St. Louis Bombers Rugby Football Club

Whitemarsh defeated the St. Louis Bombers 30-15 in a sloppy contest played on a wet and breezy evening. Eighteen consecutive hours of rainfall resulted in a greasy ball, a slow track, and numerous errors from both sides. But it was Philly that took better advantage of their opportunities to nab their first RSL victory of the season thanks to strong performances from fullback Oshwell Damons and #8 Turei Maraki.

St. Louis opened the scoring after constant pressure on the Philly line. Flanker Shawn Tegethoff plowed over to put the Bombers up 5-0 early. Philly replied with tries from Damons at 24 minutes and replacement prop Fred Koniecki at 30 minutes to take a 10-5 lead. Bomber's hooker Pat Hess scored from a lineout drive to knot the scores at 10-10 at the break.

Philly capitalized on a couple Bomber miscues to regain the lead at the 42 minute mark when #8 Turei Maraki scampered in after another punishing run. Flyhalf Mike Graham's conversion put Philly up 17-10. Next, Philly fullback Damons supported nicely for a breakaway try and 24-10 lead at the 47 minute mark. Speedy St. Louis wing TJ Ebner raced wide for the Bomber's third try of the match at 72 minutes, but it was not enough as a couple of late Mike Graham penalty kicks brought the final score to 30-15 in favor of Philly.

RSL Week 4
date: April 14, 2007
venue: Creve Couer Park, St. Louis, MO
attendance: 150
weather: cold. wet, breezy, light rain
referee: Chris Draper, Houston
submitted by: Ron Laszewski

fulltime: St. Louis (home) 15 Philly (away) 30
halftime: 10-10

Scoring summary:

Philly 30: tries 4 - Oshwell Damons 2 (:24,:47), Fred Koniecki (:30), Turei
Maraki (:42). pens: Mike Graham 2 (:77, :80). cons: Graham 2.

St. Louis 15: tries 3 - Shawn Tegethoff (:05), Pat Hess (:35), TJ Ebner (:72).
pens: none. cons: none.

St. Louis Roster

1) Lafata, Gio (Canaan Craig @50)
2) Hess, Pat
3) McBride, John
4) Reed, Phil
5) Mexted, Hayden
6) McPheeters, Alex (Josh Witten @ 55)
7) Tegethoff, Shawn
8) Rainey, Josh
9) Giljum, Scott
10) Monette, Rene
11) Ebner, TJ
12) Pita, Andrew
13) Meyer, Brian
14) Kloss, Alan
15) Boyd, Conail

16) Craig, Canaan
17) McClarney, Brendan
18) Witten, Josh
19) Shen, John
20) Hoffmann, Jim
21) Mastroianni, Justin
22) Hinson, Eric