OLD NADOES INSPIRE ( Old cha cha’s )

With the return of the Jedi, the squad gathered for their eagerly anticipated second game. The toss was won and the Nadoes opted to battle into a stiff South Easter, as we all know the Northerly brings rain, hence a dry paddock for the Nadoes to gallop on!

Receiving the kick we opted to hold the ball and tried to carry play up field. The scrappy beginning with a couple of knock-on’s never hassled a confident Nadoes team. 10 minutes into the game with the Nadoes in Barbarians territory, they kicked deep on the slippery full back who linked up with the rest of his backline and then the Nadoes expressed themselves in broken play, taking the ball through several phases and stringing together some unbelievable passes (Brad Brown in particular). Once the ball had been through this string of passes it ended up in a game of hot potato between Nurse, Quayle and KingZo (Renzo Pucini) eventually the little tucker took the potato over for the first try. What a classic…

Play continued as Mark Riva began his quest, and playing an enormous part in the whole pack trying to win the coveted Man of the Match Award. With Big Reeves leading the tackle count, guys were turning over balls like Fletcher scores chiks, all the time. People who never get the credit were again instrumental in the platform being laid for the backs to send the Eel of the Elley’s away in the corner and scoot around under the posts untouched. The precision of the passes in this phase reminded many, of The Brumbies in full cry. Stewart Fletcher showed his class here and flung the coup d’etat to Jason. One wonders how this guy grew up supporting the Sharks and plays the way he does? He must be attending Church on Sundays at the Oak. The Half time whistle followed shortly thereafter.

The Second half began like something out of Troy, wave after wave of the Barbarian attacks from around their 22 were smashed back with absolute brutality. Some of you may think this is somewhat spiced but I kid you not, just watch the tape. During this passage of play the Cows Lick (Big Hit Award) was grabbed by the big Italian (Mark Riva) like a bowl of Mama’s pasta with two colossal hits made within 20 seconds of each other. From here on ball became very scarce for the opponents, and we were able to establish our game again. Some insane passages of play followed with the forwards again dominating things and providing perfect ball for the backs to express. One must note that ten minutes into the half we substituted a lot of players. There were four debutants on the night which made for some special awards in the changeroom, Charles I’m a pussy Sanderhoff was excused. Well done to these guys and welcome to the family, persistence pays off as Nobody knows what it’s like…to be a Nadoe.

Back to the game, with the tide all but flowing the Nadoes way the ball was turned over just inside our 10 and went through the hands to the outside where Renzo collected a pass and tackle at the same time, but managed to offload to a very fired up Eden Sanchez. This broke the opposition’s back and within minutes we were again attacking through the phases. The Iron Giant had by this time taken over things and with mature heads around, the debutants all flourished. Lineouts were excellent, scrums were a pleasure and the standard of general play never dropped. The 4th and 5th tries were both magnificently worked from the kickoff’s down the field and rounded off by Renzo and Carl “ The Potato King “ Jergens respectively. Stephen Hobson had a somewhat quiet night with most of his kicks just missing-no worries old boy, but made amends with a night on the wing to remember.

Huge thanks must go out to our supporters who no doubt enjoyed this somewhat one sided Nadoes Classic. They along with the Old cha cha’s make playing on a Wednesday something special for the lads.