Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Northern California RFU Championships
This Saturday, April 4th, the Amazons will be hosting the Nor Cal league Championships. On the line are bragging rights, the Championship Cup and 2 spots in the Pacific Coast Championship in Redding, CA on May 2nd. The Amazons are heavily favored as they ran through the regular season, racking up almost 300 points and not allowing a single point by the opposition. It is hard to tell which team may pick up the #2 spot as all other teams seemed pretty equal in strength. But with the format of the tournament, if any team is slow to get going, that could be it for their chances, and that includes the Amazons. Expect the unexpected, but also expect the Amazons to show up ready to work.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Kick off Tournament- 2/8/09
This was the first action the Amazons saw this season, besides beating up on each other at practice. The Amazons played a total of 3 games that day. The day got started with the Amazons taking out the Edmonton Lep-Tigers of Canada 15-0. The matches were all 15 minute halves, but the Amazons were efficient with the short amount of time for each game. The second match was against the Motherlode B side and the Amazons won that one 36-0. The championship match paired the Amazons against the Motherlode A side. The Amazons scored early and often in this shortened match, winning 46-0.
Amazons vs Humboldt- 3/21/09
The Amazons hosted this one as Humboldt made the long 5 hour + journey from up north. Humboldt held there own but were no match for the Amazons. The Amazons played some good rugby with Neni and Adymary taking MVP honors. The final score was 74-0.
Amazons vs Alameda- 3/29/09
The Amazons made the short drive over to Alameda this weekend. Having to play on Sunday to accommodate Alameda players who needed to use Saturday as prep time for their prom night. The Amazons had to play with out some of their key players who could not excuse themselves from church. A total of 19 players were available on game day. The game started off with the Amazons kicking off to Alameda. Both teams looked good with Alameda matching up well with the big Amazon pack at the begining of the half. Alameda dominated at the scrum and line outs during the first 15 minutes of the half. However, they had a difficult time tackling the big runners that the Amazons had. Flanker, Adymary and #8 Angela bulldozed their way through the Alameda line of defense, setting up offloads to other supporting forwards. The Amazons kept it tight in the 1st half, crashing it up with the forwards. Alameda showed good effort but was not able to contain the powerful Amazon pack as they started building momentum into halftime. The Amazons led 33-0 at the half. Some adjustments were made. The first half strategy was to keep the ball with the forwards and the second half showed how good the Amazon backs were. Flyhalf, Alisi did well to set up some nice runs by centers, Neni and Marina. With fullback Sauliloa knifing through the Alameda backs in route to her 3rd hat trick of the season. Neni also delivered a couple tries and going 8-10 on conversions. Alameda played well but were no match for the Amazons. The final score was 64-0. The Amazons played a clinical game, showing that they could change strategy and score at will.
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