Masters Guesting

With the next game for our Masters team being a few weeks away, two of our players who were itching for a game, answered the request to play as guests on Saturday.

Doncaster Toll Bar Masters (our opposition in July) notified Smudge that their opposition, Morley Knights, were low on numbers. Smudge and Goady answered the call to arms.

Smudge and Goady rocking the training t-shirts!

The game was a cracking contest. Morley Knights, had 8 players plus 3 lads from Hull masters and with Smudge and Goady that made it up to the golden number of 13.

It was organised chaos to start with whilst working out who was playing where and no run throughs, pre match. The team went straight into it not knowing what to expect and all they could do was trust the Masters to their left and right. Goady settled in well as the right centre and in true Goady fashion he was quick off the line, in order to be up and at ‘em, before they new what had happened causing them to panic and make mistakes early on. During the first half, Goady was always the first to the scrum restart which left the rest of the team saying “calm down we need a breather” 😂! Smudge managed to bag himself two tries, one of which was, allegedly, a full lengther from the Morley try line! However without photographic evidence or witness verification we are settling for falling over his own laces, having caught the ball in front of the Toll Bar line!

A few minutes later the Knights 9 made a break from their own half to get a 2 v 1 against the Toll Bar fullback. Once the 9 had drawn him in he offloaded it to Smudge who managed to get it down under the sticks, despite a valiant effort from the fullback who made a covering tackle as Smudge crossed the line.

A scintillating 0-0 draw, played in great Masters spirits, with players from far and wide guesting to ensure the game went ahead! Handshakes before and after. 3 cheers for both teams. Well natured boo’s for the ref. No trash talk in the bar, because no one cares about the score (always listed as 0-0). What’s not to love about Masters RL?

Crusaders Masters next game is Saturday 14th June against Boothtown Terriers Masters. Anyone interested in getting involved, just let us know.