by CVKickers | Nov 16, 2010 | Club Events
On Saturday, 30 October the Kickers RFC donned some outrageous outfits in celebration of Halloween… [HTML1] The party went very well, and "everyone who attended had a kick-ass time. We managed to raise around $3000 which will help pay for some field equipment and supplies for the club house." President Gregg...
by CVKickers | Nov 16, 2010 | Game Reports
By Ian Kennedy. Spectators watching Sunday’s Kickers match at Village Park Cumberland against the visiting Port Alberni Black Sheep, chewed their fingernails nearly to the bone as they watched in suspense as the Kickers held onto a slim one-point lead hoping to stop a three-game losing streak. The Kickers did hold on, and the 25-24 win sees the local club sit in second-place with one game to play before Fall play-offs begin. A brilliant run by prop Leigh Burley, right from the second-half kick-off, set up a peach of a try by #8 Andy Hextall to give the Kickers a comfortable 22-10 lead with a half to play. But following that try the Kickers managed only a penalty as the Black Sheep managed to climb back into contention with two converted tries, giving them hope of an all-important away win. Luckily for the Kickers, however, mid-way through the half, wing Steve “House” Jones kicked a splendid penalty goal from in front of the post that ultimately secured the victory for the locals. The Kickers played some fine rugby on the way to this win. They rucked and mauled with authority; they retained ball in contact very well, and always seemed to be on the front foot most of the game securing seventy percent of the available possession. Their captain Greg Merchant enjoyed one of his best games in a Kicker uniform this season and with flanker Ben Travena laying on the “big hits”; with #8 Andy Hextall roaming with intent and Leigh Burley taking the ball forward every time he seemed to touch the ball, one wonders why the Kickers didn’t win this game by a much wider margin. But the Black Sheep had...
by CVKickers | Nov 9, 2010 | Game Reports
Back from a trip home to England, C.V. Kicker fullback Steve Hextall nailed down two tries against the Nanaimo Hornets on Sunday adding to the four he has already scored this season, to make him the club’s top try scorer so far this season. Unfortunately, Hextall’s heroics in the Hub City couldn’t prevent the Kickers record the third loss in a row, 31-17. New winger Ross McLean scored the Kickers' other marker which Adam Erickson converted. Hextall has been a stalwart for the Kickers for the past number of years and his aggressive, knees-up, striding running style makes him a handful for opposing teams to contain. Last season he recorded a team leading eleven tries, and this year he has netted six already with more than a half season to play. In the second-half of the contest against Nanaimo, led by prop Ian Harris and #8 Andy Hextall, the Kickers spent most of their time in the Hornet end making concerted attacks on the home team’s line but just couldn’t find a way to score against a stalwart defence. In the end the Hornets scored two tries against the run of play to seal the win. Despite the loss the Kickers hang onto fourth place in the nine team Vancouver Island Third Division table. The team takes on Port Alberni Black Sheep at Village Park next Sunday. SUBSTITUTIONS COST KICKER WOMEN The Comox Valley Kicker Women’s team took on the powerful University of Victoria Vikettes at Village Park Cumberland last Saturday and though competitive in the first-half, sheer strength in numbers wore the home team down in the second stanza. The Vikettes, sitting second in the Vancouver Island Women’s League table, arrived with over twenty-five players...
by CVKickers | Nov 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
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by CVKickers | Nov 4, 2010 | Game Reports
The Comox Valley Kickers Women’s rugby team travelled “over the Hump” to Port Alberni last Saturday hoping to record a second win overthe Black Sheep, a team they beat 26-10, at home, in their first game of the season. Port Alberni began the game with intent which led to the Kickers taking a number of early penalties as the Kickers tried to contain the early onslaught. First the Black Sheep kicked an easy penalty and then scored a try to take an 8-0 lead at the twenty-minute mark. The Kickers finally came to life with the Kickers forwards driving downfield through a series of close-quarter off-loads that eventually saw lock Alyson Wood score her first try in a Kickers jersey as she went over in a pile of bodies. 8-5 at half-time. In the second-half, scrum half Amber Van Der Mark kicked a loose ball several times down field and managed to pounce on it as it went over the line giving the Kickers a 10-8 lead. Now the game swung back and forth until another penalty saw the Black Sheep kicker find her mark and slot an easy penalty to give the home side the lead 11-10. Realizing there were only minutes left in the game the Kickers used their ‘pick and drive’ to effect and won a scrum just short of the Black Sheep line. Given that the Kicker forward pack had been a powerhouse in the set-scrums all game long, hope ran high amongst the visitors that a try might result. But the referee, the sole arbiter of time in a rugby match, consulted...
