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MAVERICKS - 43 UT GRADS - 10
Burr Field Ausitn, TX - October 24, 2009
The Mavericks traveled down to Austin to take on the UT Grads for the first time since the 2005-2006 season. This
match was scheduled to avoid too many consecutive open weekends prior to the start of the cup season as well as some
of the newer guys expressing interest in playing a match down there after the good time they had at Bloodfest Sevens
this past summer. Well the thought and consideration was a good one but the execution and participation was far from
good. We had 19 confirmed Friday night (should have been 20 but when asked I told the "Bean" we had enough and I am
still getting lectured by Shay that you never tell a Prop or Lock not to play. NEVER! EVER!) but come Saturday
morning we were down to 12. Two dropped out due to injury/illness, one had work, another had his Road Trip pass
revoked by his Dad. One was hung-over and actually showed up at the IHOP only to speed away with no explanation.
There was another that we still don't know his excuse and lastly there was one who sent a text at 4:00AM stating
that he was doubtful only to check in later in the day saying his "Legs were tired" which is Big Head speech for "I
got Sand in my Vag", a.k.a SIV. So as part of Maverick Lore these Brave Ruggers will be known as the "Dirty Dozen".
This is their story.
We arrived in Austin with plenty of time to spare which was to be used figuring out who would play where during
which phases and set pieces of the game. About 20 minutes before kick-off Ray finally shows up. Now here is a guy
who spent the night in Austin so one would think he would be on time but that was not the case as he spent the night
at Ruhaab's which pretty much explains it all. For those of you not around a few years back the two of them were
affectionately known as Cheech and Chong. Ruhaab played with us before transferring from UTA to UT and the Ganja
Gods prevented Ray from having the need GPA and doing the same. So with Ruhaab in tow he kits up and we now become the "Half Baked Bakers Dirty Dozen". We sort out the line up and since we were short a Prop, Shay stepped up to fill in at loose on scrums and in the backline during open play and line outs but no longer loves me and you will find out why. OK now this is their story. Really.
Playing two short you knew would be a tough day but you always know that the Referee will keep things in line but
boy were we (Mavs and Grads) wrong, terribly wrong. It started with the coin flip which he let the home team call.
They called heads, it was tails and then he asked the Grads if they wanted to kick or receive. Once that was hashed
out we kicked off to the Grads to get things going. At one of the first breakdowns a Grad didn't release or roll
away or left his feet as I don't recall the exact infraction but I do recall what followed. The referee said
pointing to his forehead "Do I have Stupid Written Here?" and awarded us a scrum which he did for most infractions
as he said this would not turn into a "kicking game". Our defense carried over from Cowtown and following a knock
it was our put inside their 22. Charles made a nice break off an 8 man pick up where he dished it off to Shady who
went untouched to dot it down between the posts. We yelled for a tee for the conversion but that wasn't happening as
we had no one on the sideline except for Jarrod's Twin Peaks girlfriend but it didn't really matter as we didn't
have a tee with us anyway. Shady's drop kick conversion attempt from 10 meters out in front of the posts was wide
right. A few minutes later we were back in almost the same place on the field when a Grad was Sin Binned for a break
down infraction so we were now only playing one down. Following the kick into touch the binned player was called
back onto the pitch prior to the lineout for what was the shortest Sin Bin in the history of the game. After winning
the lineout the ball moved out wide and following a few phases Charles who had another nice run was able to find
Shady who once again went untouched for the try but just like his first conversion it was wide right from the same
spot. So the first 20 minutes or so ended up being the Shady Show as he scored again in the corner and considering
he couldn't convert from in front of the posts there was no way in hell it was happening from the sideline. As the
game progressed Nate took heed to Shay telling him "Fagging out was not an option" and turned into the Great Golden
God Graham who was mowing through defenders like Godzilla thru Tokyo and he was tackling the Grads like Asian kids
tackle math problems. A big strong run with broken tackles, Grads draped all over and Hot UT Chicks on the sideline calling his name gave him a mild case of H1N1 - White Line Fever but he didn't score on any of those fronts as he ended up just short of the line but the ball got recycled quickly out to the backs where Chris and I don't know if it was his speed and elusive running or Joe Kelly's slightly stained "Size 32 Tighty Whiteys" he was wearing but he was able to weave through to score under the posts. The girls started calling Chris' name until they heard what he had under his shorts. The Shady Kicking Show was cancelled and was replaced with the Vietnamese Kicking Machine Viet who with that Asian knowledge in hand used an ant hill, and there were plenty of them as a tee and easily made the conversion. The Mavericks defense finally caved near the end of the first half as the Grads were about 5 meters out with just about everyone on the right which we had matched but spun it left real quick where Big L and John K had no chance of stopping their wing who touched it down in the corner.
