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Snowy,
windy, messy - but the good guys win! |
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Charlie
snags the first of many Griffin lineout throws |
Tim
and Wolf barrel right into the Lions defense |
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Ryan
slams right into the Lions #8, stopping him
in his tracks |
John
assists in getting Mr. #8 on the ground |
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| the
forwards prepare to scrum
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Jordan
gets ready to put the scrum ball in |
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| Luke
races to the try line.... |
slides
into the try zone...... |
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| Lions
are too late - as Luke scores the first Griffin
try. |
Andrew
goes for the conversion kick |
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Jordan
once again about to put the ball in the scrum |
Sean
stops a Lion on the run |
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Luke
snags the Lions center |
.....bringing
him down
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| the
Lions lock gets tackled by Keith and Jordan;
Charlie and Ryan ready to support |
no
hope for this lock as he is brought down as
well. |
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Andrew
makes a conversion kick off the second try |
Jordan
gets the ball out of the ruck, ready to pass
it on |
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It's
the Lions' #4 again - this time caught by
Sean, with Jordan ready to support |
Preparing
to scrum in the snow. |
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scrumming
in all that beautiful snow.... |
Sean
pushing in the scrum |
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Tim
and Luke snag the Lions' center... |
Ryan
barrels in to help bring the center down |
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it's
all out effort by the Griffins to get ball
possession |
another
Lion stopped in his tracks - by Luke and Jon |
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Andrew
tackles the opposition, assisted by Luke and
Ryan |
Ryan,
assisted by Keith and Keiki, keep the opposition
at bay |
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the
Lions' hooker gets caught by Andrew and Luke,
with support by Sean and Jon |
more
Griffins come in, and that hooker's not going
anywhere |
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hooker's brought down by pure Griffin force |
Jon
tackles the Lions' wing, who won't get far
with Charlie right ahead of him. |
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| A
Lions gets stalled by the Samoan force of
Keiki and Andrew |
Luke,
with Wolf ready to support, tackles the opposition |
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| Dave
stops his opposite number, with Jon and Luke
ready to support |
Keith
plows into the opposition on the left, Charlie
pushes on the right |
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| Dave
tackles the Lions' scrumhalf; Tim ready to
support |
another
chance for a scrumdown |
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Sean
snags the opposition.... |
Jon,
with Tim in support, continues the tackle |
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Yep,
that Lions' same #4 got tackled again, and
the Griffins make a joint effort to get ball
possession |
a
Paulsen Brothers Christams card for 2010 -
look for it in your mailboxes! The snow...the
mud.....you have to love it! |
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set in
the snowy backdrop are happy victorious Griffins
- the body language says it all - Congrats
guys!!!
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