April 23, 2004: Maryville Rugby vs West

This was the last game of the regular season. Both Maryville and West were 6-0 in SMAC league play. The game was behind Bearden Elementary school.
• A line out. West scored first, off one of our line outs...
• Tony kicks.
• Ryan about to receive some contact.
• Jesse pulls the ball out of the scrum and tosses to Tony. The West players were (in my opinion) a little overly agressive playing the person on our scrums. Jesse had to get it out quickly.
• B.J. Rumbles forward.
• Sparky tries the right side. Soon after this play, Charlie scored on one of those multiple-bodies-everywhere plays.
• Another post-scrum toss.
• A few minutes later, a well-timed spin move by Jeff left him open and able to outrun West. Jeff has been giving me grief that I didn't get a picture of the spin move itself, but unfortunately, I missed even seeing the spin move, because I was getting the camera in focus....
• Jeff was alone enough that he was able to set the ball in the middle of the goal-posts. Important, because the half ended 12-5, Maryville.
• Second-half action -- Tony appears to be deciding what to do with the ball in some post-scrum action.
• Jeff has likely passed to Adam as he's going down. Soon after this, I believe, West scored and got the extra points: a 12-12 tie.
• A line out for West.
• An action shot -- Maryville got a scrum out of this play, because the guy on the ground passed it forward and out of bounds.
• Another Jesse-to-Tony pass post-scrum pass. In case you're wondering, these are easy to photograph, becuase you know they are coming.
• A major penalty on West gives us a kick from the 20 in the middle of the field. Tony goes for the field goal, and it's 15-12, Maryville.
• This was nearly a coast-to-coast score. Adam got the ball with some daylight, and while two West players converged on him, he flipped it to Jeff, who, with the help of about a 20-yard stiff-arm, was able to get to the corner of the try-zone. 20-12, Maryville. Again, Jeff was disappointed in me that I didn't get his stiff-arm. Sorry...
• The undefeated SMAC regular season champs, looking mostly weary following a hard-fought victory!