September 26, 2009
The day was very warm for a late September day. Today the Pigs matched themselves against cross town rival Minneapolis. The Pigs came into the match 2-0 on the season and were ready for their toughest test of the season. The team was determined to come out victorious. The game opened with the Pigs slightly on their heals, giving up a quick try from the Killer Bs. Unable to make the conversion, the score opened 5-0. The Pigs were still determined, although having to come from behind. The Pigs seemed to dominate, however couldn’t punch in the ball. Metro again scored on a kick with a kind bounce. Making the conversion the score now read, 12-0. The Pigs still pushed things on the Minneapolis side of the field, however could only muster up 3 points going into the half. Being down 12-3 was not the way this Pigs team wanted to start things out.
Entering the second half the Killer Bs continued where they had left off by adding a try and a penalty kick to open the gap 20-3. The Pigs were controlling the ball, however a few mistakes had allowed the game to start getting out of reach. With the pack struggling slightly in the scrums, the backs had to step up their play. Off some nice back play, Oz took off on a 60 meter run, but got caught just meters short of the try line. A penalty kept the ball in the Pigs hands, although Oz had to leave the game with an injury on the play. The pack seeing an opportunity banged it to Minneapolis over and over again, until Kramer was able to take the ball around the outside for a nice try in the corner. The conversion missed, closing the gap to 20-8.
Seeing the game now within reach, the Pigs stepped up their play and started to control the ball. Off a scrum, Colby took the ball and flipped it off to Dietrich, who split the back line and made a nice 50 meter run down the field for a second try to bring the score to 20-15. Minneapolis, getting called for a number of penalties in the second half were starting to get frustrated. One of those penalties came with less than 10 minutes to play. Jason Naber coming in to ignite a spark, split the posts to bring the Pigs to within 2 points. With the score closing, the Pigs were now fighting against the clock.
With just a few minutes to play, the Pigs had a scrum inside Minneapolis 22 meter line. Colby called a grubber, slightly aggressive this close to the try zone. He placed a beautiful kick that bounced perfectly into Dietrich’s hands. Just meters from the try line, Dietrich got caught, but Captain Andy was following close behind. Andy took the ball with two Minneapolis players on his back into the try zone. With the added conversion, the Pigs won the day 25-20.
Tries:
Hansen (1), Dietrich (1), Schwartz (1)
Conversions:
Colby (1), Naber (1)
Penalty Kicks:
Colby (1), Naber (1)
B-Side
The Bombers took the field following the Pigs mighty win. The Bombers played a good match with the Killer Bs B-side, but their youth and speed was a little too much for the Bombers. Although they were unable to bring home the win, they did get some good hits in on the opposing side.