On the 25th March 1947, the world was graced with the birth of Reginald Kenneth Dwight, who a few years later became Elton John and a few more years later became a firm favourite of the Wildboys. 70 years after his coming, the Wildboys were hoping to put in a performance that earned them the right to listen to his work during the post-match shower-time.
The first encounter with Aylesbury II’s early in the season was a hard-fought encounter, which, according to the travelling support of the Christmas jumper wearing vets, was not a pretty game. The Wildboys narrowly came away with victory allowing them to Step into Christmas on a high.
For the return fixture, the Wildboys were at full strength, there was an Empty Sky with not a cloud in sight and things were looking set for an enjoyable day of rugby. The Wildboys came flying out of the blocks and within 10 minutes the Tiny Dancer that is Dan Coulon was dancing his way through the defence for a superb individual try. There was no sign of Rotten Peaches today and James ‘Peaches’ Way slotted his first kick of the day to make it 7-0.
It wasn’t long before Dan Coulon was working his magic again and was Levon the defence for dead as he broke away and unselfishly passed to Guy Hackshaw for the Wildboys second try of the day. This time the conversion was struck, but moved in the air like a Candle in the Wind and narrowly missed.
The way the Wildboys were playing, it seemed though they would be Breaking Hearts of the Aylesbury players as they continued to dominate. The next over the tryline was Tots Rackstraw, who carried the ball like a train, and This Train Don’t Stop, he brushed away a defender and dived over for his first try as a Wildboy.
The Wildboys were dominating in all areas for the duration of the game, it was nothing but Sad Songs for the Aylesbury pack as Chinnor were scrummaging magnificently and were dominating the lineouts, defending Aylesbury’s rolling maul which was so dangerous in the last fixture. The backs were getting good clean ball and it seemed Written in the Stars that the Wildboys would come out victorious.
The Wildboys were relentless in there attack with the tries flying in, tries from George White The Captain and the Kid Dan Coulon extended the Wildboy lead. Rocket Man Robert Nichols bagged himself a brace, Blue Eyes Adam Draper got two and George ‘The One’ Hope got one. Although injured early in the game, Max Williams declared “I’m Still Standing” and was awarded two tries for his efforts. The final score was 74-0 in favour of the Wildboys. Man of the match was awarded to Dan Coulon for his creativity and overall performance. Mare of the Match went to Matt Mountford for an uncharacteristic fumble over his own try line.
This coming weekend the Wildboys welcome Redingensians to Kingsey Road in a fixture that could see the Wildboys crowned league champions if they win. My only hope is that they Don’t Go Breaking My Heart. Until then keep it wild…
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Man of the Match: Dan Coulon
Mare of the Match: Matt Mountford
Tries: D.Coulon(2), G.Hackshaw, T.Rackstraw, G.White, A.Draper(2), R.Nichols(2), M.Wiliams(2), G.Hope
Conv: J.Way(7)