Went down to Francesco Oval for Renegade v Quins today. Visitors missing about twenty blokes according to their Secretary.
Third grade was locked up at 22-all after Quins missed a conversion. Looked at my watch, and it was about 1:55. Game over in usual circumstances. Renegades got upfield and kicked a penalty just before 2pm, then Quins scored a try at 2:03 to win it. Ref's watch must have been broken.
I picked up a flag at that point as I'm badged and knew that it could get willing.
Seconds was back and forth, again with the Renegades fighting back to a lead late, until Quins' got them across the line with a last-minute try.
Firsts would have been a slaughter if Quins brought their A-game. As it was, the Renegades lacked accuracy and weren't supporting the ball carrier enough and got blanked anyway, despite a perfectly legal try that the ref called not straight (I was the AR - it was straight).