Today we were really motivated to beat Kings Ely, firstly because Kings Cambridge had beaten us already and secondly because the season is coming to a close next week and we want to end it on a high note.
During the first part of the game, the ball must have traveled everywhere on the field except the try zone. Domination was going back and forth between the two teams. We were extremely dominant in rucks and scrums, but we conceded lots of penalties as well. However, one ruck that St. Faiths won proved to be fatal for Kings Ely because as soon as our fakey-fakey inside centre Ed Fairey received the ball, he did his business and gave us our first try.
The second half was the flower of our performance. Try #2 was scored by Will 'Lightnin' Zeitlyn, who, as soon as he saw a gasp in Kings Ely's defense, went straight for it. Nobody on St. Faiths was expecting this, so he had no support and 5 opponents on his tail. It seemed like milliseconds before he raced into the try zone, and just for the heck of it, he ran sideways to score under the posts. He seemed to have made his mark on that encounter, but he wanted more. He scored again, but that time he wasn't so sure about himself. He got tackled, but stretched his arms just enough to place the ball on the try line. King's Ely never underestimated him again. He even got the man of the match award after the game finished with a final score of 19-0 to St. Faiths. Guess what? It was even his birthday. What a lovely birthday present for him.
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