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The Rebels traveled
to Humber North this past Thursday for a
re-match with a Hawks team that
demolished the Rebs earlier this season.
With a full side and a warm evening of
footy ahead, the boys were keen to atone
for their last encounter with the
somewhat cocky Hawks.
The Rebels were
buoyed by the return of Paps after his
“Party like I’m in Ibiza” holiday and
Connie and Libba playing their first
games of the season. The first quarter
was an even affair, with both midfields
getting use of the ball. Sean (voldermort)
Duffy was leading the way in the back
line, shutting down the Hawks key
forward and repelling many attacks At
the end of the quarter it was clear this
was not going to be a walk-over as some
had expected.
The second began
with the Rebs determined to fight like a
bunch Tigers ready to maul a lazy Bear.
Species, Howie, Rock and Behie were
again hitting everything in sight and
continually frustrating their opponents.
Third gamer Al was finding his niche in
the backline and Nacho “My scar does not
look like Harry Potters” was all over
the field. The quarter saw a couple of
injuries which would mean the boys had
to finish the game without a bench.
On to the third
and the Rebels were down by only a few
goals. The Hawks got away with a couple
of easy early ones but the boys kept
pressing with Assistant coach Tammer
leading the way, putting his body on the
line at every contest.
The result was a
foregone conclusion heading into to the
last, but if Bobby has taught us
anything this year, it’s too not taking
anything for granted. The Rebels went
down a man early as Tammer took one too
many hits, but this only inspired the
Rebels again as they produced their best
quarter of the game. Kev Duffy managed
to snag a goal from great efforts from
Libba and Connie and Sean Duffy and
Aaron were all over their opponents in
Defence.
When the final
siren sounded the Hawks had a solid win
but it was definitely not handed to
them. It was a great team effort and a
huge building block for many players
which will send the Rebels into the
remainder of the season and on to next
season full of confidence.
Next round the
Rebels play the Dingo’s in what is
always an entertaining game. Game starts
at 12 noon at Humber North.
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