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 The Men faced another tough opponent this weekend in Long Island and again managed to grind out the win. This puts them top of the league with one more match before their bye week to determine who gets a bye through the MetNY playoffs.
NYRC v LIRC Filming by Nick Mastrogeorgiou, editing by Badger Denehy on Vimeo.
September 26th, 2009 @ 1:00pm
Sylvia Packard Middle School, N. Idaho Rd., Massepequa, NY
Weather: Cloudy, occasional sunshine, Field: Grass Against the always physical Long Island team NYRC maintained their discipline to go into the half with a 6-0 lead. Long Island had periods of intense pressure in the NYRC 22 each half but didn't manage to convert into points and were frequently penalized for transgressions at the ruck. Escaping into LI territory NYRC scored a try from a penalty move as flyhalf Walter Imo skipped past a couple of defenders to go under the posts, Matt Venzin converting. Although LI did manage to score a converted try of their own another penalty to NYRC put the game out of their reach. NYRC held a LI drive over the line up as time expired to take the win. Full report to follow. Link to report on eRugbyNews. SENIOR SQUAD Long Island 'A' 07 (00-06) 16 New York Game MVP: Mick Lee 25 Min 03-00 Penalty by Matt VENZIN
30 Min 06-00 Penalty by Matt VENZIN
Half Time 06-00
65 Min 13-00 Try by Walter IMO, Conversion by Matt VENZIN
70 Min 13-07 Converted Try by LIRFC
75 Min 16-07 Penalty by Matt VENZIN
Full Time 16-07 Scorers
VENZIN, Matt 11 points (1 Conversion, 3 Penalties)
IMO, Walter 5 Points (1 Try) 01 SONON, Danny
02 LEE, Mick
03 TYLER, Brian
04 MCNEILL, Michael
05 LAYFIELD, Danny
06 CUSH-FAUTLEY, AJ
07 MAZZURCO, Tom
08 LAWRENCE, Stuart
09 VEGA, Ollie
10 IMO, Walter
11 ANTONIAN, Tim
12 VENZIN, Matt (c)
13 BOWDEN, Darcey
14 WALTERS, Donald
15 DENEHY, Badger Reserves O'LEARY, Chris (for MAZZURCO at 10 mins)
RAKOV, Nicholas (for MCNEILL at 45 Mins)
BRYDON, Ed (for Vega, blood at 50 Mins, and at 60 Mins)
PUSEY, Nicholas (for ANTOIAN at 55 Mins)
PEREZ-FOX, Prescott
CHACON-TERAN, Mike
CECIL, Saad
VON BORSIG, Mike
DING, Tom DEVELOPMENTAL SQUAD Long Island 'B' 33 (28-00) 14 New York On a mildly sunny day, NYRC Devo side looked to move above .500. The Devo side started the game a bit flat and trying to adjust to the player and positional changes from the previous week. As a result Long Island managed to put two quick tries before NYRC could solidified its play. NYRC showed a renewed sense of commitment to match the physicality displayed by LI, fighting their way inside the LI 22 a few times before the end of the half. Unfortunately, NYRC came up empty and LI managed to score a try again in with 15 minutes to go. However, in those last 15 minutes NYRC discovered a lot to build on. The Devo side noticed that once they took the fight to LI with more straight ahead running and intensity at the tackle and scrum they were able to make progress. Coming into the second half, Devo continued to take the direct approach. Yet again Devo managed to stay parked inside the LI 22, but still suffered from the lack of a cutting edge need to finish what they started. There was finally a breakthrough in the 65th minute on a pick and go on the tryline by Scott Perez-Fox. LI was able to respond to that try with a try of their own after some sustained pressure of their own. Devo responded with the kind of grit that has symbolized this season and this team. They forced a turnover and over several phases they were able to push inside the LI 10 meter and Tim Antoian found a crack in the backline to punch it in. With time running out on the ensuing kickoff Saad Cecil was able to crack off a great, weaving run that came close to setting up a third try. However NYRC was denied by a knock-on and the final whistle blew. The ref of the day said although the quality of play was better in the senior side game the better game of the day was easily the Devo game. That summed up the performance by NYRC Devo that continue to fight and show spirit. Game MVPs: Nick Rakov, Tom Ding, Ryan McCue 07 Min 00-07 Converted Try by LIRFC
14 Min 00-14 Converted Try by LIRFC
25 Min 00-21 Converted Try by LIRFC
30 Min 00-28 Converted Try by LIRFC
Half Time 00-28
65 Min 07-28 Try by Prescott PEREZ-FOX, Conversion by Tim ANTOIAN
70 Min 07-33 Try by LIRFC
75 Min 14-33 Try by Tim ANTOIAN, Conversion by Tim ANTOIAN
Full Time 14-33 Scorers
ANTOIAN, Tim 9 points (1 Try, 2 Conversions)
PEREZ-FOX, Prescott (1 Try) 01 O'BRIEN, John
02 DING, Tom
03 PEREZ-FOX, Prescott
04 RAKOV, Nick
05 REMMEL, Larry
06 CHACON-TERAN, Mike
07 LANZARA, Josh
08 MASTROGEORGIOU, Nick
09 BRYDON, Ed
10 PUSEY, Nicholas
11 CECIL, Saad
12 VON BORSIG, Mike
13 McCUE, Ryan (c)
14 STERLING, Andrew
15 JULIANO, Ryan - Reserves-Played for NYRC -
40' O'CONNOR, Matt, for BRYDON (JULIANO to 9, CECIL to 15); MCNEILL, Mike, for REMMEL.
50' SCHMALTZ, John, for O'BRIEN; MEZO, Andrew, for LANZARA (PEREZ-FOX to 7); ANTOIAN, Tim, for PUSEY.
60' LOGUERCIO, Luca, for STERLING |
