To the Victor the Spoils!

And so the 15 a side season has finished and we now have two Champions, who succeeded where all others failed.
At trueswedenrugby we were fortunate to have people at both matches, and due to the wonders of modern science, or mobiles with internet capability, we are able to publish their reports.
As the Ladies kicked off first, we will start with 'Scoop Jennings' report.

Hi Heineken, many thanks for allowing me the honour of filing this first report.

With the rain making it's scheduled appearance the game kicked of, in front of a relatively small crowd, which for a final was a disappointment. However it was the home side that were soon in control and for the first 25 minutes appeared to be the only team trying to win the game. Gothenburg were playing as if the game did not really matter and whenever they received the ball, they were glad to relieve the pressure through their Fly Half's kicking. Eventually the pressure told and Uppsala went over the whitewash in the corner, thanks to a well worked maul. This still couldn't stir the visitors from their inertia, but what happened shortly after had a positive effect for them. The Uppsala 12 got injured and could take no further part in the game, as a vital player in attack and defence the teams balance was disturbed. But at half-time they were leading 5-0
The second half started almost as a carbon copy of the first with Uppsala in control and then somehow the ball found it's way to the visitors right winger, 5 missed tackles and a hand off later. she placed the ball down over the whitewash. This was obviously the spark the Gothenborg needed an they came into the game a bit more. With the game becoming even, the mercurial winger received the ball and once again the result was a try. Now in the lead,  probably more by luck, the confidence of the team from the West started to grow and when the big lock flopped over for a try, the game looked over. However Uppsala kept plugging away and in all fairness deserved more for their efforts. Unfortunately for them another score under the posts took the game away from them, scored of course by the flyer on the wing. Still Uppsala kept battling and were rewarded with another score from a penalty move before Gothenborg finished off the game with a try that also came from a penalty and was the only time their backs seemed to run onto the ball. The final score of 10-29 was more than flattering to the visitors, who in my view were grateful to have such a good finisher. Apart from her, they were second best in almost all other aspects. But I don't suppose they will care one iota!
Overall a poor display of Women's Rugby in poor conditions. Not too impressed with the referee either.

Thanks for that report, now onto the Men's with his insight we give you 'Pressman'.

The pitch was in good shape for this finale and with a pretty big crowd, we all got ready for what we hoped would be something special. The first shock was created by Exiles when they took to the field without their Captain. This news obviously inspired Enkoping and after the exchange of a couple of penalties they rumbled their way over the line to score first. This was like a dagger to the heart for Exiles and it looked like one or two heads started to hang. Before much longer the home side scored again, followed shortly by another, so after 25 minutes the score stood at 15-3 almost a copy of last weeks score. The crowd, myself included, started to wonder if we were about to watch Exiles explode into action and give us another game similar to the previous game. Although they were pressing for a score before half time their pressure resulted in no score.
The second half was much as the first but without the scores. Exiles were pressing, Enkoping defending with the final pass by one of the men in black going astray. With changes in personnel being made by both sides it was pretty much stalemate,until from a penalty Enkoping kicked to the corner, from the resultant line out 2 ball, catch and drive and the home side went over. We then witnessed the Exiles captain coming on, and it was he who started to straighten the line when they attacked. One of these runs helped to create the score that Exiles probably deserved, although it was too little too late. Final score 20-10

Thanks to both our intrepid reporters, who will no doubt be getting a warming drink in a bar somewhere, as all hacks do.

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