Recap

It’s official!!! The Spring season has begun. This past weekend the entire HRFC family participated in the Annual Shade Cup. In memory of former Men’s team coach, Dennis Shade. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the man, he loved Rugby, not just for the sport but also for the international camaraderie. He is missed.

The Men took the field on a beautiful March Saturday to play a playoff bound Whitehorse Team. Starting strong, the Boys pressed the Attack. Spurred on by several quick strike runs, the Burg was close to a try on multiple occasions during the first half. But it was defense that ruled the first half. Playing stout, Harrisburg held a potent attack at bay for most of the first half. Unfortunately, Whitehorse went up 0-5 around 30 mins into the first half. Once again the men pressed the attack and for the remainder of the half, played in opposition territory.

At half, Coach Scooter made some personnel changes and the boys took the field as they left it, stealing the opening kick and putting White Horse on their heals. Then with a beautiful play from a scrum, Reid sent a skip pass to Jeff who made a nice break. The surge resulted in Eggy finally triangulating his kicks to convert a penalty. The Boys were on the board and looking for more. Later in the half, with their backs against the wall, Big Blue made another nice break on another skip pass to Jeff. On the next set piece, Eggy used a dummy pass to set up a nice 50 meter scramble for the first try of the season.

Unfortunately, as time wore on, the Burg wore down. Though the Boys still fought on and had some more missed opportunities, they could not find pay dirt. In the end, they fell 10-22 in a game that was closer than the score showed. Well fought match fellas.