Weather Reports...

It has been hard in the past when preparing for big league fixtures, in terms of whose going to be in the starting line up for the big game, how many cases of beer are there going to be for the fines but most importantly, what the weather is going to do come Wednesday night. Now as we all are students, most of us don't read the newspaper and therefor hardly every have a vague idea what the weather predictions are. But, this year we have decided to employ our very own weatherman for the season, so that we will be up to date with the weather every week before our fixtures. This new weatherman is known as Dugald McDonald, as he has heaps of experience on, you guessed it, giving accurate weather forcasts.

Now some of you might not know what the fuck this is about, but what you do know is that Dugald struggles to pull chicks and has been going through one serious drought lately, we know it has been dry and hot over the past few weeks, but this drought has extended way back to about August last year, no lies...this is no joke. Seriously. Well at Graeme's party he landed a catch of the season, no names for now but you can ask him when you next see him. He was seen walking around the party after pulling a good looking girl, bellowing as he does at the top of his lungs "When it rains, it pours!!" He proceeded to say this about 34 times in about an hour, as he simply could not hide his excitement. And he was spot on...that night it definately was raining for many Cobras, not only Dugald, but Raubs and Army too...you okes are far too hectic.

Different Places, same sort of vibe...

So we look forward to our weekly Wednesday Night weather predictions from our new Weatherman Bug, he is never wrong. Maybe a new song for the man....Everywhere we go, always take the weather with you! As for Army and Raubs...no comment.

Pre-season fitness

As the Cobras third assault on the UCT Internal League is edging closer, one should surely be getting out on the road and doing some running as afterall it is fitness that is the key to internal league. However, everyone knows how boring and generally kak it is running around the Rondebosch common, which just reminds all of us about those 6am runs at Bishops in Std.6 and 7. Cobras have appointed a new fitness coach in the shape and small size of flying winger Dillon X. We mean fitness in terms of running and not pumping in Graeme's aunts room at his party, which he did get reeled for. Dillon has decided to challenge all Cobras to evening runs up Cecilia Forest, which from experience can tell you that its is awesome. Dillon and Starvin have been doing these runs since they were about 8 and therefore know the route back to front, last week saw and expedition of Dill, Starv, Olly, Army, Warren and Doug (Dillon's dog) conquering the mountain. Although Dillon, Starv and Doug were the only three to make it to the top, they did indeed leave a Cobras flag and a case of beer at the top for the guys who next conquer it.

The run can be done at your own pace with numerous stops, or as I like to call them 'lookout points' the views from the run are truly magnificent as you run through the forest and eventually get to points that look over the whole of Cape Town. So the challenge has been set for the Cobras in terms of pre-season fitness. This is how it works, most week days we meet in the Cecilia Forest parking lot which is on Rhodes Drive at around 17:15 have a little stretch and hit the run, it really is awesome and isn't too hectic to cope with. All are welcome and if you unsure if the run is on just send a little message to fitness instructors Dill X - 0724115282 or Starv - 0824699150 and they will let you know what time the run is happening. Rugby will be that much more fun when you are that much more fitter...let's bring it home.
Fitness instructor and Male Model Dillon X

Details:
Cecilia Forest (off Rhodes Drive)
Weekdays 17:15 sharp
Contact Dill or Starvin for confirmation that the run is on.

Cobras going to George...

As many of you might or might not know, there is a new aspect to the whole Varsity Cup vibe, and that is the 'Koshuis' competition, which is happening in conjunction with the 1st team competition of the top 8 universities in the country over Easter weekend in George. UCT are sitting top of the table in the 1st team competition after an impressive win of University of Johannesberg (greenest City in the world - Phil Rogers) So there is a UCT Internal League side going up to George to compete with the best Koshuis teams in the country.

Once again Cobras are well represented not only in the UCT 1st team but also in the UCT Colts. A Big congrats to Cobras Dayne Jans, Craig 'Ogre' Smith, Warren Butler, Oliver Braithwaite, Matthew Kelly, Warren Kelly and last but not least who is also captaining the side, Nic Roslee. The side is also managed by our main man Jordan Biderman Pam, congrats to him. So follow their progress and if you not doing anything over Easter why not light a tweak and take a slow drive up the coast to the small town of George and enjoy a rugby fuckfest with the top 8 universities in the country fielding two teams each...its going to be brilliant. Good luck to all Cobras representing UCT...Oh so brave.

