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Grey Win Two in Franconia to move Spring record to 8-3

Record in Franconia stands at 21-2-1 since 1998 and 16-0 since 2002

Twenty-two players participated in another great weekend in the mountains. We had some help from Joe,Willie and Keith from the DC area. Jim Burke was our MOTM for the day scoring two tries and wreaking havoc all over the pitch. Jim heads to Iraq next week and will be back in October to get a few matches in. Jeff Levinson and Steve Tenenbaum (Bomber) had some great runs and scored a few tries each. Jay Chabot made some great tackles, got up and took the ball at least twice as we only allowed opponents two scores in 100 minutes of play. Kevin McNamara had a few nice picks and kept  the attack going. Bob Coakley had a score and controlled the front row along with Burt Hale and Tom Flynn. Kevin O'Sullivan and Ed Carr led the back row as we beat the opposition to the breakdown. Mike Hale was instrumental in attack from scrumhalf and center. Everyone stepped up the pace as we beat Boston in the second match. We won  both matches 6 tries to to one.Caesar Gonzales had his first experience in the mountains and loved it. Many Grey helped out Portland and Toronto, which is the spirit of the Old Man in the Mountain Festival. Great weekend boys. Next up is the  Jo Jo Moore Tournament on 6/27.

Grey Win Two Matches on Family Day

Captain Lou's Match Report

The Worcester Faded Black and the Caribbean Cougars were quests for a great day of Rugby and family fun at Mountain Mist. Thanks to John Hart, Ozzie, Jim Burke, Brian Lewis, Bud Harvey, Mike Blesso, Jay Chabot and others who filled in for Worcester. Bill Hoadley, Kevin O'Sullivan and Beaver got things going forward and Jeff Levinson scored the first try about four minutes into the match. Beaver followed with two tries and John Kerr and Bomber finished the first twenty minutes giving us five tries going uphill.  Caesar Gonzales and Jim Burke scored in the second half for a 39 to 7 score. The Cougars arrived with a full side so we commenced with another 40 minute match with similar results. Beaver and his brother Tom got the first two tries followed by Bill Hoadley. In the second half. Kevin Trammell, Tom Kubic and Brad Miller scored to make the final score 32-7. Welcome back to Burt Hale who was hungry to play after coaching New Haven.Welcome to Kevin O'Connell who played his first match for the Grey. Thanks to Fino and Ed Carr for playing some second row. Thanks to the veteran players who shared playing time. Thanks to Jeff Levinson, Tom Stauffer, Jon Leone and others who worked hard to make this Family Day a great success. Please let me know if you will be going to Franconia next week. loupetruzzello10@sbcglobal.net

Bomber's Match Report

This club has a long history of great victories on the field. On Saturday, the Grey added to this record with another victory, contributed to by the usual cast of thousands. But this article is not about what occurred on the pitch, it is about what took place off of it. This day was a microcosm of what this game means to all of us. Rugby is about family, it is about friends, it is about team and it is all about brotherhood.

On this day, we celebrated one of those brothers. Jim Burke, a number 7, a bit of a rugby mercenary, a father, a husband and a teammate will soon deploy to Iraq . We all wanted to let Jim and his family know how important we felt his service to our country is. The party that ensued, which will and should go down in Grey history, was one of the finest we have ever thrown. Teammates step up so that events like this can take place and today while several stepped up, four in particular need to be recognized for their efforts in setting up Saturday's event. Jeff Levinson led the way, with help from Tom Stauffer, John (am I for real?) Leone and Mike Meyer. These guys took it upon themselves to start what will surly become a great tradition, Connecticut Grey Family Day. The other significant even that took place was the Bottle drive benefiting Jack Carew's trip to Australia to take part in the People to People Student Ambassador program. While cleaning up our many empties is quite a feat in itself, John's kids cleaned up the entire pitch after we all moved to the pavilion.

This was just another stellar day in the long history of the  Connecticut Grey. (Established in 1979.) Things just keep getting better for our club. We continue to pick up many skilled and seasoned new members. There are just too many of you to mention, but you know who you are. We welcome all of you and your families to the Grey Rugby family. That is what we are, more than anything….a family. More and more of us are pitching in to help the club grow. There just is no downside here…we get to play rugby, spend beautiful days outdoors with our families and teammates and we win a lot of matches. Does it get any better than that?

