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The BSN Cubs last game of the season. Away on a Wednesday evening to an Amstelveense RC side fighting for a place in the national finals. Cold rain just before kick off and mud and water on the pitch. There was little separating the sides after a fierce first half and the match was close…

The BSN Cubs travelled to Utrecht for the penultimate match of the season. It was a tales of two halves. In the first, BSN lacked structure and relied on punchy breaks to score. Having been outplayed, they led 19-14 at half time. In the second, they looked like a rugby team and were comfortable against…

BSN started well in the last of their home games this season. They were leading 12-5, against T’Gooi, midway through the first half, but the away team came strongly into the game, dominating in the ruck, and led at half time 12-22. The Cubs picked themselves up and had the better of the second half. In…

The BSN Cubs started and ended well, but found the middle of the game tough against Amstelveen RC, who scored five tries in a dominant twenty minute spell. The game ended 15-41 to the visitors, but BSN were on top at the end, scoring twice in the closing ten minutes. Amstelveen were fired up from…

On Saturday, it was a scrappy first win of 2019 for the BSN Cubs against Utrecht Rugby Club. The weather was maritime and far from welcoming after the comfort of the Christmas break. The match was played under a blanket of grey low cloud and through horizontal cold rain. URC were physically on top in…

HRC came out on top in the second competitive meeting between HRC and BSN Cubs this season. BSN had their moments, but found it hard against bigger and well organised opponents. They contained HRC for long periods and scored one try, but ultimately the defensive work took its toll. HRC looking like the team to…

Matches between the BSN and Breda Cubs are always tight and competitive, and this was no exception. A real contender for game of the season. The stormy conditions played a role. Breda, with the wind behind them, took the first half 12-0 despite strong BSN pressure as the half went on. After the break, BSN…

When the BSN cubs last came to Naarden, they lost 50-17 to T’Gooi.  The weather was colder this time around and the match was much closer. T’Gooi edged BSN 20-10, but this was an opportunity for the cubs. Just as in October, T’Gooi put BSN under pressure at the start, and again their big number…

After being on the back foot for the first twenty minutes, BSN eased through the second half to finish the game against Delft and the first phase of the Cubs Cup, with a 27-10 home win under the floodlights. The two teams were much-changed from the 2017-18 Cubs Cup final, but there was still plenty…