Half Time Mavericks - 22 UT Grads - 5
Prior to the start of the second half the Referee gave a "Rugby Image/Hooligan" speech about cleaning up the game
and that he would any penalize F-Bombs which he did once or twice against the Grads in the half. The guys were
getting a little tired in the second half. Don't know. Maybe because we were playing with "ONLY 13". But that didn't
stop them from finishing what they started in the first half which was Act II of the Shady show who managed to score
two more times with assists from Charles as he was very adamant that he had 4 assists on the day which put game
out of reach. With more backs than forwards we tried to keep the play within the pack but when the ball did make it
out to the backs on offense they played well and were superb in coming up on defense to apply pressure before the
forwards could get over to support. The Grads were able to get on the board one again with about 5 minutes left
after they were able to take advantage of our numbers. Tohi closed out the scoring with a quick tap from 5 meters
out which was converted by Viet who was 4 for 4 on the day with the boot and ant hill tees.
Final Score Mavericks - 43 UT Grads - 10
Even though it appeared it was not going to be a good day due to the numbers it ended up being a hell of a day
especially for those who made the trip. Shay stepped up big at prop but he doesn't love me anymore because at the
last scrum with a Grad prop in the blood bin some young knucklehead came in way too luck during engage and really
messed his back up where he was in so much pain he ended up turning white, really he did. I blamed him by telling him if he were 40lbs lighter he wouldn't have propped. The Grads put out a nice spread of food at Fado's on 4th Street and Stella Artois on tap which ended up being a primer for the road trip home. They had a Zulu and opposed to their previous place where you run across their upstairs patio and back onto 6th Street they now have you run across the street to the gay bar and do a shot which I am surprised hasn't ended up on you Tube as Charles and many others were filming it. The drive home was pretty good with every one in rare form. When Shady wasn't asking me if I was OK, telling us how much he LOVED rugby or pissing in a huge styrofoam cup the only thing you heard was the "Ku-Chuh" sound of him popping another one. We only had to make 6 stops on the way back and I was proud of the guys for making it from Alvarado to Arlington with out stopping. We enjoyed or should I say I endured some hip-hop and rap on the way back and thanks to Charles asking to put on K-LUV we were able to have that Cyndi Lauper "Time after Time" experience and don't know if it was the Tongan harmonizing, Shay's sweet voice or what but we sounded awesome and it wasn't the beer talking as I was sober since I was driving. Quote of the Trip after Shay asked Charles I thought Tongans were Mormons. "Hell no, then we couldn't drink and smoke". Thanks to those who made it the trip and look forward to the next ones during the spring.
"Half Baked Bakers Dirty Dozen"
1) Shay
2) Ray
3) Big L
4) Nate
5) John K
6) Shady
7) Jarrod
8) Charles
9) Joe Kelly
10) Tohi
25) Viet Inside-12/Outside Center-13
18.5) Chris Wing-11/Half Fullback-7.5
21.5) Ruhaab Wing-14/Half Fullback-7.5
John K - 10/30/09COWTOWN TOURNAMENT
Gateway Rugby Park, Ft. Worth - October 10, 2009
The Mavericks traveled across town to Fort Worth for their first action of the season in the Men?s Open Division
of the 23rd Annual Cowtown Tournament. With 3 matches on the slate for Saturday and the potential for another 1 or
2 on Sunday there was going to be more than enough game for everyone as we have a good handful of new players.