'Cos you my Cobra...

A Big Happy Birthday must go out to Brendan Raubs as he finally reached the ripe age of 21, which many thought he wouldn't make for different reasons, one of them being that we thought we lost him to the "bushes" at Graeme's party last saturday, which by the way was a fuckin screamer! So Raubs this one goes out to you bud and we hope you had a smashing day, and if you can fit a game of touch in with your busy schedule, please come down on Sundays, you lazy fuck...Rauby Rauby Rauby!!!

Oh so brave...

Bishops and Cobras crucial in UCT victory...

UCT 55 - Tukkies 24
In a magnificent display of running rugby, the University of Cape Town (UCT) ran in eight tries to beat their Pretoria rivals, Tukkies, 55-24 in a thrilling FNB Varsity Cup match in front of a packed crowd at Groote Schuur on Monday night. It is the second big upset of Round Two of South Africa's exciting new universities tournament, a venture that has the pulses racing. Read full report here - http://www.uctrfc.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=1

After what can only be described as a magnificent game of rugby by UCT last night, it was great to see a couple of Cobras representing the UCT 1st team for the second week in a row. Starting at lock was young Mike Ledwidge who got his first cap for the Cobras in our first season against the Barbarians in the semi, and anyone who was there will always remember the huge hits he put in as he took the field. At hooker we had another start in JP Koster, who got his first cap for the Cobras in the same season except in the rain against res side Kopano, and one saw a repeat of his dangerous runs upfield showing extreme power and pace, something that breeds within the Cobras style of play. Off the bench came another young star in Pete Haw, who started the week before, he too has a couple of caps for the Cobras inlcuding the fixture against the Nadoes in Plett, small in size, but his heart makes up for it. Also on the bench was Kyle Wikkins who pulled the white and purple jersey over his head last season at scrumhalf position.

Far Left - scrumalf Stuart Commings in action for Vodacom Western Province u20 at Newlands against the Sharks.

Not only were there 4 capped Cobras representing the young Ikeys side, but there was a total of 8 out of the 22 that were Bishops Boys. These include star wing Marvin Christians '05, Matthew Turner '06 at fullback, the large Mike Ledwidge '05 at lock, Sprinbok under19 lock Martin Muller '06, scrumhalf Stuart Commins '06 hooker JP.Koster '04, powerful 8th man JJ.Gagiano '03, reserve back Pete Haw '05 who started last week and last but not least Wesley Chetty '06 (Post Matric) who was part of the magical Bishops side of 2006 at prop. Thats in total 1 player from 2003 1st team, 1 from the 2004 1st team, 3 from the 2005 first team and another 4 from star side of 2006. And start wing Marvin Christians ran in 4 awesome tries for the home team, it felt like we were watching him on the Piley 2 years ago. Is an extremely impressive representation of Bishops Rugby filtering through up the mountain to the Green Mile. It is even more spectacular that 4 of the UCT First team have represented the Cobras with the other destined to make their debut's in the not so distant future.

Lock Martin Muller signing autrographs for young kids after South Africa u19 game at the IRB U19 RWC.

It was an honour watching these young stars of Bishops just a few years ago who graced us with their awesome talent on the Piley Rees all those many winter Saturday mornings, now the same is being done except up the road on awesome summer evenings on the Green Mile playing for one of the top University sides in the country...this just shows how truly awesome Bishops was and still is, we look forward to watching many more youngster coming through as the u20 trial was also filled with young talent from Diocesan College.

We wish them all the best of luck for the season and hope to see you on the sideline of the Green Mile every Wednesday night and in the changeroom afterwards for a few cold ones...Oh so brave...

A little bit of sevens for the boys...

