Hallo sagten meine Freunde

Jedoch in den Interessen von ' fair play' und meine eigene Vernunft, wandele ich jetzt zurück zu Englisch um

So, as I said, perhaps better to carry on in English.....

An interesting day in Tring....
After getting up to Tring, via various routes, including single track roads formerly part of the Lombard RAC rally route, we then camped in their car park for 30 minutes whilst the waifs and strays decided to arrive at a more reasonable time (10.15).
Bernie sorted a room and the boys managed to do a few hill climbing exercises in a small corner of the training ground, followed gamely by the parents hiking up the hill to join them pitch side.

11.00 - 1 minutes silence, which was respected by all within the grounds except the hooligans on the top pitch who were playing with a wrong shaped ball and only 11 players per side - no idea what that was about.

Anyway - back to the gleichreport, oops, sorry, Match Report.

11.01 Referee Bloomfield starts the match.
12.10 Referee Bloomfield ends the match

We won

end of report

What? You want the bit in between?

OK

Excellent start by Ensians. Wareham thundering through their pack with gusto recycling good ball to Richardson to Leicester through the backs to Holt who completes a thundering run on the left.
11.03 Jake Holt scores 0-5. No conversion
11.05 From the restart, Ensians straight at Tring again with excellent pack work.
11.08 Tom Dalton scores 0-10. Sam Wild attempts a drop kick conversion without success.
11.09 According to Matt Hunt (supporting from the sidelines with a broken thumb) the squad performed an 'Emily' however it ended up more like Muriel from where we were standing!
Again and again the pack win turnover ball. Solid discipline from Ensians, helped by the complete opposite from Tring.
11.15 Jake Wareham has enough of the girl's names manoeuvers and with superb support drives over to score 0-15. Richardson steps up for conversion without success.
11.21 Sam Wild, clearly misguided by another sport, attempts a backward football kick - 'Numpty' comes the cheer from the substitutes.
11.22 Clearly rattled by the abuse for 'Numpty', Sam Wild redeems himself with a solid pick up from a Leicester kick and storms down the left wing to score 0-20. No conversion (seems to be a pattern forming here.....)

half time score 0-20.

11.38 from the kick off, Ensians again drive through the Tring forwards.
11.43 A fine individual performance from Leicester, takes the ball from within his own half with some first class dummies (I talk about the passing, not the players), is keenly watched by Granny Leicester - he runs, he dummies, he runs some more, dummies some more (well it was a long run) - he scores in the corner. 0-25 Granny very pleased :-) Good effort by Tom Lee but no conversion.
By now, we find out that all the Tring players seem to have the same name because their vocal loyal supporters keep calling them 'Legs'. Seems we had some boys of that name in our own squad last week.......
With all the play in the Tring half of the pitch, the pressure continues to build, as does the tension and the temperamental nature of some players. Referee Bloomfield politely informs them it's in their best interest to desist.
11.51 After a couple of opportunities, George Dickinson manages to break through on the right wing to score 0-30. Tom Lee steps up and converts (without touching any woodwork). 0-32
11.55 More words from Referee Bloomfield. Plenty of handbags being firmly landed.....
11.58 Another great performance by Jake Holt ends in another try 0.37 No conversion.
12.01 Sam Wild crushed by multiple players - off injured.
12.03 Tring step up the pressure and with some good passing manage to break through the, up to now, solid defence, to score. 5-32 No conversion
12.04 More handbags, more words, then, clear as a bell the spectators are treated to an eloquent phrase from Griffiths junior "Bleeeeep bring it on then you Bleeep**"
12.04.30 Sue Wareham makes a facebook entry.....................
12.08 Charging try by Rory Sharp 5-42
12.09 Neat conversion by Tom Lee 5-44
12.10 Most of the last 10 minutes see Ensians under pressure. Sam Oliver manages to slow play down with a 'mark'. Ensians compose themselves once more and after some more words from Referee Bloomfield. match ends.

Final score 5-44

Man of the Match went to Tom Spiegel and George Dickinson.
Numpty went to Josh Bloomfield for serious infringements in the trouser department.

Das Ende

Charles Dickinson