Dingo day 1 vs Ireland

The Dingos are growing accustomed to our lodgings here at UBC. A sunny sunday greeted Australia's first day of play.

The Thunder and Barramundis played in the stadium this morning and there was a lot of Aussie cheering across both fields. France and Hong Kong suffered early losses. The Firetails also started their campaign before us against the USA.

We wandered across the campus to University Hill where a few teams were playing on fields nestled amongst some tall pines. Ireland was our first opposition and we were keen to get going. Both teams tested their vocal chords with a few songs before the game, a great way to kick start the championships.

With a full compliment of Dingos we began the game with a bang, reeling off the first 3 points. Ireland are a young crew of enthusiastic blokes and we had to play well to keep up with them.

Ant blocked a huck 5 metres from the thrower and then ran downfield to score to boost our lead. Ireland worked the disc short with many passes looking for a gap to huck long. Our defence was made to work and on several occasions we managed to keep them out of the endzone, force a turnover and then convert for scores.

The second half was also full of action. Tim Lavis and Andrew Glover were often running longs for goals. Tats was throwing goals and getting pretty excited about it. Relentless zone pressure resulted in a callahan to Paul Denyer. A memorable second half highlight was a long huck from the Irish which ended up just outside their endzone. The Dingos scrambled to defend the endzone as the receiver lined up a backhand to score the goal. Jonno Holmes loomed up on the far side, chasing his man and launched himself at the disc....

and completed a massive layout d, catching the disc in the process. There was a large and appreciative cheer from the crowd on the hill. Some more stifling defence closed out the game. End score 17-7.

Tomorrow we play Venezuela and Germany.