CRUFC Exiles 15 - 0 Cantabs III

It is likely that all of Cantab’s results will be scrubbed in 2010, on the basis that they have to withdraw from the league for lack of players.

For now, the Exiles are working on the basis that we have ended 2009 with yet another win, albeit a 15-0 walk-over.  (It is a poor reflection on Sam Sandercock’s considerable kicking abilities that the Green King Deuxieme Nord league awards only 3 unconverted tries.)   

Fortunately, the Exiles’ Christmas dinner three days later meant that the squad got a chance to celebrate what has been a very successful first half to the season.  Our thanks go to the retiring “Sock”, Bob Cadwalladr, for organising the boisterously enjoyable evening and to The Phoenix in Histon, ever reliable purveyors of excellent Chinese cuisine.  What goes on at an Exiles dinner stays in the dining room, but one event can be reported.  Vice-captain Richard Just is to take over as the new “Sock”.  Because of the background din, it was hard to hear all of his acceptance speech.  However, Richard appeared to say that he was pleased to take over the role of Sock, as he hadn’t had any socks in 2009.

Skipper Ed Naylor reflected on the six months of progress that the Exiles have made and thanked the Vanguards’ players for their contribution.  While aspiring coach Guy Mulley and former captain “Jesse” James Green scribbled unfathomable new line-out moves on a napkin, the forwards and the backs sought to outdo one another in a variety of liquid and non-liquid based formats, before the traditional, communal singing brought matters to a close.

Cheers; and here’s to an equally successful second half of the season.