FANS and spectators of the Nashua Crusaders arrived at the clubhouse with bemused looks on Saturday as the entire first team were braaing up a storm. Their opponents for the day, the Zululand Rhinos pulled out a night before the clash, giving the Saders a win by walkover.
Coach and player, Ronnie Uys said his team were bitterly disappointed. “We had built good momentum going into this match and we are extremely disappointed. No one wants to win like this. We’ve now got to get back to the drawing board for our next game in Toti this Friday,” a dejected Uys said.
Northglen News thought we’d take this opportunity to look back at the Saders season in stats so far
1: The number of penalties kicked by flyhalf Cam Dunlop.
5: The number of tries by the clubs top scorers Troy Chiocchetti and forward Byron van der Nest. Troy took his tally to five with a super hat-trick against PMB Collegians two weeks ago.
12: The number of tries conceded by the Saders this season in their first five rounds of the Fidelity Moor Cup. It is also the number of different try scorers for the team. Seven of the players are from the backline while five forwards have also got their names on the score sheet.
23: The number of tries scored by the Nashua Crusaders.
320: They have prided themselves on the attacking style of play and have not kicked for goal in 320 minutes of game play.
