June 2 vs. Irish
Ducks 27 Irish 10
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Matty with some extra weight |  |
Greene powering his way through |
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On Bens fingertips |  |
Grenier and Marty with some space |
May 26 vs. Ormstown
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Marty pass to Severs |  |
Matty doing what he does, cutting |
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Scrum |  |
Jesse crash |
The second game of the season was played against a young and feisty Ormstown side playing in their first game of the year. Right off the bat the Ducks took it to the Saracens with Matt Rzyzora running a try in right off the kickoff. The Ducks dominated the first half and were much more disciplined allowing for the majority of the half played in Ormstown's end. Tom Moore scored a try off a driving lineout and Ben Page scored off a nice set piece. The Second half continued the same way with Moore adding another try off a stolen scrum on Ormstown's 5 meter line. The game finished 27-5.
May 12 2007 vs. Parc Olympic
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Lineouts went well, like this one won by Jeff Greene |  |
New Scrum procedures took some explaining and getting used to |
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Greene breaking out of a ruck and running into his lineout nemesis Mike |  |
Chasing a kick |
The Ducks season opener was held this Saturday the 12th of May against Parc Olympic. It was a perfect day for rugby as the sun was out but remained at a civilized temperature. After much confusion about where the game would be played, it was settled that it would take place in Brome Lake due Parc O's inability to secure a field for the date and time. There was much trepidation in the Ducks camp as this was the first game since being promoted to 1st Division and was against one of the better teams of said division. Despite these concerns, the Ducks were able to get things settled quickly as Matt Rzyzora outran most of Parc O's back line and score an early try, that was not converted. Following that burst the Ducks fell into some penalty trouble as was expected being in a different division with the new "Smart Rugby" rules in place. Parc O had three chances on penalty kicks but the Ducks had luck on side and none of them connected. Nearing the end of the half Rzyzora ran in another try and touched down where it could be easily converted.
With a short bench, the Ducks did not make any changes at the half while Parc O was able some fresh legs on the field. That freshness was apparent as Parc O was able to score two tries of their own and penalty kick to tie things up; Tommy Bogan having made a kick earlier in the half. The game came to a climactic finish with Parc O being awarded a penalty kick on the final play off game. The kick was missed and the game ended in a 15-15 tie.