RC Zug vs RC Winterthur:

Final Score: RC Zug 31 – RC Winterthur 24

Following on from our last match against Winterthur, we knew that the game would be hard, but winnable. The weather forecast was not great and even though it was a rather grey dreary afternoon, the rain did hold off until after the match.

The game began with Winterthur pushing hard. It was clear from their squad that most of the game was going to be played with the forwards. In terms of general size, Winterthur had a clear advantage…..even their backs looked like forwards!

An unfortunate mistake from Denis resulted in Winterthur opening the score with a try and it was not long until Winterthur got another. They did miss both kicks, so all was not lost, and after a good team talk to keep spirits up, it was not long till we started unleashing the points!

By half time we had the game under control and cracks were starting to show within the Winterthur team. We decided to make four substitutions at this point to get some fresh legs on the pitch which worked very well to our advantage.

We did as best as we could in the scrums (considering the weight difference) but we did dominate the line-outs throughout the match.

In the end the match finished with a Zug victory of 31-24, but credit were credit is due, Winterthur never gave up and fought till the very end.

Denis did make up for his mistake at the beginning of the game with great lineout throws and also stopped a try later on in the game. Other notable performances from: Alois, Simon (the beast), Eugene, Seb (Varey), Raphael (Bourda), Alex, Damien and Claudio.

After so many close loses this season, the five points we received for this win was very much needed and deserved. Even though we won the match, there are still things that we will work in training this week.

After the match Winterthur joined us for a BBQ and beers at our club pub. When they went home we started the music to celebrate Dani’s Birthday. Not much can be said about what happened next as no-one can quite remember. Normally we would have done a man of the match award, but with the distraction of the party this got forgotten.

Try scorers: 2 x Raphael (Bourda) and one each from Goran, Eugene & Alex.

A special thanks to the referee, who even stayed a while to sample some of Zug’s party atmosphere.

We would also like to thank Winterthur for coming and wish them luck for the rest of their season. We are also looking forward to seeing them at our 20^th Anniversary and also the Bishops Cup Tournament.

 RC Zug