Saturday's numbers were in excess of 25 but Sunday found us down to 16 due to injury, church, etc. Mother Nature
graced us with a cool, over cast day and a wet, lumpy turf field which has taken a beating since it was opened a
few years back. Given that it's been a few weeks since the tournament my recollection might be lacking.
First up was a 2:00PM match against DII BARC. The Mavericks started off with early pressure that resulted in
multiple infractions by BARC at the breakdown but we came away with no points. Pee Wee was just wide right from 25
meters at the 6 minute mark and then a few minutes later our beloved captain, Shay had him give it a go from just
outside the 40 which wasn't even close. The remainder of the half was played between the 22's with neither side
being able to get on the board.
Half Time Mavericks ? 0 BARC - 0
The second half for the most part was like the first half with not a lot of scoring chances but BARC was able to
get on the board at the 25 minute mark when they converted a penalty from 10 meters after an infraction at the
break down. Those repeated infractions would soon turn to Yellow Cards as Shady was sent off at the 34 minute and
a BARC forward followed him a few minutes later. So with both sides now down to 14 with 2 minutes to go the
Mavericks had BARC inside their own 10 when Tohi came up and laid a huge hit on their inside center where the ball
popped back just inside the 22 where Viet, who was up in support scooped it up and carried two players over for
the match winning try at full time.
Final Score Mavericks ? 5 BARC ? 3
Next up at 2:00PM were the Houston Mad Dogs who are a newer side consisting of St. Thomas HS Alumni as well as
some other men and college players from the Houston area. With this just being the second match of the season the
Mavericks were still working on gelling as a team offensively but continued to play solid defense like they did in
the first match and with the same result as neither side was able to get any scoring opportunities.
Half Time Mavericks ? 0 Houston Mad Dogs ? 0
The second half only offered one real scoring opportunity when Charles Taufa broke loose and got inside the 22 but
was unable to get a pass out to James who was all alone out wide in support. The defense was stingy once again but
the inconsistent refereeing never allowed either side to get into any kind of flow or rhythm.
Final Score Mavericks ? 0 Houston Mad Dogs - 0
The last match of the day kicked off at 6:00PM where we faced Old Grey (Texas State Alumni) that had a few whores
from the likes of DARC and others. With the defense looking good the Mavericks were looking to get some points on
the board this time around. At the 5 minute mark an Old Grey back decided to run out a Maverick kick and chase
that ended up in the corner of in-goal rather than dotting down for a 22 drop. He took off diagonally and when he
got near the 22 decided to kick instead of running by the sloth like forward, John K and Charles who charged down
the kick and pounced on it for an early try. With a few minutes left in the half Shady was able to break through
for a nice little run to close out the scoring in the first stanza.
Half Time Mavericks ? 10 Old Grey - 0
The second half saw the lead extended a few minutes in when new, young and fast wing Chris Hennard broke free for
a 50+ meter run where he was able to break through their fullback's tackle near the goal line to score in the
corner. The defense continued it's dominance and was looking to go the day without allowing a try until the
Thunder Blunder. With just over 10 minutes left Thunder fields an Old Grey clearing kick deep and near the
sideline as two opponents converge on him. He must have been suffering from a temporary loss of hearing as he
didn't hear everyone on the field or sidelines and in the parking lot or port-a-johns yelling "KICK IT, KICK IT
YOU IDIOT". Needless to say he tried to get by them but got tackled, had the ball poached and after the conversion
it's a game as we are only up by 8. Fortunately for him that would be the only chance they had as the scoring was
closed out a little before full time when James (Prop) broke loose from inside the 22 where the only thing between
him and a try was DARC's little, fast mouthy wing who made the stop near the goal line but James was able to
unload to Shady for the try.
Final Score Mavericks ? 20 Old Grey - 7
A Saturday record of 2-0-1 had us in the Semi-Finals on Sunday for a 12:00PM kick-off against the Woodlands
Geezers. Our numbers were nothing like Saturday and even with 30 minutes halves we were not about to take on
whores to pad our subs like the Geezers did as they had plenty of numbers with many familiar DARC and Fort Worth
faces booting up for them.
