The Second's Game

A First Division Team in the Seconds?

Subtitle: How the F— Did you Guys Lose my Brand New Ball

2^nd subtitle: Does Being over 35 Make You Second Division?

The game started with a quick exchange that went something like this:

Mr Official: Can we hurry it up these guys have another game at three?

Our Illustrious Skipper: We have a 15minute grace period, I don’t care if they have a game to go stack, we don’t stack our team and that’s why were late.

Game Reporter (me): Skipper you’re awesome.

From there things got even better.

As I was warming up for my return to fullback I did not catch the entire game but from the start the seconds’ team stuck to the game plan and took their points three at a time.

The second’s had a strong line-up, all the usual suspects plus guys who don’t make it out as often as the team would like. They began the game down two players and played the entire game down one. Under these circumstances it is almost acceptable that they lost my brand new ball.

The real question that this win poses is whether being over 35 makes one a second division player. This question arises after the comment by a game reporter that will remain unnamed. I… ah… he said that he wishes that to be able to play that well when he is thirty. I… ah… he was then told that the players he was talking about were both over 35 years old. These players don’t make many practices but seem more fit than the majority of the team or at least as fit as most of the team. While unable to make training sessions however they are definitely stand out players that would fit right into our first div teams. So in an effort to get them out more here is a letter to the two people we need to convince:

To the Wives of Mark and Mike,

Would you please let your husbands be excused from familial obligations on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:45pm to 9pm and on Saturdays from 2:15pm to 3am (negotiable?) This would mean a great deal for our team. We have asked them to come out but are not naïve enough to believe that married men get to decide these things on their own. We would put your husbands to great use since they are fantastic players who haven’t lost a step. And they will come in very handy next season as well since our current 8-man seems like he’s about to gain a decision maker in his life too. So to recap then we would like the use of your husbands Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. We understand that they have things to do at home so we are more than willing to send guys from the second team to rake the leaves in the yard and clean out the garage and one of the second’s players is like a guidance counsellor so he can probably even take the kids out to La Ronde or something.

Yours truly,

Beaconsfield Rugby Football Club