Two points was all it took. Even for the least "Dojo Way" player in the entire BPL...
Due to the absence of pretty much all of the kenshi last night, each and every Bug got the chance to enjoy that most forbidden of all guilty Bugger pleasures (and one assumes there are many...) - to run with the Dojo. As the night progressed, everyone from Special G to Tony Ross spent two or three precious points breathing the rare air of the Dojo's nonlinear, anti-hierarchical structure - and it wasn't hard to tell that it felt good.
And so it was that even the #1 Bug found himself echoing the sentiments of Oscar Wilde, who famously said he could "resist anything other than temptation". It was only a momentary aberration, but no sooner did Mike catch a disc 30m out from the Bug endzone than without even stopping to think he let fly a vintage Dojo hammer for a breakside goal in the front corner of the endzone. Feels good, doesn't it?
Okay sure, so he might have followed that up by saying that he's "more likely to play for Heroes than for Dojo", but that's fine by us. This writer is more likely to spend his Thursday nights drinking a nice cold beer than playing for the Buggers, and it's enough just to know that that one little souvenir of Dojo escapism will stay with Mike forever...
Anyway, that's about enough storytelling for now. During the game we'd been planning a fantastic tale about how the Dojo beat Bugs with only 5 players (it was actually looking entirely likely that there might be a Dojo win for most of the game), topping our current record of being the only team to ever win a BPL match with only 6 players. Sadly however, that's a story that will have to remain untold for now (of course it also would have only been true in what we thought at the time to be a hilariously quoted-out-of-context fashion anyway).
Pretty soon we'll get around to naming last season's A&B winner, and to getting this season's voting underway...
Two hands for beginners when throwing
5 years ago
Dojo are definitely not the only team to win a BPL match with only 6 players.. UQ have done that.. And if memory serves correctly was a win over the Dojo in 2005 or 6.. And again if memory serves correctly took place in the semi of that competition.. Easy to let the memory forget painful memories sometimes :-)
ReplyDeleteaL, if you didn't blog about it, it didn't happen. And believe me, if the Dojo was involved in this alleged UQ 6-man win then I'd certainly remember it (which I don't).
ReplyDeletePerhaps a little bit of memory inversion at your end???
hmmm...Don't think so - was certainly on the winning end of a 6 v 7 game.. Could possibly have been playing for Dojo I suppose but seem to associate the memory with the kind of primal memory that goes with wearing a heavy cotton polo shirt to play in that several other men have sweated heavily in before..
ReplyDeleteIs there any record of games going back that far anywhere?
Anyone else have memories of same?
Could also be that you weren't one of the 6?
ReplyDeleteWhen did Dojo win BPL?! Do you mean the 4 team MAL in 2004?
ReplyDeleteI've got a memory of winning a game with 6 Buggers as well.
ReplyDeleteIt was on the far field when the little sheds were still there. I know Mat was on that team, the jubilant antics are etched into my mind.
I'm thinking it was the season 3 2008 Slippery Buggers team which only had 10 players for the season.
Yep I've got it now, James Larkin built a zone with our 6 players - one of whom was Notty - a pioneering female, another was then teenager and 3 season BPL newcomer Reece Stewart.
A famous Bugger win. I'd love to say it was the Dojo we played however I can't remember who the opposition were that night.
Well this got my curiosity up and I did a little digging. Please enjoy the following email from Friday the 31st of October 2008 at 2:30pm.
ReplyDelete"Slippery v Dojo
Boys,
When I was 9 years old I played my first season of Aussie Rules for
Nambour Football Club (the Mighty NFC Blues).
I have a very strong memory of some of the slogans written on the walls
of the home side changerooms.
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight. It's the size of the fight in the dog."
"The bigger they are the harder they fall"
"A Champion team will always beat a team of Champions"
For some reason, during the pre-game hype-up, my eye was always drawn to my favourite slogan:
"Kylie Amhurst is a dud root"
Great game last night from the Slippery boys and girl.
Fantastic achievement to come from 8-6 down at half, with only 6 players, to win at sudden death 14-13.
I'm checking the Dojo blogsite every 5mins but nothing's been posted
yet....
Mat Ryan"
Golden.
Mike
Strewth Mike you are a historian!
ReplyDeleteHowever you're not very thorough with your research. Have a look at this:
http://dojomojo-ultimate.blogspot.com/2008/11/group-therapy.html
Oh, that's bringing back some bad memories...