The Mavericks got the board quickly as new but now departed guy, Carl Rogers (heading to Washington State to go to back school and run youth rugby) intercepted a pass inside the 22 for the score and conversion with the match less than a minute old. Well that start lasted about 10 minutes after which the Geezers were able to score 3 tries on long runs (40 - 50 meters) over the next 10 minutes.
Half Time Woodland Geezers - 19 Mavericks ? 7
The second half saw the Geezers lead extended to 15 with a penalty kick at the 35 minute mark which the Mavericks
answered 5 minutes later when Chris scored his second try of the tournament with a nice 30 meter run to trim the
deficit back to 8 again. The Mavericks played much better defense in the second half and had the chance to cut the
lead to 5 with a long penalty kick with 10 minutes left but was unsuccessful. The Geezers scored one more try with
2 minutes to put the match away but the Mavericks never stopped pressing and another intercept by Carl who was
able to get the ball to Viet who was once again in support closed out the scoring at full time.
Final Score Woodlands Geezers ? 29 Mavericks - 21
There was to be a 3rd place match with the Houston Mad Dogs who lost their Semi-Final to whore infested Shreveport
but neither side was up for it so we were to have a boat race to to settle it but when they realized that they
could not field a legal side due to the TABC the race was scrapped. This was one of our best showings in quite a
few years at this tournament and with the defense we were playing and the offense beginning to come together late
Saturday it would have been nice to see how well would could have done with a full squad on Sunday. All in all we
got a lot of new guys playing time and if we keep with the numbers we should have a successful cup season.
John K - 10/28/09DARC - 12 MAVERICKS - 10
High Point Park Plano, TX - March 22, 2008
The Mavericks took on DARC in their last cup match of the season. The match was to be played at Lake Highlands
Park in Dallas but because it's in somewhat of a flood plain and with all of the rain Dallas Parks and Rec
decided on Friday afternoon that it would be closed so the match was played at their practice pitch, High Point
Park in Plano. The pitch was a little below minimum requirements but it did have fancy blue striping. Given the
change in locale we still managed to get 20 plus players notified and out to the pitch
The Mavericks received and started off slow which was right on par with how their pre-game preparation went as
they were never able to get any consistency going. A knock at the DARC 22 appeared to stop a scoring chance but
the Mavericks were able to steal the put and on the second phase Michael T. was able to get the ball to JP who
got it out to Stephen Marino who made a few of his stop on the dime jukes and break through for a try in the
corner at the 8 minute mark. DARC countered a few minutes later and after an offsides penalty inside our 22 went
for points but the worm burner kick never had a chance. Over the next 15 minutes the Mavericks had a few good
opportunities to put points on the board but came away empty. DARC misplayed a bad kick and grounded the ball
after they were called for diving over. The ensuing scrum lead to a maul that was held up and the 5 meter scrum
was turned into a penalty for DARC due to dissent towards the referee. A deep kick after another DARC infraction
found us with a line out 15 meters out which was won but the ball was lost in the next phase. At the 24 minute
mark DARC was called for yet another infraction and the kick to touch put us just outside the 22 but the throw
in was not straight. DARC spun it wide off of the scrum and their speedy winger went untouched the last 50
meters to dot it down between the posts for a 2 point lead. The set pieces were a thorn in our side as we
probably only won half our scrums and line outs. With less than 5 minutes left in the half we were actually able
to steal a DARC line out inside the 22 and looked like we were going to score but we got called for not
releasing about 5 meters out. With half time approaching there were 2 quick taps off of DARC infractions that
led to Thunder being stopped short of the goal line and the ball becoming unplayable ending the half.