Touchline reporter - Mr. Mcdonald

For those of you that don’t know, on Saturday the Cobras boys threw out two teams into a pre- season sevens tournament. A big thank you must go to Graeme for pulling out all the stops to help out his beloved Cobras. Nonetheless we managed to scrape together two teams, namely C1 and C2. It was the C1’s who got the ball rolling in the first game against the Villages 4ths, which saw an explosive performance from none other than Callan “Fetish” Artus, who provided the crowd with a savage display of tackling. We smashed those blokes thoroughly. The next game was played by the C2 team, 2 having no reflection on rank but simply represented the second Cobras team to play on the day. Captained by none other than Philip “The Preying mantis” Rogers, also known as Philip “The Snake” Rogers, not to be confused with Dean “the Snake” Smorenburg, he led his team to another pummeling of the 4ths side. Special mention must go to another import, Monty Taljaard who had a fantastic performance at scrummy. It was clear that his UCT training combined with his losing a few pounds in the off season gave him a great advantage in the sevens version of the game.

The Shebeen Boys were the next fixture for the C1’s who pulled out another epic performance with workhorse Zandy Macdonald and Oliver Braithwaite having exceptional games. The big match up of the day was to be the C2’s game against the Nadoes, bru. Utilizing our numbers on the bench we decided to play a mixed side against the Nadoes. They looked in good form in their earlier matches and the stage was set for a very intriguing affair. By half time we had chalked up a two try lead. If my memory serves me correctly the play of the day came from Mont Taljaard. Having just received a kick off from the Nadoes with the score at three to two, the ball soared over the head of Z Macdonald to bounce just in front of the Mont. He collected calmly and proceeded to fend Nadoes players in a manner that can only be likened to the way in which Ian Armstrong is pushed around Tiger Tiger by his would- be victims. Unfortunately Mont just didn’t quite have enough gas and was dragged down just meters short of the touch line. With the score at four all the game was poised on a knife edge and the two teams were only separated by pure physical exhaustion and what can only be described as dubious refereeing. Brendan “I’m gooing Lee Tacon” Raubenheimer tried valiantly to chase down a little chip to tie the game but the eventual outcome was Nadoes 25, Cobras 20. A hard pill to swallow.

The next game saw the C1’s take on the Nadoes, pretty much the same outfit went back out barely minutes after their last crushing defeat. Fatigue was clearly showing in our players. Nonetheless they played in true Cobras fashion and battled to the death. Oli B showed incredible grit and tenacity, fighting to the last. It was not to be, however, with Fetish throwing an unlucky interception pass that just finished us off. Again the game finished Nadoes 25, Cobras 20. The final game of the afternoon saw the C2’s take on the Shebeen Boys. It was a tired start by the Cobras but eventually it was Deano S, with a little hop skip and a jump over Mont, who closed out the game and ensured that both Cobra teams suffered one loss. Dillon “Me and Blake G are now closely acquainted” Mcevoy had a special game at God knows what position adding two tries to his name. He ended the day with two tries.

The players of the day - Mont and Olly

There was meant to be a final game between the C1 and C2 but the okes were just too buggered. All in all the day was deemed a great success, with Oli taking home C1 player of the day and Mont taking home C2 player of the day. Oli definitely racked up most minutes on the pitch, although he insisted on playing a full back type job on defense. Lots of credit to him though. Again I must thank everyone involved and who came down, Warren especially for organizing it. And of course, again, Graeme, what a trooper.

The year ahead...

Welcome back to all the Cobras after what has been one seriously long holiday. Hope you pushed it in true Cobras style one way or another, whether it was at Ox-braai or up the coast with the Family. I certainly know Gimli Steen did, as it was made obvious that he was having a good time at Ox-braai by running around screeming "I pull tall chicks" in the early hours of the morning, we don't think he even knew what he was doing. This man has been bouncing between ladies over the summer season, which has been dubbed "The Summer of Love" by many, including Raubs who was last seen on the bowling greens of WPCC with a blonde las, who knows? However the same can't be said about Dillon X, who is now officially Dillon Ex, thank god.

