Monday, 30 March 2009

Shock draw is a wake up call for 'Togger.

Abertogger's season stalled yesterday as Kings Road College fought out a 24-all draw at Greenlands.

'Togger looked to be strolling at half-time, leading 21 - 6 before the pivotal moment in the game, centre Leighton Krish swinging a punch at College Open-side Flanker Henri de Lucs after a heated exchange of words.

Mike Strutt commented 'Leighton has been wound-up by something that was said, we'll deal with that matter later but for now, Leighton must understand that you need to keep your cool out there. It's a moment of stupidity that has changed the game.'

The game started with good attacks from both teams but Abertogger took the lead through a try from Yannick Berr. Ashleigh Joubert's up-and-under being left to bounce over the try line and Berr was quickest to react, adding the extra two points without trouble.

Kings Road responded with a penalty and drop-goal in quick succession from Outside Half Mark Fox before 'Togger broke away through Lemington Cash, side-stepping through the defence like a Cat. Berr converted.

Stefan de Buynd was the unlikely scorer of the third try, picking up from a ruck 3 metres out and Berr easily slotting the extras.

The 45th minute saw the moment of madness from Krish. A big tackle from College flanker De Lucs was followed up with a 'shout-off' between the two ending in Krish swinging the punch and De Lucs rolling around on the floor. The red-card was the only option.

College capitalised with the penalty bringing it to 21-9 before Berr added a drop-goal of his own. Enter Kings Road new signing, No.8 Jessi Plomme, the Dutch Born Frenchman powering over for two tries, one of which was converted to make it 24-21 with only seconds remaining. 'Togger looked to be holding out until a knock-on gave College possession and the resulting attack leading to a penalty as Freddy Dex was blamed for hands in the ruck. 24-all and 'Togger will be reeling after this.

Full results to follow...

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