v BAILDON 2nds 13/10/07

With no game up at Baildon, the Viscount bandwagon gave up home advantage and traveled up to Jenny Lane to take on Baildon 2nds. With a full front row, and a welcome return of Wheelybin, a heavy pack, loads of backs and the RAF boys on their way down, it was feared for the first time in a long time that we might not have enough shirts!! Or we might have a chance of winning!!

Well, our fears were getting stronger at half time because the Viscounts put in, certainly since the blogger got into the Viscount scene, the best 40 minutes for a long time. The forwards were making yards round the fringes, Sam and Wheely making surges up the middle for fun and Charlie had his backs running, it was a joy to watch. Andy scored his second try of the year with a fine break from 35 meters, Big Sam charged through from 20 and Viscounts were 14-nil up after 20 minutes! It was like watching the Barbarians! Well, not quite.
When Baildon actually got the ball, they got knocked over by the tackles. Then the ref got involved. Now, the blogger doesn't agree with dissing the refs, tough job, not easy and all that shit, but fuck me. I wont name him but we all know him and to say we were all disappointed is an understatement. All he did was penalty after fucking penalty. They kicked 3 of them and didn't deserve a point, never mind 9.

HALFTIME BAILDON 9 - 14 VISCOUNTS

A couple of injuries, Charlie's thigh and Wheely's Achilles, forced Director of Rugby Mick Peel into some changes. RAF Ben into the pack and RAF Frosty on the wing. Both were still arsholed from the Regiment dinner they had the night before! Then Red Bull went down with a shoulder injury and Baildon caught us off guard with a quick try that was converted to give them an unlikely lead early 2nd half. Viscounts, with Andy hitting some big kicks, recovered and when he made a break and fed Shep who scorched up the field, drew the full back and sent Frosty to the line, thought they were back in charge. Wrong. The tosser blew his whistle for a forward pass!! Even the Baildon lads couldn't believe it. Guess what happens next? Yep. Baildon score. "Fucking hell"was the cry from the Kop end where the travelling army were enjoying their prawn sarnies. They scored again with a couple of minutes to go. But the Viscounts had one last attack in them, big Richie and Andy combined and passed to the supporting RokoChilton who, being true to his voters, spilt the pass and it was game over.

Really gutting result for the boys and you would of thought they had won the World Cup at the end judging the size of the cheer at the end.

FULL TIME BAILDON 26-14 VISCOUNTS