You are here: Match Reports / Sevens/ Lenzie April 28th 2007
Click here for photos from Lenzie (provided by Cahoon)
Click here for photos from Lenzie (provided by Cahoon)
| The Hill’s Sevens squad departed Hughenden on a sunkist afternoon with nothing more than a combination of youthful exuberance, mature vision and pure anger to drive them towards their goal of building on last week’s success – and avoiding third degree burns. Drawn in a pool with a Lenzie President’s Select (featuring Hill’s old-boy, and thought to be injured, Martin Yorston) and Helensborough, Hill’s were always going to be fancied to progress to the knockout stages. Hill’s had little difficulty in disposing of the Presidents Select 46-5 and Helensborough 30- 10. Dewar, Paterson, Marshall and Muir all contributed several tries apiece and Fisken, D weighed in with an 80-meter “sprint” to score a deserved try. There were also unconfirmed eyewitness reports of a “bosh” by Tarbot. As the tournament progressed the team were joined on the sidelines by Dougie Walker sporting a timeless wife-beater tee-shirt and advising he had brought his boots “just in case”, several WAGs and some restless Lenzie natives, suffering from the type of sunstroke that only a bottle of Buckfast consumed at speed can provide. Success in the earlier fixtures meant a semi-final pairing with the schoolboys of Lenzie Academy. With Hill’s beginning to find their rhythm the schoolboys resorted to the age-old tactic of name-calling. Such choice phrases as “you posh cant” and “you bald cant” were shouted in a bid to unsettle their more experienced opponents. The normally reserved Will Marshall could not abide the wanton use of such obscenities and sought retribution, attacking the smallest, weakest player he could find. Ultimately Hill’s class shone through, winning the match with more points than the opposition and they progressed to the gala finale, a rematch with Helensborough. Hill’s wasted little time in opening a two-try lead through the now “beaming” Rose but some casual defending allowed the opposition to score a quick reply before Hills scored again only to be pegged back once more. With minutes remaining Cahoon received the ball inside his own half and accelerated at pace, rounding several despairing tackles before scoring under the posts. Spectators were heard to declare this to be try-of-the-tournament and favourably compare Cahoon to a Japanese Shinkansen. At the final whistle Hill’s were declared the victors 44 – 14 and captain Paterson led his troops across the hallowed bitumen to receive the cup. Marshall, despite his earlier aggression was crowned Player-of-the-Tournament and was thought to be “chuffed”. In the post tournament press conference Hill’s joint player managers Paterson and Tarbot stated “that the team’s performances were professional when not playing sh*te.” Squad: Cahoon; Dewar; Fisken, D; Lane; Marshall; Muir; Paterson; Rose; Tarbet; Todd and Bell, D. Burger Watch: The Lenzie burgers received 3-stars on the International Bell Burger Rating (IBBR) – good if you’re in the area but not worth travelling for. |