Half Time Score: DARC - 7 Mavericks - 5
The Mavericks had 3 good chances to start but weren't able to capitalize. Minutes into the second half DARC was
called for offsides on a clearing kick and the choice of a scrum up put us about 10 meters out but we lost the
scrum. Shortly after that two more DARC penalties for offsides and dissent resulted in a quick tap 15 meters out
but the ball was knocked on in the tackle. At the 50 minute mark DARC was generous once again with an
obstruction call inside their 22. After a toe and go and few phases Ryan broke through from about 15 meters out
and crossed the line to the right of the posts but had trouble getting the ball off his hip. A DARC defender
never gave up, tackled him about 5 meters deep and it appeared that the ball was or in the process of being
grounded when the referee blew his whistle. The Mavericks were finally able to capitalize when DARC dropped a
clearing kick about 30 meters out and the good coverage produced quick ball with JP getting it out wide and two
passes later Stephen was able to score near the corner for a second time and a 3 point lead at the 62 minute
mark. With the Maverick clinging to the lead DARC got the ball inside the 10 with a good run from their Prop,
Gonzo but the ball was stolen but the clearing kick never found touch and their quick, young fullback who had a
good match countered getting the ball out wide where they were able to score in the corner with about 7 minutes
left. The Mavericks were never able to get anything else going to get back the lead as the many missed
opportunities and decision to pass up points ended up haunting them in the long run.
Final Score: DARC - 12 Mavericks - 10
John K. - 3/26/08MAVERICKS - 34 FORT SILL - 33
Lawton, OK - March 8, 2008
The Mavericks traveled up to Lawton, OK to take on the Fort Sill Gunners in another important cup match. Due to injuries, work, school and other commitments there were only 16 players available to make the trip and we were lucky all of them made it before or right at kick-off. We had two who were almost an hour late to the IHOP. A handful that called asking for directions because the website was down. Nothing like waiting until the last minute to get a map. Another got lost and was on his way to visit Dorothy and Toto but manned up, blamed his wife and made it to the pitch by kick-off (that's to the pitch and not actually on it). Throw in the three that decided to play battle shits at the commissary a 1/2 mile away 10 minutes before kick-off instead of using the port-a-john at the pitch and to say the club was not prepared at the start would be an extremely huge understatement.
The Mavericks kicked off with 14 players to start the match and the Gunners didn't waste much time as after a few phases they broke free for a long 50 meter for the first points of the match and followed that with another try at the 6 minute mark for a quick 12-0 lead. With the Mavericks now at full strength they were looking to get things rolling and were inside the Gunners 22. A retaliation by their prop got him binned and Thunder slotted the penalty to cut the deficit to 9. The Mavericks were not able to capitalize on the man advantage like Fort Sill did to start the match. With possession going back and forth the Gunners were able to break free for another 50 meter run at the 28 minute mark to extend their lead to 16. The Mavericks still could not get things going and Sill's young fast wing went 40 meters a few minutes later which didn't look good for our playoff chances.
Half Time Score: Fort Sill - 26 Mavericks - 3
The Mavericks took the second half kick-off and don't know if it was Shay's half time talk or what but we came out firing and after a few runs and phases Tate banged over from 10 meters out less than a minute into the half cutting the lead to 18 as Thunder missed the conversion. The Mavericks continued with that opening second half intensity with good pack play that got them inside the Gunners 22. After another couple of phases Brian Stauffer was able to slip through for a converted try to pull us to within 11. The Gunners attempted to mount some pressure of their own but the improved tackling and poaching gave possession back to the Mavericks just outside the 22. After a few phases a hard run by Reggie Parker found him in the sin bin as the referee didn't care for the stiff arm in the face. It took about 5 minutes for the Gunners to put the man advantage to use as they broke free for another long try that put them back up by 18 with just over 20 minutes to play. With their backs against the wall, season in the balance and any other cliche you can think of it was time to play to the strength of the club and that was bangers, mauls and pick-n-go's by not just the pack but some of the backs as well. It was almost like a 12 man maul at times with everyone running hard and determined. A majority of the remainder of the match was played in the Gunners half and after many phases Shay was able to dive over from a few meters out at the 63 minute mark that Thunder converted to cut the lead to 11 again. There was plenty of time left to score 2 more tries