-side but it took a lot to dive touch), Nicole (though she was the one at fault for letting the person run through her gap in the first place), Sharlene.

Drives were in place and well carried out.The girls might not have realised that but they made Nanda tired and also gained at least 20 meters,so was pretty happy with that. I just hoped that they're learnt the importance of dumper and dummy half connecting up with the runners straight after that.Reacting IS reacting..to the sitution.And that means doing the necessary.Its not just about running around,doing the switch etc etc,its ALSO about how to carry on the flow of your attack be it on the dump or off a pre-called move.

I get the feeling these girls are afraid of hitting up at the defenders.Find the confidence and guts ladies,else I will really step on you girls!