As the year has started, so has the Cobras Bowls team. After two outings to the Greens, the Cobras have out done themselves with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. This is a remarkable improvement on last years season. With another two thursday sessions to go, the Cobras look set to hopefully get their hands on some sort of award, especially with the return of strike bowler Graeme Steen from China. Its an awesome vibe, come on down to WPCC on Ave. De Mist on Thursday evenings 6pm, put your golf shirt/jersey or whatever on and come have a few beers, its an awesome prematch for tiger.

This year looks set to be an awesome one, as we are still fresh out of school and only our 3rd year of internal league rugby, one maybe feels 3rd time lucky? The new laws in the league can only play into our hands with 75% of the team have to be registered UCT students and the rest must be members of the UCTRFC and under the age of 25. We obviously will not encounter any selection issues over this as I our whole side is basically UCT students and under the age of about 22, so with this is mind it is going to be beneficial to us, as nothing will have to change in our setup.

Touch has been going strong with record numbers of guys coming down every Sunday, its awesome to see how amped guys are so early in the season, we want to see who the commited guys are so get down to touch EVERY SUNDAY @ BISHOPS 5 O'CLOCK SHARP! The league is just under two months away so we have to start getting those fitness levels up.

A few notices for the year to keep in mind:

- Seven's Tournament this (Saturday 23rd of Feb) @ Villagers RFC. Meet at 1 o'clock on the B-field, bring new and old Cobras jerseys, we need at least 20 guys there so please come down, all welcome. TOUCH ON SUNDAY IS STILL ON AT BISHOPS.

- Pre-season friendlies, possibly against Shebeen Boys and Wilgenhof (Stellenbosch) 1st or 2nd team in Stellies on a Wed night, TBC.

- Nadoes/Cobras tour to Plett June/July holidays. Weekend of Knysna Marathon with huge jol at Crabs Creek.

- End of season Cobras Formal dinner, we all know going by the last one that this is an event not to be missed.

- Finally to win the league...

This is basically what is on the Cobras Calendar for 2008, so keep those in mind and we'll keep you up to date with these events. Please commit yourself to events and don't make us chase you around, cos if you do we dont need you, seriously.

If you have not told me that you want a Cobras Rugby jacket yet, you better do so in the next 35 or so hours otherwise its your loss, we have got them at a big discount, but ill keep you posted on costs.

So thats it for now, please keep checking this site as not everyone is on Facebook, and if you havent joined the Purple Cobras RFC group on facebook please do so immediately. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2232462638

So Saturday it is, meet at Villagers no later than 13:00 please, let me know if you have any problems. 0839502053.

To the year that is 2008, let's bring it home...

Oh so brave.

Let's throw a bit of a vibe...all welcome!!!!!

“The foundations for a better tomorrow must be laid today”

So that is it. The season is over, and we have really made a name for ourselves this year. We made the final and were always up against the experience of the Nadoes, which in a big occasion like the final, will always help! It was a big night for the young Cobras side, making the final was a victory in itself. Things just didn't go our way last night with the ball really not bouncing in our favour. The Nadoes hit us hard in the first ten minutes, 14-0 down standing under the poles in ten minutes is not a great feeling. We surged back hard but were unable to crack the Nadoes defence which was rock solid all night. One felt if we were going to win the game we had to score a try in the first half and get on the scoreboard first in the second half. We played in stages last night with moments of brilliance, but it was far too inconsistent to really trouble anyone. The Nadoes had a good game with it being controlled by the large forwards who really arrived to the party. Nadoes kept coming and with Cobras attacking in stages it was not nearly as well as we have played this season, 29-0. We will walk away from the Final with our heads held high with our own personal victory, and that is the foundation now set for bigger and greater things to come in the next few years. We made the final, that was always our goal and we did it.

A big congratulations must go out to the Nadoes. They are really a proffesional and well run side with an awesome spirit. It was great how humble they were in victory. It was awesome meeting them in the Final and well done for winning your 6th title in 9 years. As they say, you can'y buy experience. Hopefully see you guys in the final again next year and obviously the Nadoes/Cobras Plett Tour to look forward to next year.

