Challenged by low numbers due to injuries, a wedding, and a few no-shows, Knoxville traveled with (7) players to Memphis on Sat to face the Blues. The trip was almost canceled in Cookeville due to an overheated van but a call to the local car rental company saved the day. The weather was nice and the game started off well as Felleciano made a quick burst through the Memphis line before being tackled on the one meter line.That’s when the realization of having 8 new players set in. We somehow lost possession and Memphis went on to score (3) tries in the first half. Our back-line held their own but we could not secure ball during set pieces and our backs had little ball to use.

The second half witnessed a bit better defensive stand, but set pieces were lost and Memphis made 3 more tries. The back-line managed to penetrate inside the 10 meter line several times but our forward pack was not strong enough to finish. All in all, we played well with what we had to work with. Memphis had some nice ball handling and took most of our set pieces leaving our backs to make some key defensive stops. They kept us on the defensive most of the match.

Thanks to the Univ of Memphis boys for helping us out on numbers especially the back 3. The social was held at Keltic Crossing Irish Pub and Memphis treated us well throughout the night. Cheers to the Possums who made the trip.

Line-up:

1 Univ of Memphis

2 UM

3 UM, Greg White

4 UM

5 UM

6 Heath

7 Stephen

8 McNabb

9 Adam

10 Rafael

11 UM

12 Felliciano

13 Garrett

14 UM

15 UM

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