welcome bit belmont rugby fans to the m i a two thousand and eighteen state final game championship game in girls rugby between the belmont marauders and the lincoln sudbury warriors really who run through the starting line up perhaps is when we get a chance and they may not be a breath in this game but here we are the kick off line but they keep managed to keep it in and bring it back the other way lincoln definitely controlling the ball well at those breakdowns rocking pretty well today putting in some good phrases here and nice breakaway so on a penalty kick like that lincoln sudbury will maintain control of the put in here nearly kept in by bama but not quite so if they were playing to the blue lines i think peter which plan so they all scrum down right at the i guess is about five years out yeah you have to excuse or say if you know you probably don't mind that we don't say anything but when when when separate lincoln said we were point there's nobody nobody can put their hands on the ball good defense there again b and sure as everybody knows it's five points for trying now and kicking i can see the number of them i'm willing will attempt to go for the extra two points been so impressed with the technique in the scrummaging by belmont such good coaching yes oh gosh coaching is going to stand these goals these players are well into college life and then hopefully  to the right that was difficult right out here on the on the touchline so this goes all evens it was good passes you play by belmont important for bama to come back and score that try even things up and try to get some momentum back on their side obama will receive now and see what we can get going can separate this time with the dr it's definitely a hunger about lincoln's play at the moment not so belmont today and with a short line well controlled nice kick into open territory but the referee playing a good advantage here join i say second rows as numbers four and five and then across the back you've already seen aaron holy throwing the ball in a lineout and she's joined in the back row by ainslie mcmillan and grace christiansen number eight penalty as well in a moment good take one ok coming back for the penalty the man has a number of options at this from his position in the field so the momentum has swung a couple times already in this in this game and really exciting to see make use of the opportunities they've been given for sure lincoln starting very brightly and still really good technically both er the girls today that will be a very exciting game back on on the belmont si it unfortunately least david you mentioned the growing awareness from the parents and this parent community has been so supportive of that of all the rugby teams and the whole growth of the program and the coaches and the kids couldn't do it without the support of tremendous support for sure there is a lot of belmont time energy and effort goes into this team not just from the amazing work of the coaches i can't believe quite how many hours the coaches put in  jeremy of course again from bell on media wants us to announce that he also works hard i can attest to that strong scrimmage there skip play from the yeah penalty development so instead of taking these quick tap which has been used effectively so far gotta try that is a more traditional kick to the line that's a good choice at that point in the field lineout probably see sam pop in and just pop out there it is thirty yards my yard yeah very quickly i mean it's unfortunate for them that it's what's called line speed to up to tackle the opposition and looks like they'll take the kick for touch and that's got to touch good so entering soon the next five minutes what a great time to school  and i wanted to kick to touch peter that is and how good so does give us a chance to describe something else to the viewers that we don't often see twenty two so much anymore at least so this  and joining grace are up on the line going to try and block this and everybody else is back to receive referee judge that to going backwards that's a that's good well played by belmont good smart rugby good five thirty five yard line find rocked by belmont oh the bar pops out but offside penalty she's taken it already now you've got to get up there though belmont that on again counter racking by all that was great so probably no ten do you think you kno what game doesn't stop when the  so one last flourish once last year and his two years ago against ireland and france i think it was that the game went on for another forty minutes grace taking the ball in very strong unholy to throw the ball in for bama and again with the short line taking some tackles big gain there down to the twenty great take their in their fifteen damage with an opportunity here grace driving down over the ten yard line but again the counter rock from lincoln sudbury turns the ball over held up in the mall here  such good awareness by both teams it's really nice to see it is i'm just trying to catch my breath for minutes this happen a score lots of excitement well controlled by dominant again very effective line feeling some of these hits peta yeah we didn't need to do that so well so off the sienna whoever did that kick you had the presence of mind to know probably that they were coming back for the yeah any so at which point you can basically try anything rough wants to have a have a quick word with the captain trying to keep the tackling down ok ok penalty ok i thought it was so so important for the referees and they do such a good job to slow things down keep things safe you know in all phases that the game picking this one to touch by the look and take well rather by  way in which they set up nowadays and rightfully so it can be a very dangerous part of the game unless you take it slowly step by step so just you and your timing off is by monday dan and pushed ahead of when they when they should have been instructed to by the re nothing intentional there though on either side were just trying to get it right so this this has a huge impact in a rugby game leaving the penalize team down one player know ten ten again so belmont really wisely capitalizing on this and chewing up some clock here which is really important when you're down a player exactly so folks yes sir any one of those penalties the closest stakes some excitement here is well i won't camp now in you can see every house for a good ten minutes it feels like so i think the play going off was potentially playing in the front row yeah that was the number one ari hamilton ok so you may have seen some comings and goings off the field so with front row you need specialized front row so we so i think just for them just for the time in which the sin bin happens right peter you can y good play by belmont hangs on to the ball elizabeth garley holding on to that pool well rocked by belmont that came to send taking it up again go so conscious to get the ball on the right side you've got a power oh they had numbers on the outside could see it was easy from up here bringing the score to thirteen to ten belmont's favor so i count another four minutes or so of the belmont sin to happen  his back again and she's handled the ball well today and he's strong forward running straight ahead should be a scrimmage now to lincoln just a little delay here the second rows from lincoln center side making sure everything's everything's right all right i think with the yellow card they had to move some players around and  could control by linking the yeah really just went through phases unfortunately look around here yeah too bad that's that's so nice play they were showing nam it's good for a team to be slightly bad being knocked back a couple of times could  so belmont now with put into this scrum yeah david i think you're right i don't think we're going to see either team quit early here today he would hope not just twelve minutes left david i started playing high school rugby in massachusetts thirty five years ago and to see the growth of the game and so much enthusiasm and interest being shot at all levels i just magnificent really it really is a cause everybody is trying to trying to get your age now yes i need to guess i'm lucky enough that i started that long ago but of course at the age of nine or ten so i'm not going to do the math point is what a great school and what a friendly banter months definitely belmont getting up very quickly this is the second yeah well we've been sort of playing between the thirty's here for a little bit and damn i put in right at midfield has really received a video compilation with josh smith who's the coach at mystic rather river that give one national champs former eagles captain todd clever  nighty of course the former eagle and the world rugby hall of fame are all wishing the kids good luck today on this historic am i a championship game you know massachusetts being the first state in the in the over the top of the pull out and gave away the penalty and in the same way that little lapse in concentration and then the bell momentum picked the ball up and go quickly and score the trade awareness so the score now twenty to ten belmont ahead with about three minutes left what a what a game game it's fantastic even though it's a relatively low scoring game for the second are just five points until  structurally this second half especially i think they really come out sharp holy handling it well just spins it out down the line speed at which that ball is coming back yeah well rocked and a good kick finding  how not forward i didn't think it was david i do know i thought she missed it altogether you know i think  congratulations to the girls the coaches everybody has worked so hard all season among the crowd on their feet appreciating the rugby today from everybody thanks for