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The Rich-Lions had a home game against Ridge Meadows at the weekend. The weather did not help matters as the ladies fell to a 0-44 loss.

The Men travelled to Connaught Park to play the Meralomas. Thankfully the days of the mud bowls at the Lomas are gone, but the rain was constant and conditions were soft for the game.

The team started the game positively. After soaking up some initial pressure we took it to the Lomas and scored 2 quick tries to go up 12-0. The home team were rattled as I'm sure they expected this game to be a one sided affair. We got into some penalty issues with the referee and had some handling errors at key moments that gave momentum back to the Lomas. The home team came back into the game and grabbed a try right at the stroke of half-time to go in ahead 21-12. The second half followed the first in many ways, poor pass & catch at important times, continuing repeated penalty issues with the referee and just some bad luck. We had one try pulled back, then gave away a penalty on the Loma goal line which they turned around and scored a try of their own. We were never out of this game but our mistakes, penalties, some strange calls and poor luck compounded for the home team to open up a gap that we could not catch.

The final score was 49-22 for the home team. A bonus point for us but it was another game we could have gotten more from. There are improvements in every game but we do need to stick to our game plan and improve on our basic run, pass, and catch skills. 

Feb 7th - the Rich-Lions play Chilliwack at King George Park, Richmond at 11.15

Feb 7th - the Senior Men play Kats at John Oliver Park, Vancouver at 12.45