   White Plains 53 Grey 10

 It was one way traffic as White Plains dominated this match on a perfect spring rugby day. The ball moved around the pitch with many phases, as both teams kept the ball alive during the 80 minutes .Beaver got two tries for the Grey going uphill. Bob Coakley. Bubba Golarney, Kevin OSullivan and Matt Leonard led the attack in the forwards .Brian Doheny, Jeff Levinson and Beaver had some long runs. MOTM to Steve Repeta. He got around the pitch and made some good tackles. Thanks to Jeff Bouvier for doing a great job reffing. The Boys from White Plains are a class organization with some great Rugby players.We will play them again .Everyone needs to step it up a notch and we will do better. The last 40 minutes we again had some opportunities but didn't finish. The Grey drop to 4-3 on the Spring season, with one match and two tournaments remaining on the schedule.

  Morris 14 Grey 7-Grey drop to 4-2 this spring

Captain Lou's Match Report

We had a great match with Morris, even though only three tries were scored.The pitch was soft and wide with the tallest goalposts in the Northeast.We came out hard in the first period spending most of the time in their end but failed to score.Morris scored their first try in the second period.We scored early in the third period and the match was 7-7 until the last 4 minutes when Morris scored to make it 14-7.We controlled 65% of the the ball and we were in their territory a lot.We had the ball most of the time but failed to finish.Everyone played hard for the 60 minutes.Perhaps if we played 80 we would have come back to win but it would not happen on this day.Matt Leonard and Bob Merola kept  attacking and we rucked and produced some great ball.Then we would knock on , forward pass,or not protect the ball.Joe Bordieri,Darryl Garrison and Ceasar Gonzales had some great runs.MOTM to Jeff Levinson who scored our try and fielded some kicks and countered well.We arrived on time had a good warm-up and were ready to play.As I left Hoovers[ their Bar] at about 4:00 there were twice as many Grey there.We have a great Club that travels with numbers and honors their commitment to playing this great sport we all love.

Action vs Morris:Ceasar Gonzales on the move, with Matt Leonard in support. John Kerr looks to pass, with the ever present Matt Leonard again in support.

Grey 44 New York Japan RFC 34

Captain Lou's match report

Thank the Rugby Gods for creating a game that takes 80 minutes. Thanks to those pioneers who decided to have open substitution for Old Boy Rugby. It was a great team effort and many individuals stepped up to secure this victory. Jay Chabot was banged up and could not play but came on to make two critical conversions to tie the score at 34 all. We started the match going up hill and it was all Japan as they built a 19-5 lead. They kicked and chased spun the ball  out wide and they were playing some great Rugby. We got back to our game plan in the second period but only managed one try which Japan matched to keep a 24 10 lead.We needed points to close the gap but Japan was still moving the ball great and they built a 34-10 lead. We didn't panic and kept scraping and put in two tries to narrow the gap to 34-20 after 60 minutes. Bubba ran the ball out of our 22 and linked up with Sean Sierra who got the ball to Beaver to score a great try to give us momentum for the last 20 minutes.Mike Hale kept the ball with the forwards most of the time realizing that if we had the ball they were not going to score. Steve Repeta, Bob Coakley, Kevin Trammel and Tom Flynn  controlled the ball in the forwards.  Bill Bishop had some great runs, breaking tackles and off loading. Tony Johnson had his usual text book tackles. Steve Tenenbaum (Bomber)  put his body on some kicks that were down hill and saved a couple tries. About 3 minutes into the period Kevin O'Sullivan broke through for a 60 meter run and passed to Bordo for the first score.Caesar Gonzales scored the match winning try and was our MOTM. Kevin O'Sullivan was named MOTM by Japan and he had a great match. Darrell Garrison scored the first try on a great run in the first period.So many people made the big plays when it counted The last 30 minutes of the match we outscored Japan 34 to nil. Next week is off and we have two tough matches in May. We will need to stay focused for 80 minutes and stick to the game plan.

