Gameday report

Well what a difference a week makes, we had pouring rain and it was cold on Saturday so the normal weather has returned.

The Rich-Lions played at Brockton against the Rowers and it was a close one with the home team holding on to get a 26 to 22 win. The Ladies are definitely improving after a game this close.

The Senior Men were out at Balaclava Park to take on the Kats. There was some confidence in the team after our home win against United and we had a full squad to take on the unbeaten home team. This was wet weather rugby and both teams had a hard time adjusting to that. We started well again with Quin picking off a pass and running in to score after 8 minutes. The Kats tied it up after 13 minutes. Ahmad drew a yellow card for a high tackle which allowed Kats to then extended their lead right on half time to make the score 14-7. Kats had depowered the scrum early in the game which was to their benefit but we still put on our bomb squad spares at half time.  We lost Will to a head on face knock just before Kats got their 3rd try, then Quin went down and Kats scored again 4 minutes later. Instead of packing it in the boys picked things up and had a go at the Kats team. Louai made a break and Rob rolled over in the corner for a try, then 5 minutes later Louai run in and scored a try to get things closer. We had more chances to level up the scores but couldn't find the final pass to set someone loose to score. The final score was 24 to 17 for the Kats. We can blame the weather but 22 knock-ons, and 35 scrums shows how bad the handling was on the day. Our line outs were not working and penalties continue to have us pushed back into our 22m zone too many times. The fact that we could have won this games after only really playing our rugby for just over 10 minutes in the second half is a positive sign, but maybe it would be nice to win the first game against every team rather than getting revenge in the rematch after a loss.

On Sunday the U16 boys were at John Oliver Park to play Ridge Meadows. The U16 boys are really hurting for numbers this season. We only had 8 players show up on Sunday but thankfully the Ridge team gave us a couple of players so we could get a game in. It was a entertaining game as well. The Bruins went up then we came back, then more Bruins tries followed by BL replies, it was hard to keep count in this one. At one point it was very close but the visitors opened up the gap in the last 10 minutes to record a 71 to 37 win. There were a lot of tired players on both teams after this game.

The U18 boys were away in Coquitlam against United. I've not heard how this game went apart from the physical side of things. It ended up a close one with the home team coming back to win 21 to 15.

On Halloween the Rich-Lions take on the Scribes at Trout Lake (11.15) and the Senior Men are away again, this time at Sullivan Heights against Surrey (12.45).

On Sunday both of the Junior Boy's teams are at home against Bayside (12.15 & 1.30).

The club really needs to find gameday, team, and player sponsors for this season as our field and clubhouse costs have tripled from last year. 

We cannot cover these additional costs by increasing our player fees. 

We also have a few younger, local players who cannot afford the cost to register to play for the club, so if you can help support a player that would be much appreciated.

If you can help the club in any way please contact Andrew Walker at 604-970-2787 or at britlionspresident@gmail.com