pumped
Hawks started brightly, went 3-0 up, and then it all went wrong. A non-existent lineout, weak scrum, and poor defence gifted Hawick 19 points in as many minutes. From the touchline I wasn't relishing the prospect of joining the fray as, put simply, Hawks looked like a team that was down and out. But I got the call, with 15 minutes of the 1st half left, and duly took my place. The scrum improved, the lineouts were still terrible, and for the next 60 minutes we stopped Hawick from scoring. But neither did we manage to score.
It was as bad a defeat as I have been involved in for a long time. On the upside I played 50 minutes and will be starting next weeks Glasgow derby. The problem for us is that, with a tough run in, we could be looking at 2nd Division rugby next year if we don't win next week. And on yesterday's evidence a win will be hard to get.
Your fan club is returning this week and you've never lost when we've been there...so I'd take that as a good start! HAWKS ROCK!
Posted by: JJ | January 23, 2008 at 05:34 PM