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Never Mind The Scoreline - Who Was That In The White Shirt?
The boys bounced back very well form their NLD disappointment with a very convincing 73-5 win over what was still quite a decent outfit from the junction of the M6, M1 and A14 in southernmost Leicestershire. Free flowing and full on rugby was the order of the day which did a good job in warming us up in the bitterly cold conditions on the sidelines. For the record I clocked five tries for Pagey, two for the Brillinator and one each for Ollie May-Worrell, Cainy, Boysey, John Hughes and super Dawson. The morning's activities were somewhat hijacked, however, by the appearance of a mystery referee in a gleaming white shirt that led us to believe that he really was the business. Indeed he was the business but unfortunately the sort normally associated with Pooper Scoopers and plastic bags in parks. The punters were treated to novel new rugby phrases like "That was a knock down" as well as a range of hand signals that have since provoked a formal letter of complaint from the British Society of Air Traffic Controllers under the Section 3 paragraph 2 of the Trades Descriptions Act - which states unequivocally: "If you are a wannabee rugby referee don't take liberties with the ancient art of using hand signals cos we don't want to see planes crashing as they come into land any more than you do, Pal ". There was also an impromptu rewrite of the knock on law that the referee knocked down, oh, er… sorry knocked up, at half time in his notebook that has since been officially adopted by the RFU Worldwide. The knock on law now reads: "If a decent enough kid tries his hardest, in a provincial friendly match somewhere near Derby, and knocks the ball forward with his hand or hands but only very obviously, then the referee should acknowledge this by playing on despite both teams, all spectators and the ladies on catering duty realising that play should have been brought back". We love Coach Pagey. Take a hint and read the bold underlined italics.
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