N a closely contested and interesting rugby game at the Race Course yesterday afternoon the French Forces succumbed for the first time this season, going down to the Club Ist XV, the final score reading three goals (one penalty) against two tries. In some respects the French were unlucky to lose, the magnificent efforts of their forwards being poorly supported by their threes while several promising movements were neutralized by their players continually infringing the rules when in good positions.
The Forces' pack, on the whole, was better than that of the Club and it used its speed and weight to good advantage to secure the ball in the loose much more often than the Club. In get scrums, however, Reynolds did a far better job at hooking than Stourbe, and was able to get the ball back three times out pf five. This appeared due to the fact that Laffond, who otherwise played a fine game, was rarely up with the forwards when the pack got down and consequently the French front row (was depleted time after time.
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