One suitably spell checked report about Bourgoin

By Gaz
December 17 2006

When you walk into the ground and Golden Earring are playing, you know you are in for a good day! The 1st half started where last week's first half left off - a try in the first minute from Lewis, followed by one from Harry. 9 minutes gone, Tigers 15 Bourgoin 0!

Bourgoin fought their way into the Tigers 22 - a good defensive line out enabled Tigers to clear their lines.

An unfortunate knock on from Geordan on the Bourgoin try line meant a 5m defensive scrum, however Bourgoin's scrum was put under all sorts of pressure, and a try from Shane Jennings was the result, with Andy Goode adding the extra 2 points. So, 18 minutes gone, Tigers need 1 more try for the bonus point.

Bourgoin showed plenty of fight, with some good defensive work being required from Tigers, with a good kick leading to an attacking line out. Bourgoin's turn to show some good defence - a Bourgoin line out leading to a defensive 5m scrum, allowing Bourgoin to clear their lines.

A few minutes later, a comedy of errors led to an attacking scrum on Bourgoin's 5m line - after 35 minutes, the Bonus Point Try was scored by Daryl.

Shortly afterwards, it looked like a try for Geordan, but it is pantomime season -

Crowd "It's a try"

Mr Rolland "Oh no it isn't"

Crowd "Oh yes it is"

Mr Rolland "Oh no it isn't" - forward pass!

The resulting scrum enabled Bourgoin to clear their lines.

Half Time - Tigers 29 Bourgoin 0

And we are into the 2nd half - a break from Harry took play well into Bourgoin's 22 - Tigers pressured, however an infringement enabled Bourgoin to move towards Tigers' 22. An uneventful few minutes followed, until Tom Varndell seemingly ran straight off the bench onto a pass to score under the posts - Tigers 36 Bourgoin 0.

A good opportunistic drop out from Andy Goode was unfortunately knocked on, the resultant scrummage leading to a penalty for Bourgoin. So, you are 36 - 0 down, well into the 2nd half, and you have a penalty on your opponents 10m line - what do you do?

Quick tap?

Kick for the corner?

No, you kick for goal of course - Tigers 36 Bourgoin 3. 11 more of those and they can force a draw.

Or maybe not - play went straight back to the other end - try for Moody, converted by "Andy Goooooode" - Tigers 43 Bourgoin 3.

I seem to have become stuck in some kind of temporal loop - try for Moody, converted by Andy Goode - Tigers 50 Bourgoin 3.

Which is all well and good, but it's making a bit of a mess of my prediction [...we won't talk about the predition league this week, Inky].

All was fairly quiet for the next few minutes, with certain ladies passing the time by discussing the merits of the Bourgoin players' derrieres!

A bit of argy bargy gave Bourgoin a penalty, however a knock on gave Tigers a scrum, and a chance to relieve pressure. This they did - Leon making a run into the Bourgoin 22, which eventually led to a 2nd try for Jennings, with Andy adding the conversion - Tigers 57 Bourgoin 3.

And that's how it ended.

Our man of the match - Shane Jennings.