Thanks to our sponsor WADDA for what has been an awesome season with many a afterparty at this fine establishment. Shot for the hot cheerleaders who come out and wave their pom poms in the cold every Wednesday night. It is people like you guys who have added, if not created, what the Cobras have become this season. We hope they you will take us under your wing again for next season, but there is still a lot more partying to be done at WADDA before we even think about next season!

But mainly, a huge thanks to everyone who has played, supported, hated, loved or contributed in any way to what is the Cobras. Starting with the guys who come down week in and week out to touch on Sundays, matches on Wednesdays, and big hangovers on Thursdays. It really has been awesome and the Cobras are going from strength to strength. The foundation is now set for us to really expand and become something special, it has been created and we love it. Cobras 'till I die.

Oh so brave Cobras...

Cobras are going to state...

So this is it...the final straw. The Cobras will go into tomorrow nights UCT Internal League Cup Final tomorrow night against the '06 Champions the Nadoes. Both sides have had a good run through to the finals of this years competition and the confidence is high, it is going to be an absolute cracker as the Cobras look to get their hands on the trophey for the first time ever, and God knows how many times the Nadoes have won it, they will have all the experience in terms of big occasions such as this Final, but we will have the youth and drive to lift the trophey for the first time.A quick look at either sides seasons...The Nadoes have had a solid season with their youngest side to date playing the majority of games this season. Their big victories were against the Wild Boys which they won 8-3, against the Barbarians which Nadoes won 13-6 and of course their semi-final vitory over Panthers which they drew 10-10 but won the game on penalties. However they did lose to Ubumbo in the pool stages 18-16. They have all the experience in the world, and they will know exactly how to approach the final as they have been there and done it since we were in std.5.

The Cobras side has also had some very impressive results this season. Big victories include the 26-14 win over the Wild Boys, the 12-12 draw with Ubumbo in the pool stages and the massive confidence boost with the awesome victory that put us through to the final 19-15 win over a heavily loaded Ubumbo side. One can't expect to base any single bit of the final around the results, that is all history, fate now lies in our own hands. It's what we make of it.

It was only going to be a matter of time for the Cobras to show the league that we have arrived, and what a dream final it is for the Cobras as we have built a rather nice "friendship" with the Nadoes side, which included our exhibition match in Plett in July and the many beer's shared together after games, but all this aside there wont be any friends on the field come tomorrow night.

As we said, this is it Cobras, it is our time, the time of THE COBRAS. We have worked long and hard in creating the foundations that we now have, but there is still one thing missing, and that is the status of being the league champions. From a side that initially wanted to enter the B-League last year and doubted how we would fare in the A-League, we made it to the semi's last year, should have been in the final against the Nadoes last year. Now we find ourselves one up on last year and will be challenging the Nadoes to the trohpy. Every Sunday touch session since February, all those Wednesday nights, all the money chipped in for booze...this is what it boils down to. How badly do we want it? We know exactly what we have to do....so let's go out there tomorrow night and fuckin do it.

It is our time, the time of the COBRAS.

UCT INTERNAL LEAGUE CUP FINAL 2007

COBRAS VS. NADOES
Kick off: 20:00
(meet NO LATER than 19:00 below Cecil)
UCT RFC A-FIELD

Final straight...

One can only describe what happened on the Green Mile on Wednesday night as spectacular! It was the biggest Cobras victory since we created the side just over a year ago.

As the heavy mist rolled in the Cobras were ready and firing after a delayed start due to a penalty shoot out between the Nadoes and Panthers, which the Nadoes scraped through to win after being 3-1 down. The Cobras ran on through the new introduction of the Wadda cheerleaders which was quite a lag, with the music from Dj Sox pumping in the background the Cobras were amped. It was by far the biggest crowd that any internal league game has had this whole season, the vibe out there was awesome with the faithful Ubumbo supporters coming out as they do to cheer their boys on.

The Cobras opened up the scoring with a quick try which saw us go 5-0 up in 10 minutes. Soon after another Cobras try was scored, it was all one way traffic while the ball was being spread from side to side with the Cobras backline running with flair and the forwards grafting hard absolutely dominating the large presence of Ubumbo. The talk before the game was that if we wanted to win it we would have to dominate and meet their physical challenge that they throw out, we did more the meet it, we dominated it. It was the Cobras who were throwing out the physical aspect of the game, dominating the larger Ubumbo side in all aspects of the game, with a few of their key players being carried off the field with injuries.

