Dear Bears.
After the sad summer where too many experienced Bears (Christian, Eric, Thomas, Philippe, Nicolas, Guillaume) have left their Indonesian retreat, we had some difficulties to start our activity. Result, no Bali 10's 2009, poor numbers of rugbymen on Tuesday night (7.30 pm sharp @ Total Community Center, every week) and less fun.
But we are still alive, some new Indonesian players just join the team, driven by our fresh Indonesian Internationals (Ribut and Victor have been to Manilla to play the Asian 5 Nations with the Rhinos, for a very modest success, that true...)
Before the winter break (for expats), we had a small friendly event with the Borneo Bears, our best (and only) friends, to justify beers and Aussie burgers orgy on a very hot Saturday noon.
Not enough to play a 10's game, too much to play a 7's, we played height aside for two halves of 10-15 mn under a burning sun.
Thus, 16 beautiful players oiled like a Grandma' Sunday roasted chicken gave a pleasant show to the numerous spectators (around 10-15 people, but more than 4 photographers !!).
To summarize this game:
- Our old stars realized that after 30 years old, it is difficult to run more than 35m above 35 Celsius
- New indonesian players showed their potential and/or their virginity facing a tough and rough game ...
- Our Indonesian Internationals confirmed all the good things we are thinking about them...
... And Mathieu realized the horrible destiny of a lobster, becoming red after 30 min of cooking time.
The Borneo Bears did the same, inviting all the non dead rugby players to practice some Australian Football.
But definitely, the best place to stand on this hot afternoon was close to the Bintang "tireuse", where with a lot of abnegation we succeed to finish the 2nd keg, helped by nice and very interesting girls from the Sun Bears Sanctuary (n'est ce pas Mathieu !!) invited by the "experienced" Borneo Bears (good job guys...)
We hope 2010 will see lots of small friendly events like this one...
See you
Alex
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