After the title I suppose it's only fair to continue with the French theme. After an eventful performance last week, Jamie Owens continued in the same vain, having come off the bench early to replace Connor (son of Hastey) at hooker, Jamie allowed the Helsby winger to slowly but surely wind him up, his line out throwing suffered and he struggled to get into the game, this then led to a line out on our 5 metre when he threw the ball straight to one of their forwards who sauntered over the try line to score. Things can only get better me thinks, how wrong can I be, in a scene reminiscent of Eric Cantona at Crystal Palace his Kung fu kick/ slide tackle probably deserved another card, this time red, but the ball had been knocked on and maybe the referee didn't see it. In steps Mr Diplomacy himself, Captain Dear, to cool the situation. After this, probably one of the most consistent players we've had this season showed why I keep picking him every week, have some belief in yourself mate, you deserve to be with us.
Helsby proofed to be the stern test we were expecting, strong running, slick backs, big forwards but one thing the boys have showed this season is they don't mind defending and seem to enjoy tackling. Two 1st half tries from our Legally Blond star and Harry gave us a 10 - 5 half time lead.
Gilly, his name isn't Reece Witherspoon it was a joke, honestly.
The second half followed pretty much the same pattern as the 1st, tries from Theo and Liam sandwiched around one from Helsby.
Another great performance and we keep waddling along, ducks debuts for Movie Star, Kris Lewis and motm Liam Saddler. We seemed to lack continuity in the backs early on today, but having now used 24 different backs in our 7 wins, I suppose it's no surprise.
Diffy Duck today could only have one recipient, Jamie the crates on you, Duck of the Day Liam Saddler, both light weights who didn't sink a beer.
Wag of Week, went to Carl and his good lady, who were serenaded by the whole club, having lost that loving feeling. Kris Lewis has the video if anyone's interested.
Quotes of the day belong to Theo, "I thought Hastey was Connors dad, when we played the other week" and "I can't drink that I'm driving" I took back to the train station later, maybe he was working for Merseyrail or is it another Welsh thing.
Couilles du Canard.
Mother Duck.