West 15s All Stars vs Mid West 15s All Stars

West 15s All Stars vs Mid West 15s All Stars – May 19 & 20, 2007
Kansas City, KS

I don’t have the official scores, but can give estimates…Saturday the Mid West won at least 40-7 and on Sunday the Mid West was victorious again with a score of at least 25-5. The Mid West are the defending champions of the National All Star Championships in 2006. These matches were a warmup match for both teams as this is the first time many of these players have played together.

The scores are not very reflective of the actual rugby on the pitch. On Saturday the Mid West were able to control almost all the set pieces (scrums and line outs) and as a result had the West on their heels most of the match. However the West had great defense and was able to stifle many of the Mid West’s long runs. In the long run many of the errors that the West committed were capitalized on by the Mid West.

The Sunday match was a different story though, as the West was able to further stifle the attack of the Mid West. Their fast backs were tackled over and over again. As a result the West backs were the threat of the day, again and again they broke through Mid West’s defense but were not able to finish the effort. The Mid West again dominated most of the set pieces, but the West were able to show that they were not intimidated by stealing a few put ins and taking the ball weak often.

All in all both teams played hard and the weekend was a great success. Thanks to the KC Dragons (girls HS team in KS) that helped with the training by setting up all the equipment, a concessions tent, a changing tent and catered our dinner on Saturday night.