Supers Round 10 – vs Morningside
With a 37 point buffer, hope was strong that the Supers lads would be able to return The Barry Morsinkhoff cup back to its rightful place. ie. Outside the Sharks bar, to be used as an ashtray or spittoon on game days. It cuts me up to think about it sitting inside the Morningside trophy cabinet, serving no practical use. Couldn’t they at least have the decency to mix fruit punch in it?
With such prestigious silverware up for grabs, the boys started surprisingly flat. Slim hacked a miracle goal out of mid air for the first score but it would be some time before our second goal.
Chopper, the veritable rat amongst the ranks, could afford himself a smile from the sidelines. Having trained with us all season and learned our state of the art training techniques, there could be no doubt he will have passed on many of our secrets. There is also a suggestion that he may be the individual responsible for stealing the table napkin that carried all of our cleverist game day strategies. We were unable to confirm this with Chopper before he mysteriously boarded a flight to North Korea shortly after.
Perhaps the only thing keeping the dream alive was our defensive and tackling pressure. Mutley tackled like a man possessed. He was wrapping blokes up in his arms like Cuddles on a road trip. Not to be outdone Zulu, brought a little of his culture to the contest by spear tackling his direct opponent. The bloke’s still there apparently, buried from the waist up. They abandoned efforts to extract him and now just use him to play totum tennis on.
Best and Fairest betting took a massive plunge with the injury to Pipes. Clutching an injured knee on the sidelines, he was soon surrounded by trainers, players but in particular Indian bookmakers.
The second half produced a much more concerted team effort though. Laz made his debut on the wing and showed plenty. Nashy wore some hefty attention down back but just kept pushing forward. Easy & Ant produced herculean performances all round displaying enormous aerobic capacity and a will to compete. Clock was forced down back and enjoyed his first run in defence with a solid performance.
Sadly, numbers were down again but a couple of Masters should not go unmentioned. Ado kicked two goals from set shots. Two more than he would normally kick at training. Mary, just about spent for the year just kept shuffling from end to end undaunted, both knees clicking like marraccas with every step. Anybody running away from him would be forgiven for thinking they were being chased by a Mariachi band.
As the game neared completion, the Sharks were able to drag the margin back to about 8 points but it was about time that 3 key incidents would occur. shaping the outcome. Firtsly Kim “Mrs Jenko” Jenkins’ camera packed it in, meaning the team would need to find another source of inspiration. (Cossie would be squashed in a marking contest by a ring-in QAFL player that should have seen a free kick paid, that would result in a Morningside goal and most disappointing , a 50 metre penalty was paid for undisciplined late contact gifting Morningside a goal, against Longy, who was named Captain for this game.
The result on paper was a 27 point loss but importantly it was enough to give us back The Barry Morsinkhoff Trophy, which will soon be proudly on display the club for all to see. Just as soon as we find a suitable doorstop to replace it with.
Last Modified on 28/02/2011 20:01