Neil Scarisbrick
Neil is off to watch the Hurricanes play on Saturday 1st April in their Super 14 clash with the Crusaders in Wellington.
As our membership will know, our Fixtures Secretary, Neil Scarisbrick, has recently emigrated to New Zealand. Neil has agreed to become our NZ rugby correspondent once he has settled in in place of John Murphy, whose dispatches dried up many moon’s ago! Neil’s first dispatch has arrived.
Neil will supply us with fresh news from NZ, and now we all can place bets on NZRL games. Find the best odds by making a comparison of the most popular betting apps and you will be on the crest of a wave.
The highlight of the afternoon was to see second row Darren Clarbull, with over 500 club games for Verwood, score his first try at home for his Club. Albeit a short range affair, nevertheless a try from 2 metres feels just as good as a 50 yarder.
both sides slugged it out amongst the forwards. Wheatsheaf, which by far had the heavier pack, drove over from five metres out to take a 5-0 lead. Soon after the restart, Verwood were awarded a penalty 40 metres out. Paul McGuffie, playing an unaccustomed role at centre, slotted the penalty with ease. Wheatsheaf extended their lead on 30 minutes with another drive from five metres out, this time following a lineout.
Saturday 24th October at Potterne Park gave spectators an excellent game of running rugby where both sets of three quarters moved the ball well and only first class tackling stopped this being a cricket score. Ironically the deadlock was, however, broken by a forward when Verwood’s Richard Cooke received a perfectly timed pass from Matt Pike and then sprinted 35 yards handing off the covering tacklers to score. 5-0 Verwood.
Compulsory dip in the sea after training and before beer. Thereafter, we are back at Potterne Park each Thursday from 7.00 p.m. Rubber studs and trainers are essential. Bring water. And beer money. AND SUBSCRIPTIONS.