Ubumbo replied back with a solid try down the touchling to make the score 12-10 with them having kicked over a penalty. Game on. Not at any stage did the Cobras stand back and try to defend our lead, we got that ball, moved it through the hands and kept coming until ubumbo lost all their bite. Cobras scored another well worked try by scrumhalf Byron Golddussssst who went around a few defenders to pop it inside to lock Tiger "Give me a A, Give me a B' Weakley to go over. Conversion successful, 19-10. This is when Ubumbo came back firing, it is sounds riciculous that they had a South African 7's player playing for them in the shape of Mpho Mbiyozo. One must agree that he is probably the highest profile rugby player to play internal league. As Ubumbo thought it would work in their favour, all what happened is that he ran away from his support on many occasions, making himself isolated and gettin turned over. He was all over the park in the loose phases, but nothing to trouble one of the best defences in the league. We defended like animals, everyone was putting their body on the line, and we deserved our victory 19-15 to the Cobras! Unbelievable effort by the Cobras forwards, who worked hard in the tight and gave the backs such awesome ball, from Craig Smith who had a blinder, Nic Roslee once again, Stander, Zoid, Hayden...every single one of the forwards were phenomenal! Also welcome to the Cobras family to youngsters Mike Nel, Zandy McDonald and Justin Thorne, who have just finished a successful season with Bishops 1st team and have now signed contracts to the Cobras. Great to have you. We knew we could do it, all we had to do was believe in ourselves on the night, which we did, and we came out on top.

The final will be against the Nadoes, who have an awesome record over the years, but are not looking as strong as they have over the years after scraping through against the Panthers and loosing to Ubumbo. Cobras are still unbeaten, and this is our chance to put our hands on the trophey. We can do it, believe in it, believe in yourself...THIS IS IT COBRAS!

Give them nothing! But take from them everything!

After the first attempt of the semi final being postponed we are now lined up to take on Ubumbo this Wednesday at 20:30 on the C-field. One can't describe in words how huge this game is, not only in terms of making the final of 2007 but also for pride of what is becomming something big, and that is the Cobras.

How would we feel if we make it into the final? How sweet would those beers taste if we make it to the final? How loudly will those songs get sung if we know we in the final? How awesome would it be to represent the Cobras in their first ever final in only our second year? All these questions have one answer, and that is a statement - We have to do this Cobras! Let's put all the bullshit and other things aside, get our heads right and go out there on wednesday night and do the hard work, this is our final. No one remembers the teams that lost in the semi's, lets fuckin do this!

PURPLE COBRAS VS. UBUMBO

Wednesday 19th of September

UCT Rugby C-Field

Kick off: 20:30 (meet latest 19:30 below Cecil)

No Guts, No Glory

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit - Aristotle

The time of the Cobras...

The Purple Cobras side of 2007 will be running out against Ubumbo in the biggest game of the season, for a place in this years final possibly against the Nadoes. There is so much at stake for this fixture, the dreams and hopes of going one up on last year and making the final of the competition in only our 2nd year of existance and still by far the youngest side in the league with the oldest player being a crisp 21 years old. We have showed the league what we are all about, and now is when it will count for the Cobras. We are still unbeaten in this years competition, and are up against the only other unbeaten side in the league which is Ubumbo, who we drew to last time in an epic battle. We all know how it feels to fall so short of victory last year, and it's not going to happen again this year. This semi final is going to be nothing short of spectacular as both sides are going to come out firing for a place in the final. We all know we have what it takes, we just have to belive in ourselves and click on the night, and the rest will fall into place!

We are unbeaten, we have scored the most points in the league, we are the youngest side in the leage, and we are right up at the top in terms of team gees is concerned, everything is pointing in our favour, now all we have to do is win it, this is it Cobras. It is our time. The time of the Cobras.

