score: 2-3 | goals: DC 2 | mom: DC
loc: Wesley | team: RH, DC, TK, CB, AW | opp: Forgone Conclusion

A great game against worthy opposition which ended somewhat disappointingly for a Nanna outfit which showed spirit and teamwork if not the height of their skills.

The C.O.D.E was seen to have an immediate effect with Nanna cohesion extremely tight from the outset. Positional play wasn’t as good as it should have been but the defensive work-rate was highly impressive. Forgone Conclusion were a tight unit with some fine skills and were unlucky not to open the scoring but the nannas were playing like a well oiled machine (minus some of the passing accuracy). At half time the score was 0-0 and the captain had to muster sage advice for the troops between gasps for oxygen. The second half started appallingly with all the nannas save Tom basically resigned to a goal being scored following a run from the kickoff, 3 nannas stopped to watch and almost began to walk back to the centre. Luckily the final shot lacked pace and the nannas picked up their game following the let off. There were some nice one twos and few chances with the head, the captain putting a couple of long range efforts in the right direction. The deadlock was finally broken with some great service from Takesh and nice turn from d’Coq. This was added to shortly after with another tight inside finish. The Nans were up 2 goals with a bit of breathing space but the C.O.D.E began to fray at the edges as the opposition niggles became a little less sportsmanly. The running back was getting worse and the captain was seen to stop at about half way and do a bit of spectating. It wasn’t long before FG were queing up for shots on goal as the Nannas side-coaching steadily increased in volume and abusiveness. Eventually FG started scoring and a late chance at the end for Chas could have equalised things but he laid it off to an unsuspecting and off target Coq. Final score was 3-2 which was a disappointing way to finish what was a really tight contest.

photo: Thomas Howie