IRISH IN ANOTHER BIZARRE CLIFF HANGAR

Eric Cuzzolinos penalty goal in the ninth minute of injury time lifted The Academy into a 23-23 tie with the Irish in league play 
Saturday at Kingston.  For the third straight game, the match was decided at the final moment as the Irish had rallied from 
13-6 down to take the lead in regulation.  

Irish forwards pounding away and Academy backs with quick counters was the order of the day, with the Irish finally taking a 
16-13 lead at the 80 minute mark before another final frame fireworks finish.  Academy led 8-6 at halftime, and 13-9 late into 
the game before Irish prop Jon Ashley scored the first of his two tries.  Ed Gardner converted both to seemingly cap a comeback.  
Academy flanker Milan Mrdanovich picked up from a wheeled scrum (yes, the law book does say that the flanker may not 
play the ball from a scrum) and scored under the posts, then Cuzzolino kicked his last minute penalty.  

The Irish actually controlled the kickoff and rucked their way to the Academy 25 before the referee blew the final whistle.  
"Another strange affair in which we did everything but win," said coach Mark Winokur, "the Academy played good defense 
and their handling was better than ours, but we did plenty of good things, more than enough to win.  The fact that we only 
trained once in three weeks together (compared to the daily sessions at the Academy) obviously impacted the result.  
These erratic performances will only end when we re commit our selves to twice a week training."  To that end, it was decided 
to schedule a session MONDAY AT BREBEUF AT 7. 

This week is a busy one as the Irish host Old Crescent on Wednesday night at Fletchers, then play Oakville in Alliston next Saturday 
(all three sides).