The Southampton Stags travelled to Uxbridge for their last game of the season against the Brunel Burners, who apart from being beaten by the Portsmouth Destroyers, have had an impressive run this season.
It didn’t take long for Brunel’s running game to show its
strength however, as on their first possession second and ten, their running
back managed to find a big hole in the Stags defence and ran for their first
touchdown. Standing on the Stags sideline you could sense that the Burners were
fired up for this match and were looking to score big.
As the first half developed it became apparent that the
Stags were not going to be so easily defeated. Both defences took charge on the
field and made it difficult for the opposing offence to gain much yardage. The
Stags defence however appeared to find another gear and were clearly dominating
the Brunel offence as they forced several fumbles during the first half and
made a very important forth down stop on a fake punt. You could feel the
momentum beginning to swing in favour of the Stags.
Approaching half time the Stags managed to get themselves
on the scoreboard with a perfectly timed end zone pass. They went for a two
point conversion but it was stopped short by the Brunel defence, making the
half time score 7-6 to Brunel.
Both teams were poised for a battle in the second half
with the atmosphere around the field that either team could win this final game
of the season. It was Brunel once again who got the scoring under way in the
third quarter, as their running game began to take charge on the field. By the
end of the third quarter Brunel had moved ahead 14-6.
As the game entered the last quarter the momentum was
clearly with Brunel, as they controlled the ball well, moved up field and
scored their first passing touchdown of the game, followed a good extra point,
making the score 21-6. The Stags offence at this point of the game just
couldn’t find their feet to progress enough on the field to give their defence a
rest and it was beginning to show. With the Stags defence feeling tired, Brunel
took full advantage on the field and ran in for another impressive fifty yard
touchdown by #52 Samuel Emem. Brunel
lined up for a two point conversion which was good, making the final score
29-6.
The Burners ended their season on a high, however their
loss to the Destroyers in January puts them second in their BUCS division, and
sees they out of this year’s playoffs.
Images from the game can be found here;
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