Grey down GONY in a tough one, 44-36 to move to 3-1 for the Spring

Captain Lou's match report

It's not how you start but how you finish.It's not how many times you fall down but how you pick yourself up and make an adjustment and improve the next time.Great job by the boys who brought home the victory in the last ten minutes of this 80 minute match.Trailing 36-34 Sean Sierra and Norbert Deslauriers hooked up on a back row play to put us up 39-36.Steve Repeta scored the last try for an eight point lead to seal the win. The first period we controlled lots of ball but only managed one try. GONY scored one and the match was tied after 20 minutes.The second period we played a little better and were ahead by a try.Too many penalties and not taking care of the ball killed momentum.We played a solid third putting in three tries and had a 34-17 lead.The first ten minutes of the fourth period we let them run around us for three unanswered tries and we were down 36-34.We finished strong in the last ten minutes for a great win on the road.The front row was solid and gave us a good attacking base and put pressure on their  put ins.Tom Flynn,Bob Coakley,George Saul,and Mike Guzzio have done a great job all season.Players that stepped it up were Sean Ryan[Ozzie]and Steve Repeta, who were MOTM.Ozzie and Bubba did a great job in the centers.Caesar Gonzales had a solid game at wing.Norbert,Joe Bordieri and Don Brancard did some great things at the halfback positions.Tony Johnson had some great tackles.Beaver had some great runs and Steve Anninno[Fino] got around the pitch and made things happen.We need to cut down on penalties by being disciplined.Eliminate mental mistakes by being focused and protect the ball.Next week New York Japan which is always an interesting challenge.

View of NYC, across the river from Randall's Island and our post game destination and what we did there. A good time was had by all.

Grey 62 GONY 14

Awesome day as the boys put in 12 tries in 80 minutes of Rugby. Bubba and Beaver each had a hat trick as they were both MOTM . Bill Aman scored a try and was honored with MOTM by GONY . Bill Bishop, Darryl Ceccarelli, Joe Bordieri  and Kevin O'Sullivan also scored. We came out strong in the first period with 3 tries going uphill and into the wind.  Last weeks competition helped us play the game at a faster pace.Great support play by the forwards excellent line breaks by the backs. We cut down on the mistakes and the tries came. Tom Flynn, Bob Coakley, George Saul and Mike Guzzio controled the front row and gave us a good scrum to attack with Kevin O'Sullivan and Bubba leading the way. Bill Hoadley and Norbert Deslaurier led the attack from the halfback positions. Thanks to Mike Besso, Bill Meyer and Stu who played for the GONY.Sean Sierra, Kevin Trammel, Kevin Macnamara, Mike Meyer and Steve Repeta did a great job getting around the pitch and supporting at the breakdown. Ozzie Ryan and Caesar Gonzales got a taste of Rugby and hopefuly they will travel to New York with us on April 18. A great team effort by everyone in a convincing win.

Grey go 1-1 at Four Leaf Tourney

 We had more than 30 players travel to Randall's Island to play against Long Island B and Suffolk.We played Long Island first and controlled 60% of the ball.Some great phases, back row and backline attacks.However were hurt ourselves with forward passes and mental errors which killed momentum.The second half we stole the ball on their scrums and Kevin O'Sullivan led the attack going left which led to some great multi phase rugby.We were down 12-6 and attacking about seven meters out.unfortunately we lost the ball and they kicked downfield and scored for a 19-6 win.The second match we played a young hard hitting Suffolk team. We possessed alot of ball again but were unable to finish for tries.They scored a try off a long kick which we failed to catch and they got the right bounce.Jay Chabot hit two penalty kicks. The first one hit the upright and squeezed in.The second one came as time ran out for a 6-5 win.A good day of rugby.We had some good phases and rucked well. The front row was awesome most of the day controlling our scrums and stealing the opponents.We will work on lineouts more pre match to get timing down with different lifters and jumpers. If we cut down the mistakes we will finsh for tries. Bob Coakley, David Kirk, Steve Repeta and Kevin O'Sullivand played well in the forwards.MOTM to Sean Sierra.Great runs and off loads that got our attack going.Bill Hoadley, Bill Bishop, Beaver,and Norbert Deslauriers played well in the backs.MOTM to Jay Chabot. .He had four penalty kicks and saved a try with a tackle in the victory.

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