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He’s one of our own, He’s one of our own! Morley’s loving Northerner, he’s one of our own!

  • Writer: zacfinch11
    zacfinch11
  • Jun 16
  • 2 min read

Another well fought South London derby between the Narwhals and the Leeches ended with an 18-14 victory for the Narwhals. Two full strength teams went blow for blow for large parts of the game, but the mighty Narwhals finally pulled clear in the final quarter. A good all round team performance with goals well shared, but a shining performance from our Morley’s loving northerner stood out amongst the rest in this latest battle of South London.


A ferocious 1st quarter saw both teams go all out attack. 10 goals were scored, Narwhals going ahead but continuously being pegged back, it finished 5-5. Narwhals established a 3 goal lead early in the 2nd, but again the Leeches rallied and clawed back 2 goals to keep within one at the half, 9-8. A similar story in the 3rd, Narwhals scoring twice to reestablish their 3 goal lead, but not managing to pull clear to a safe score. 13-11 with one to play. In a very un-Narwhal like fashion we didn’t fuck it. That 2 goal lead was never challenged and, in their effort to chase the game, the Leeches left themselves open for the counter, which we duly exploited. Even Gamble got a goal, all his past 1v1 misses flashed before his eyes as he swam clean through, but he tucked it away for a lovely Burridge.


7 Narwhals got on the scoresheet, which hasn’t happened since Gary was a lad. Majors were equally available, with 6 Narwhals getting an ejection. But perfect pit defence rotation left 4 Narwhals on 2 majors with no wrappings. Lovely stuff. An all round solid performance to keep South London in the hands of the Narwhals. For now…


Fluffer this week was unanimous, including self nom. Gary was given a full shot clock to float in for the wing and bury it. But he didn’t. Twice. In a row.


Moment was hotly contested due to the amount of good moments. But Zach takes it. No one saw what he did, mainly the ref. But we all saw the Leech drowning him for it, getting sent out and having a good moan about it. Chapeau Zach.


Man of the Match was also unanimous this week. So good was the performance in this particular derby the fans have created a song for the ages. Understated, but controlled and solid at the back. Drifting forward and banging 4 goals. He might be Northern, but he’s a legend of South London. Well played Rob.


Victory beers in the Crown & Sceptre quickly turned to excited talk of tour. Dario was sold a dream. Finchy loudly proclaimed he’d make sure man of the match could make it. A second verse was born: “He’s coming on tour, he’s coming on tour! If Finch buys his house, he’s coming on tour”.

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