Saturday morning, the Cocks were up early. We made a trip to someplace in the Val d’Oise, otherwise known as the middle of fucking nowhere, to play a team called the Barbarians. The Cocks were wet and frankly sloppy in the first half as a steady rain fell on a muddy pitch. But, the Cocks stiffened as the Barbarians tried to punch in a try, and the score at half time was 0-0. In the second half, with the wind at our backs, the Cocks rose to the occasion and penetrated the Barbarians’ defense repeatedly, poking in three tries and proving rock-hard on defense. The Barbarians slipped in a try 10 minutes before time, but the Cocks stayed solid on defense came away as winners, 3 tries to 1.

There Cocks will be out of action until the middle of March. Next week, I’ll abandon being a Cock for one weekend in order to play a match with the super sympa Paris Japanese Rugby Football Club. Sayonara.

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