Finals - Week 1. The Analysis

Merewether were good, Hamilton were hopeless, Maitland played above the weight of their two fat front rowers, and uni was more disappointed at not getting to second place, Again.

The young legs of Merewether got them home and Hamilton were really only ever in it for the second grade game. If Blubba was any sort of a coach he'd make the second side play on Saturday at 2:15 against the greens and make them turn out again on Sunday against Maitland. Al Quatermans Rolex was the only thing with a ticker out on the field on Saturday for Hamilton. The referee actually played a backing singers role in what Merewether turned into a second rate match. This is unusually surprising, considering his whistle is normally so loud and inconsistent it has been likened to the chord progression in a sex pistols punk song.

I had made mention that the Hamilton players were now to old to pick up older women at the exchange, as they were in the same age bracket. I wonder if their old legs got them to the Reeves' retirement home bingo night on Gordon ave after their loss. They looked old, tired and over it on the weekend. Even their young half back is bald, I think this contributed to his poor service to Wells, who in turn couldn't pass a parked car on the weekend. The greens to their credit must have found Theo's new shop at Georgetown and realised that it wasn't really a suburb where actual Rugby players would drink. All of sudden the breakdown was fixed.

Merewether were easily two classes above the Hawks. a good example of this is James Bertsos tearing his hamstring from the bone, yet completing the game and carving the opposition. He was the third best on the park behind Princehorn and Dan Garner. If anything, they showed Maitland that they will be able to easily dominate this team next week. Hamilton need to pick up some speed in the outside backs if they want to threaten this year. Maybe Blubba could walk the strip at Islington to find some, because the team they presented on the weekend had none in them. They were 'hexham' poor.

Maitland on the other hand started to show why the great Jimmy Gardner rated them number one at the start of the year.They showed why Dave Kennedy is probably the worst defensive player in the game and he made several errors of judgement. It was probably his fault they lost the game. Some supporters on the mound, even heard him yelp when the opposition came close. Uni will be disappointed they will not get to compete for second place again this year. They probably deserved to come third, but Maitland definitely surprised them and out muscled them in all areas of the park. They were more impressive than Hamilton and should beat them on Sunday.

I'm also of the belief that Wanderers have played their best game of the semis this week. The momentum they built during the season has stopped and this weekend may as well be round one for them. We all know what happened in Round 1 at Townsen Oval.

Feel free to add more. Give me predictions,form guides, and favourite players, just don't give me any more rubbish about the unicorn.