Game Results
Here are the write-ups for the latest games the Green Horde has played.
Last week the Eastern Suburbs Rugby Football Club played, arguably, one of the most important games of the season outside of Midwest. They took on their cross-town rivals, the Cleveland Rovers. All week, emotions ran high and supporters came out in force to support the starting 15. With the practice field filling up the days leading up to practice, the Green Horde was able to put together a game plan to all but assure a victory…
The Green Horde faced, and successfully put down, two tough Pennsylvania teams in the past two weeks – and as always they did so in dominating fashion…
When the dust settled in Akron on Sept. 10, 2011 the Cleveland Eastern Suburbs Rugby Football Club was on top of Akron 33 – 27. While this result puts an early win in the scorecard of the Green Horde, the victory was far from a clean one and a far cry from the kind of wins the East Side team has put together in recent competitions.
In recent meetings between the two clubs, Cleveland had trounced Akron by incredible margins. Last week’s close score could be credited to a number of factors. Speculators will suggest whether Akron have gotten that good or if Cleveland is on the down swing. What si for sure, though, is that the Green Horde seemed somewhat unprepared and undisciplined for a tough team and an imperfect referee…
Water, water, everywhere and not a drop to drink.
This has become a way of life for the Eastern Suburbs Rugby Football Club since the Rapture started, which made playing the touring Wootton Bassett RFC almost impossible. Days of rain soaked the team’s home pitch at the Cuyahoga County Airport; and when the airport staff mowed the grass the water seeped out and filled the deep grooves left by the tractor’s tires. Suffice it to say, the field could not be used. Fortunately, after some quick thinking, it was decided that the team’s alternate pitch in the Chagrin River Reservation of the Metro Parks. Quick action by Mark Derrickson, Randy Viviani, Drew Roberts and a number of other club members saw to it that information regarding the venue change was disseminated to the Green Horde supporters as quickly as possible. With the paint barely dry, flags in the ground and everybody in attendance – Frank Black still managed to get the British side there late – the game commenced. The only thing missing at the start of the game: goal posts…
