<< BackNew Zealand 29 - USA Eagles 15
On Monday evening the Classic Eagles took on The Classic All Blacks. The Eagles looked strong and motivated pre-game and opened the scoring after only 7 minutes with Doug Brown grounding the ball. This was a fast game, and New Zealand countered quickly to level the score at 5-5. Filipe Rayasi scoring for the All Blacks. The Kiwis extended their lead with Neil Foote scoring. The Eagles were, however, back in the game on the stroke of half time with another score from Lance Vesely 10-10. Early in the second half, Keith Lowen added another for New Zealand as with the conversion they eeked out a 17 -10 lead. The Eagles continued to be competitive and believed they could win the game. And shortly Louis Tulio scored to bring them back within reach at 17-15. The All Blacks started to “lock down” the game by keeping the ball tight and grounded down the Eagles defense to score. Another Eagles attack was stopped short of the line and with only a few minutes left to play, the ball was picked up after as the Americans tried to run the ball from inside their own 22, giving The All Blacks a 27-15 lead. The try was converted and the game finished 29-15, a very flattering score for New Zealand and the Eagles must be feeling very disappointed that they came so close to beating one of the world’s great rugby nations. A great game.
Starting Line up 1 Nash 2 Griffin 3 French 4 Struckman 5 Rogers 6 Youngling 7 Care 8 ReBell 9 McGetchy 10 Link Wilfley 11 David Fee 12 Karl Thompson 13 Isaac Mberko 14 Doug Brown 15 Eric Masterson captain Coach: Tony Flay
Manager: Tim Kluempers Next Up: Argentina stay tuned! Classic Eagles (USA) VS Classic Pumas (Argentina) November 13, 2008 (7:00 pm) |