needed to pull out the victory but it almost slipped away. With 12 minutes left and the Gunners having possession near midfield their hard running outside center, Marcus was able to break free to the outside with just Thunder in his way of putting the match away when Tate who was also in pursuit made a diving ankle tap tackle that resulted in a knock when he went to deck and squelching the last scoring chance the Gunners would have this day. The Mavericks moved the ball back into the Fort Sill half of the field with a few timely runs after which the hard running and mauling enabled Tate to break a few tackles and carry a Gunner or two over from 15 meters out with 6 minutes left closing the lead to 6 with Thunder looking to cut it to 4 with a very makeable conversion which didn't manage to split the posts but the match was still there to be won. The Mavericks kept up the pressure in the Fort Sill 22 but the Gunners weren't ready to fold and pushed the Mavericks back outside the 22. A Gunner infraction gave the Mavericks the ball about 30 meters out but we were at full time so we would have to run the ball rather than kick to touch. The Gunners were stacking up for a run by the forwards so the ball was spun out to the backs but the ball was held up in the wind (oh yeah forgot to mention but it was a pretty windy day) and Shay knocked it on with Fort Sill gaining possession and ran a few phases as we tried to steal ball when one of the Gunners realizing we were at full time yelled kick the ball. That would be the right thing to do unless you are a forward particularly in the tight five. Well their prop, Gonzo who made the long drive up from Fort Hood to play attempted the kick which he pooched right down the middle of the field where we got possession just inside the 10 meter line. The counter attack and multi phases got he ball back near the 22 and was spun out to the left where Tate fed Thunder who outraced one Gunner and while getting tackled by another was able to dot it down a meter or two from the 5 meter line. Now being down by one it was up to the Thunder to make the conversion to cap an improbable and greatest comeback in Maverick Rugby history. Thunder thought about having Pee Wee kick since he was trying to regroup himself after the run and chalk on his face after getting it driven onto the goal line as he scored but decided against it as the referee said he had a minute to kick. The wind was still blowing as he lined it up and the kick was a not so pretty line drive that perfectly split the posts for the win and becoming part of Maverick Lore.
Final Score: Mavericks - 34 Fort Sill - 33
John K. - 3/17/08MAVERICKS - 26 DENTON - 0
Prairie Park, Grand Prairie - February 23, 2008
The Mavericks hosted Denton in the last home cup match of the season of the season Prairie Park in Grand
Prairie. The Mavericks were looking for their first season sweep against Denton since the 2002-2003 season
as well as not letting them get their first cup match victory of the season.
The Mavericks started off receiving against the wind but that did not deter them from plan at hand which was
to use the pack to pound the ball before giving to the back who better not piss it off. With the coaching
staff suited up in the backline the ball was taken care of which resulted in minimal bitching from the
forwards. Watching Shay "Bum Knee" Flowers and Michael "Iron Hips" Twaddell pass, dip, and loop it made it look like we were running touch out at River Legacy. After some nifty ball handling Chance was fed the ball from about 25 meters out and went untouched for the first points of the match at the 13 minute mark. The game plan never changed as the pack did a good job of retaining possession and keeping the pressure on Denton deep in their own end. The Mavericks were poised to score but an unlucky knock by Will "Hit That Shit" in goal squashed that opportunity. But after the 22 drop the pack found themselves back inside their 22 where Shay was able to score off a penalty to the right of the posts that Thunder somehow managed to miss when trying to convert. With about 10 minutes left in the half some more good pack play led to Tate crashing over which Thunder did convert this time. Take away a few handling errors and a few more tries could have been scored.
Half Time Score: Mavericks - 19 Denton - 0
Needing a bonus point to help in their hunt for a play-off spot the Mavericks were looking to put at least
one more try on the board which appeared to happen early in the half as Chance dove over from the back of
the ruck only to have the referee blow it up just prior to that since he lost site of the ball. Denton had
trouble getting the ball out of their 22 and a Maverick counter attack found the pack doing it's thing again
and this time were able to feed the backs where Shay found Thunder crashing from fullback for a try that he
converted himself. There were other opportunities to put points on the board but the Mavericks were never
able to capitalize on them like they did in the first half.
Final Score: Mavericks - 26 Denton - 0
John K. - 3/12/08
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