Shute Shield: Two Blues Outgun Pirates in Concord Oval Firefight
by Paul Cook -
Eighty-six points and 14 tries. If you’re thinking this probably wasn’t one for the purists, you’d be right. Touch footy, sevens style rugby – however you want to pigeonhole it, this game certainly saw attack take prominence over defence and while the ability of their respective teams to concede points as easily as they could score them left both coaches tearing out their hair, for the neutral observer, it was manna from heaven.
If it’s exciting, ball in hand, throw it around and back yourself rugby that floats your boats, try and get a copy of the DVD and show it to all your ‘leaguie’ mates who complain that union is a boring kick-athon. This was thrill-a-minute, off the cuff brilliance for which both sides deserve great credit and while it most certainly wasn’t