UCT Internal League Cup Semi Final

Purple Cobras vs. Ubumbo

Kick off: 20:30 UCT B-Field

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.Stephen R. Covey

Cobras breeze through Quarters...

It was definately seen as the worst Cobras performance of the season, the game was very scrappy and never really got going, but in saying that, it was awesome to know that even when the Cobras do play below par they are still able to come out easy winners against a perky Marquard side. Final score 35-7 to the Cobras.

The Cobras will be looking to peak at the right time when they come up against the powerful Ubumbo side who we drew to 12-12 last time we met. It looks set to be a cracker and definately one of the biggest games of the league this season. Semi Final time and can the Cobras go one up on last year and make the final of the UCT Internal League 2007...this is it Cobras!

A good side is a side that plays badly but still wins...

Top of the table...

Cobras go marching on...last night saw the mighty Purple Cobras smash the "highly rated" Wild Boys side by 26 points to 14. There were a few words exchanged before kick off, and the game definately lived up to all the expectations, with the Cobras coming out on top.

The Cobras soaked up the early pressure with some awesome ball control and patience, phase after phase we finally went ahead with centre Cian Van Der Vyfer going in under the poles after a fukin awesome chip kick over the defence. This pumped the Cobras up and it was important that we didn't fall asleep and had to keep the pressure on the Wild Boys. They replied rather quickly with a well worked try to level the scores at 7 all. This was not going to get the Cobras down as we came back even faster and harder. The first 20 minutes of the game was played at a ridculous pace with both sides being attacked by the bare. It was the Cobras fitness that pulled as through as the Wild Boys do have more years on their side, therefore old age seemed to become a bit of a problem and the youth that is the Cobras, was never going to be stopped!

Play after play, the Cobras kept coming and weren't going to hold back, another couple of try's after some well worked moves inside the oppents half the Cobras built up a healthy lead. 26-7 with 10 minutes to go. A few changes were made, and with those changes, a helluva lot of pressure from the Wild Boys was absorbed, the defence was incredible from our side. For many a Cobra the turning point was when Wild Boys flyer Warren Kelly was brought down about a metre short from our tryling after a long run down the sideline. Hero of the day Brad Milne pulled of the unexpected and showed his "never say die" attitude and brought him down just short of the line, to jump back to his feet and and force the penalty for holding on. That was an unbelievable moment and definately a turning point in the game, which ensured the Cobras victory. It is courage and commitment like that which makes us a head above the rest.

A huge mention must go out to the awesome effort by the Cobras forwards, from Dayne Jans up front, to Matt Milne at lock, and then the usual Cobras stalwarts who perform week in and week out, as we always say, the game is won in the forwards and its credit to you guys who gave the backs such clean ball to run the shit out of the Wild Boys. Well done to our up and coming sideline manager Dougald McDonald who ran everything smoothly from the sideline once again, awesome work!

Next week - quaterfinals vs. Marquard (?) huge game, it's now the business end of the league...we lose, we out. So let's all get down to touch on Sunday and start gettin shit going for the playoff's! oh so brave Cobrasss!!!!

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. - Marie Currie

Official League match report...

From UCT Internal League Rugby Website...

The headline clash of the night lived up to expectations. In reality the results was for academic and pride purposes but neither side was going to concede to this reality. They came out blazing with neither side looking to yield an inch.

The Cobras ball security in this first important period was telling. They kept the ball for long periods and gave it plenty of width as they attacked phase after phase after phase. The pressure was relentless and Cobra star centre Cian spotted the no one sweeping behind the line of red jerseys and weighted a perfect chip kick into the vacancy that he collected on the bounce and made a cobra offload to a supporting runner that crossed under the posts. 5-0.
Wildboys fought back hard and scored in reply to lead 7-5. In the remainder of the first half the Cobras showed why they can swagger in purple hoops up and down Jammie plaza and they played top class rugby. They gave the Wildboys nothing but scraps and the lack of possession and territory frustrated them. Cobras scored twice more before the half taking themselves 19-5 leaders into the half.

