On the final competitive weekend of the ARP before the winter break, Life University cruised to a somewhat surprising 61-6 win over visiting Old Blue New York in Georgia, while near Boston, eighty minutes of hard rugby failed to put any separation between the Boston Irish Wolfhounds and Boston RFC, the game ending deadlocked at 22 points each.
On a picture perfect fall day in Canton, MA, the two local sides met for a highly anticipated clash. Boston has had the better of the recent meetings between the clubs, with the notable exception of the Wolfhounds claiming the New England title in May. A win would have had Boston sitting pretty for the winter break in third place in the APR, especially with a depleted Old Blue side losing to Life. The Boston Irish Wolfhounds have played well in parts of the Premiership but has little to show for their efforts, so a good performance was essential to salvaging the season.
Boston was first on the board, with Lucas Baistrochhi, playing in the unfamiliar outhalf position, slotted a penalty for Boston after an early turnover and a period of pressure. A few minutes later the Wolfhounds came close to notching a five pointer, but had to settle for a Paddy Owens penalty to level the score.
Boston enjoyed significant territorial possession for much of the first half, and mid way through the half Boston second row Brody Orth got over the line from close range to regain the lead. Remarkably the five point differential would not be exceeded by either team on the day. Despite enjoying significant pressure, Boston did not register any more points in the half, and the Wolfhounds clawed three back with another Owens penalty near the end to leave the halftime score at 8-6 to Boston.
Shortly after the restart, Wolfhounds’ flanker Gareth Austen finished off a forwards try, taking advantage of numerical superiority while a Boston second row was spending some time in the bin. The conversion made the score 8-13. With neither defense willing to budge, line breaks were few and far between. Owens and Biastrochhi traded penalties early, before Biastrochhi hit a couple more, the second of which reclaimed the lead for Boston with twelve minutes on the clock.
The lead was short lived, as Owens hit another penalty on the half hour. With the game finely balanced, Boston’s always elusive center Colin Yip finally found a break in the Wolfhounds defense and put Boston ahead 22-19. Deep into injury time, with Boston defending their line frantically, Boston had two crucial turnovers and appeared to have the game secured, but a penalty for throwing the ball into touch gave the Wolfhounds possession one more time ten meters out near the sideline.
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With the Wolfhounds’ line out faring poorly and the scrums no guarantee, the Wolfhounds elected to go for points. With time expired, Paddy Owens stepped up and nailed the difficult penalty attempt and the game ended at 22 points each.
“Heart attack central” said Wolfhounds coach Fergal Hehir, “It was a great game, a great advertisement for rugby, the way it is supposed to be played. The field was a bit heavy so it made the game a bit more forwards orientated but when the backs did get running they were exciting for both sides. For the last three years we have been very close….add it to the (New England) win from a few months ago we are showing that we are just as good a club as Boston at the moment. A win would have been nice, but a draw would have been a fair result after a game like that, it would have been a shame to for either team to lose after all that”.
“It was a little disappointing, I don’t think anyone wants to tie” said Boston coach Mike Diamanatopoulos. “I thought (the Wolfhounds) played really well, their first time tackling was good. I thought we slipped off some. Our set pieces were really strong for us…I thought we did a nice job in the middle to wear the clock off, fair play to the Wolfhounds. We played well, when we had the ball we played through the phases and it led to points….but the score was probably fair”.