There is bad news and good news. First off the good, we are all so good that we have managed to all win our games without a single kick or pass needing to be made as both teams have had their opponents cry off. The bad news is that leaves a small hole in our fixture window.
We have taken the opportunity to turn this into a bit of an opportunity for EVERYONE to get some game time and for everyone to play together. The plan is to have an internal game, kick off time 1pm, with a 12pm meet sharp. There will be two teams made up from the Southwark Lancers club. With a few small exceptions it will be 1s forwards with 2s backs and vice versa. This is a REALLY good opportunity to build FRIENDSHIPS with each other and play alongside different people. We are terming it LANCERS DAY. Everyone in the club is welcome, and everyone will get game time, even if you have not been selected for this weeks games come down with your kit ready to play!
After the game we will go down to the Apple Tree to watch the England game together, and will also have the monthly players meeting and awards. Those partaking, it will then be off for pub golf; there are also awards for best dressed golfer and best mo to date.
Can I emphasise this QUALITY rugby time, the teams on Saturday will be proper teams, captained respectively by myself and by James Munn. The games are to be taken seriously. We will change seperately and warm up separately. Hopefully it should be fun and a first class opportunity to showcase our abilities to each other. We are assuming that if you have said you are available to play and are on the team sheets you will be down unless you tell us otherwise!
Another important weekend approaches; the 1s are at home, the 2s away. The 1s face our nemesis in RBS (the only team to beat us both home and away last year and who got promoted with us), while not believing that revenge is a healthy spirit it would be nice to beat them. The 2s are looking to cement their impressive second place in the league against Askeans II. This is a really important game as Askeans Is play in the league the 1s hope to enter next year so beating them would be a really good marker of intent. We have had a really difficult selection dilemma this week as have had an abundance of players to choose from. Apologies to those who we could not fit in, we have been lucky enough to get dispensation from Askeans to take extra subs though. We have tried to pick those who have constantly trained and played over the preceding few weeks. Those not chosen, please do still come and support us, either at home or away and join us after the game, we would really like to have been able to get everyone who wanted to onto the field. Role on next year and hopefully three teams!




