Kings of Rugby set out to redeem their Kingdom

ON the second week of continuing drama, the Kings of Rugby, alongside their Green Army shall venture on an uphill task, making their way up the Hills, with an unbending attitude to regain the Rugby Monarchy that has momentarily evaded their grasp.

- By Arun Pillai

Kingswood vs Ananda at Bogambara on 25 July:

From an analytical perspective, although Kingswood possesses superior and refined rugby skills in most departments than Ananda, their negligence in playing the game by the rules has simply destroyed them this season, and this encounter shall be no different. The difference in this encounter is due to the constant effort put in by the Ananda coaching camp in striving to keep their offenses count low, that has lowered their average to a mediocre 10 per game, whereas its 16 for the hosts. Moreover, the extreme pitfalls lie in conceding consecutive penalties in quick successions, that usually results in the opposition teams scoring Tries, is something that Kingswood seems to have mastered without being even taught.

However, the hosts will win some in order to excite their home crowd, especially with their pick and drives that has been their strong suit since their first game this season. Ananda's inadequacy to defend strong pick and drive onslaughts effectively, could affect them thoroughly in this game.

Kingswood's Ball handling has added to their misery and also to their loss of possessions, with close to 30 unforced errors in the last three games, which happens to be double the sum of Ananda's. In addition, their kicking performance is well behind the visitors' as well.

While most of the other skills being more or less comparable, it seems important that the Randles Camp works on its basic rugby skills before this game, in order to make it an even contest.