Cobras then won the game in the crucial ten minutes after the break when they scored first up. The playmaker General at ten, Warren Butler, took the ball to the defence in the red zone and slid through a perfectly weighted grubber kick that ‘oh-my-god-he’s-quick’ impact player Jordan Biderman-Pam collected to swan dive under the posts to score off. 26-5.
It was a crippling deficit on the scoreboard and meant a fight back seemed improbable. Wildboys however weren’t prepared to listen to better judgment and didn’t give up. They finally only found some momentum in the second half and looked their usual dangerous selves on attack a few times. They scored a great try and numerous other chances were halted by persevering Cobras cover defence.

In one particular turning point, Wildboys fullback Warren Oupa Kelly made a classy break and a great link pass but the support runner was brought down by an unknown Cobras defender grass blades away from the chalk. That instance was an accurate snapshot of the game, Wildboys doing lots right but the Cobras just doing a little bit more.

The time of the Cobras...

After a successful start to the season the Cobras are still unbeaten with one draw to their names against the powerful Ubumbo side. We have scored the most points so far in this years competition, which looks set to be a cracker. Our true test of pride and passion will be tomorrow night vs. the highly rated Wild Boys outfit. If there ever was a time to stamp our name on the league tomorrow night will be it. It is a must win, not only for top of the log honours, but also for pride, after all they are the older generation Bishops boys, so as physical as it is going to be, it is also going to be a lot of fun as a few of their players want one back on us after our victory against Soco Thoco's last year. There is a lot at stake come tomorrow night, so let's get out there and do it and show the league that we have arrived....oh so brave Cobras!

Purple Cobras vs. Wild Boys

Wednesday 15th August 2007

Kick off: 20:00 (meet 19:00 @ Cecil)

UCT Rugby B-Field

"When building a team, I always search first for people who love to win. If I can't find any of those, I look for people who hate to lose." Ross Perot

Clear eyes, full heart, can't lose!

Pics of the week...vs. Shebeen Boys

"The Cobras played entertaining rugby scoring 49 unanswered points against the Shebeen Boys. The Cobras brand of rugby is so marketable it might be used for the 2008 Super 14 ad campaign. Their conversion of ‘no look’ offloads, in and before contact, is astonishing and something the Shebeen Boys found very hard to defend." - UCT Internal League Website

Oh when the Cobras...

Once again the Cobras won the toss and elected to run against the stiff breeze that was coming sweeping across the Green Mile B Field. Shebeen Boys put the ball high into the air only to force and early error by the rusty Cobras, scrum Shebeen Boys. Tackle after tackle the Cobras were relentless in defence and with the wind at their backs the Shebeen Boys were unable to turn their first 10 minutes of pressure into points, with a missed penalty shot at goal. Other than the first ten minutes of the game the Shebeen Boys looked as deadly as a baby sea turtle, with the Cobras running a riot against the stiff breeze to go over 4 times in the first half, wrapping up the bonus point.

The second half meant a few changes to the Cobras side, with an injection of pace and passion the Cobras were never going to be stopped, and the points machine carried on with their dirty habits, points....Two awards on the evening, against all odds with a well earned start, flying winger Dillon X went over for a fantastic try and some seriously aggressive runs down the touch line, not bad for a guy who weighs about 68kg. With a huge effort like this its going to be hard for the man to be forced to the bench. The other award went to one of the finer signings of the season, the all physical and aggressive Nic Roslee who came on the field with the intent to do some serious harm, and that is exactly what he did. After smoking some poor "Shebbie" in a tackle he proceeded to run all over the show, leaving a few bodies lying chewing grass behind him, the man just can't be stopped, and it is guys like him who will be a huge influence come the play-offs, not only on the field, but he seems to know a few songs for the changeroom, brilliant imput! Final score 49-0 to the Cobras.

This is what the log looks like after round 7...

Once again in true Cobras style and spirit, things got messy in the changeroom with a large amount of beer consumed everyone had a smile on their faces and drinking out of their right hands knowing the job had been done, next week, bigger and harder things to come....this is it Cobras. Big thanks to WADDA for the jol on Wednesday night, was an awesome vibe and the place is just gettin better and better, unbelievable stuff!

Oh so brave...