Wow! It's been a lot longer than I thought since my last post. Needless to say, there's been quite a lot going on here, between figuring out my first year taxes in France, extra training sessions and most importantly, Lauren coming back, it's been quite busy. I hate to put blame on Lauren, but what are partners for:)
Anyway, let me give you a quick update on the last month. Four weeks ago we played at Montpellier to a nail-biter of a match. I started and played 80 minutes at left wing. We were up at the half 7-3 and playing really good defense. However, 3 penalties to start the second half put them ahead just 10 minutes in and from there it was a seesaw scoreline. Eventually they scored a try with 2 minutes left to go ahead by 8 and put the win out of reach. However, we knew we had to salvage something from our highly determined performance, and we did just that. We kept the ball for nearly 2 minutes of extra time, and ended the game with a try to get a much needed bonus point for losing by less than 7. Final score: 24-25.
The following week I had a mandatory one week rest for a "possible," yet, unconfirmed injury, which was pretty frustrating and resulted in me staying home for this match. It was much of the same for our team, however. Only down 3 at half, we tied it within minutes of the second stanza. Another back-and-forth of penalties made until we took the lead 18-15 with 15 minutes to go. However, just a few minutes later, the Parisians in Pink found the first and only try of the match. There would be no more scoring and we let yet another one slip away, 18-22.
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