Our first two games featured
40-0 and 42-0 routs of the two Kuala Lumpur teams, which
called themselves "Dingaling" and "Mandinga." I no longer have
a record of which individuals scored in our games, but they
were easy; it was clear early on that neither of these two
teams would present much of a threat. And in between,
Elena arrived! Here are videos of the games:
Atlantis 40 Dingaling 0
Atlantis 42 Mandinga 0
We finished the day's play with a match against the best team
there: Thailand. The Thai women always play excellent
rugby and play regularly in Hong Kong. The US national
team can beat them, because we're just as fast and bigger and
stronger, but if you can't match their speed the Thais are
great: they make their tackles, they get the ball to space, and
they finish.
We held them to 0-0 for the longest time before they broke the
drought. It didn't help that our captain was yellow-carded
for a high tackle. (As a general comment, I remember that
that ref's behavior was very frustrating.) The yellow card was
in the middle of the second half with the score 0-5. They
scored two tries while she was out, and another just as she came
in. The final score was 0-22.
The videos of the three games may be found here.
Game 1 v. Dingaling (Malaysia)
Game 2 v. Mandinga (Malaysia)
Game 3 v. Thailand
Stills from the games follow.
Left: Casey on the run // Right: Jane
tackles
Left: Christina steps defender // Right:
Persica scores
