Bucks Shot Down by Comeback Kings

STL Round 8: 6Pack v UWC Bucks

21 April 2007
Turf City
Final Score: 7 - 3
Man-of-the-Match: Edwin Kuang
Dick-of-the-Day: Kevin 'Roids' Loo
Play-of-the-Day: Classic Khairul miss pass from middle of the pitch to Kenny at the wing, for the final try.

At high noon, two equally matched teams met to settle a long overdue account. The new and improved UWC Bucks of 2007 were made up of their regular experienced players of 2006, with an addition of youth in the form of boys from UWC. A devastating blend of experience and speed, the Bucks of 2007 were no easy pushovers and posed a serious threat especially in the first half.

Bucks drew first blood when they scored right from the kick-off with a try at the right wing, originating from a confusion between Adam and Taufiq on who was supposed to make the touch. Echoes of "Sial lah!!" reverberated throughout Turf City, when the two Mats realized their defensive error. Reeling from the initial blow, the Padang boys were slow to respond and got duly served with 2 more tries against.

At this juncture, the midday heat was beginning to take its toll on both sides and some players got naturally frustrated. Gideon was overhead screaming, "Aaaahhh... It's so hot guys, I can't take it. I'm gonna have to strip down to my pink purple maroon short shorts!" while looking around hoping for someone to look. Unfortunately for him, he is no Eugene Ng. However, fortunately for 6Pack, that was the push needed to start the comeback. Apparently, a half-nekkid Gideon is known to potentially cause partial blindness and that forced the boys to focus on the losing game at hand.

"No that's alright Gideon, you can keep that tanktop on"

With nowhere else to look, the 6Pack boys set their sights on taking the game back. And comeback they did, piling on tries after tries. A string of passes between Adam, Sujan and Alan resulted in the 6th try, reliving memories of the sweet flowing play of 2006. Against some furious defending, the dehydrated Bucks couldn't find a way to get to the 6Pack tryline.

Finally, the game was sealed when the Play-of-the-Day move was finished off, coming from a patient build-up to the 5m from Khairul, Edwin and Kenny. Final score: 7-3 to 6Pack. (and minus 1 bonus point for half-nekkid Gid)

In other news, Shadowfax was nowhere to be found. It seems that high noon is not an ideal environment for a shadow to appear.
Beware of the Shadow: It is not only elusive, but also full of excuses.