| Glendale Dominates Vail 40-12 |
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Glendale opened their fall 2008 season at Infinity Park with a 40-12 victory over the visiting Vail Rugby Club. The visitors, having recently competed a successful summer mountain schedule, journeyed down to the lower altitude of Denver and looked the fitter team. Despite Vail’s summer league experience, Glendale was first on the board. Glendale won a tight head scrum and prop Mike Tafel dove over for the converted score by Mike Graham, 7-0. Glendale controlled most of the first half possession and gleefully snapped up the next chance. The next scoring opportunity came from a quick lineout throw that resulted in two quick post tackle phases allowing fullback Dewon Reed to score under the posts, 14-0. Wing Justin Howly capped off the first-half scoring, touching down after yet another tighthead scrum win. 21-0 at the break. Vail finally got on track with a number of bruising runs by No. 8 Chris Bearman. Bearman’s power opened the defense enough to allow their lock Zack Zellers to score near the posts. Captain and scrumhalf Cameron Turner slotted over the easy conversion to make it 21-7. With their tails up Vail continued to pressure the Raptors, but no points came. Having cleared their lines, Glendale got a penalty in the Vail half and chose a scrum. From there they punched ahead and lock Ryan Chapman crashed over for an unconverted try. Glendale kept up the pressure and quickly scored off a lineout as center Brad Winbush broke the Vail defensive line and scooted under the posts for a converted try. Vail came back in the 62nd minute to score the most exciting try of the day, a quick drop out that saw the Glendale defense unaware. Vailo moved the ball quickly to the wing where Kenyan internationals Cesar Ondula and Collins Akwanyi exchanged rapid passes at full speed to draw the defense and score in the corner, and bringing the crowd to their feet in applause. That made the score 33-12 for Glendale, and another try for the Raptors finished it off 40 – 12. |
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