#AUSvDC
28-19 The Cuisine Solutions Cup is Ours. Rugbyโs Greatest Prize.
Itโs breathless in Texas! For the second week in a row the OGs had their cowboy boots on. After putting Houston to the sword a week earlier, they took on the Austin Gilgronis for a totally made up trophy. But never mind that. A Prize is a prize. For THE MONUMENT MAN thatโs a call to fire up the hype engine. All aboard!
๐จ Ohh Geez. Ohh Geez. Ohh Geez. ๐จ
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
The Good and the Pure are back in Texas. But this time weโre playing for RUGBYโS ๐๐ผ GREATEST ๐๐ผ PRIZE ๐๐ผ. Thatโs right, your mighty OGs battle the @Gilgronis at 4pm for the Cuisine Solutions Cup ๐ #AUSvDC pic.twitter.com/gWkRHT7F1U
๐Oiโฆ Hand it over๐
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Ok Glory Supporters. Itโs THE MONUMENT MAN broadcasting live and loose from @ExilesBarDC for another Old Glory-ous game of rampaging rugby from captain Mungo and the boys.
Bring on The Mixologists ๐ธ๐ค @Gilgronis #AUSvDC pic.twitter.com/bcLKv3J4Kh
๐ฃ ATTENTION ALL BEER DRINKERS, SPORTS FANS, AND GLORY SUPPORTERS: TODAY IS A RUGBY DAY. COME PLAY.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
๐ @Gilgronis v OG
โฐ 4 pm
โฌ๏ธ For the American audience
๐บ NBC Sports Washington
โฌ๏ธ For the International contingent
๐ป @usmlr fbook live
โฌ๏ธ For the hardcore fans
๐ฅณ @ExilesBarDC
RUGBYโS GREATEST PRIZE
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
๐ Cuisine Solutions Cup ๐ฅณ
OTHER PRIZES OF NOTE
๐ World Cup
๐ 6N Grand Slam
๐ Rugby Championship Trophy
๐ The Bledisloe
๐ Calcutta Cup
๐ Currie Cup
๐ Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy
๐ @AlexandriaRugby U15 MVP#AUSvDC pic.twitter.com/dmMI9hgxdW
๐OGs HAVE THEIR COWBOY BOOTS ON๐
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Check out your #GreatestGlory!
๐ Api Naikatini in the engine room
๐ Mungo Mason strapped to the chariot
๐ Ciaran Hearn champing at the bit
๐ผ Jason Robertson conducts the symphony#AUSvDC pic.twitter.com/BlQpCP1svl
But none as entertaining as The Monument Man Twitter commentary... Top effort, cโmon the OGโs ๐
— Stuart Patterson (@lairdpatterson) February 29, 2020
Bingo!
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Every year, the OGs will battle the @Gilgronis, AKA The Mixologists๐ธ๐ค , for Rugby's Greatest Prize. The Cuisine Solutions Cup ๐
It's gonna be a thriller!
THE MONUMENT MANโS Top Secret Intel on the bad guys!
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
๐ธ๐ค Team: @Gilgronis
๐ธ๐ค Alias: The Mixologists
๐ธ๐ค Style: Straight up, with a twist
๐ธ๐ค Top Bartender: Frank โThe Tankโ Halai
๐ธ๐ค Secret Ingredient: A splash of orange
๐ธ๐ค Probable fanboys: @RugbyPodcast #AUSvDC pic.twitter.com/RpbzHHCV8z
Ingredients The Mixologists ๐ธ๐ค Donโt have:
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
1: Leagues in-form flyhalf @Jase_Robbo17 ๐ผ
2: The actual Mungo Mason ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐
3: Best sandwich in rugby ๐ @SousVideCuisine#AUSvDC@Gilgronis pic.twitter.com/CVJxJaXE23
Hereโs whatโs in a @Gilgroni ๐ธ๐ค :
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
2 oz. Rip-snorting front row
1.5 oz. Ball handling guile
.5 oz. Burnt orange jersey
Garnish with a real, hand to god, ALL BLACK at 13 ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฑ#AUSvDC@Gilgronis pic.twitter.com/AbUbQSI5Aa
The battle with @Gilgronis draws near
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
RUGBYโS ๐๐ผ GREATEST ๐๐ผ PRIZE ๐๐ผ
๐The Cuisine Solutions Cup๐
๐บ๐ธ Anthems are go!
๐ฅ Tackles are imminent!
๐ #Gloryawaits!#AUSvDC pic.twitter.com/gcWbfR7MDo
๐จUnleash the Mungo๐จ
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
1โ The Mixologists ๐ธ๐ค bang it long. A furious Naqali cuts a menacing figure. The winner gets the Cuisine Solutions Cup ๐
HERE. WE. GO. ๐๐๐ฅ
1' Taikato-Simpson give it some serious wellie!
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Too much wellie in fact. He's wacked it out the end of the stadium. Scrum to The Mixologists ๐ธ๐ค
We'll call it halfway
3' The Mixologists ๐ธ๐ค called for cheating.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Adding too much nonsense to the ruck. Robertson calls sticks. Let's fly. And nails it!
๐ฏ
0-3
'5 Knock on by the OGs at the kickoff.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Bad guys with a chance to launch an attack of menace and guile. BUT THE OGs TURN IT OVER. GET SOME!
7' OGs even win a penalty. And we poke it down into the This-could-spell-trouble-for-the-bad-guys side of the field.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
We're playing like a bunch of furious geniuses right now. It's a great start for your OGs!!#AUSvDC
8' TRY TIME OGs!!
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
It's the boys at their swashbuckling best ๐คบ
Robertson with the cut out pass. Hearn with the cultured right foot poke though. O'Donnell with the pick up and pass. Danny Boy with the delicate dot Down.
๐ฏ Kicks good. Beucase we're good @AUSvDC
0-10
11' @Gilgronis burst into life. The man with a mane of sumptuous locks makes a break, and then the bad guys sweep it wide.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
BUT IT'S O'DONNELL WITH THE COVER TACKLE!! Magnificent defense by the Kiwi winger!
0-10
13' Scrum time Good Guys.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Palamo ๐ฆ clatters into the midfield. Bangs the OGs up the 22. Then, ARRGH we get turned over. Skullgugary on the floor I'm sure of it. But we'll have a lineout
0-10
15' OGs fling it wide off the top.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
We're playing like men of passion and verve. Roberston conducting the symphony. We're playing all the right notes.
The poke through ends up winning us a 5m scrum! Let's go.
Booooo Penguins Hooorayyyy OGDC
— DC Quins (@dc_quins) February 29, 2020
20' The bad guys running it from deep.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
They like to play it wide like we do. This one's playing like two gunslingers squaring off in an old western. AND I LOVE IT! #AUSvDC
0-10 pic.twitter.com/8BbsXNfxGq
22' OGs get their rumble on.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
We're mauling like we've been in the gym all week. Biceps and quads abulging. Then we play it tight and right off Danny boy. AND WIN A PENALTY!!
๐ฏ Robertson nails another! #AUSvDC
0-13
24' TRY TIME OGs!
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
AND THAT ONE WAS AN ALL-TIME GREAT! Danny Boy's long ball is tipped-on by Faโanana-Schultz. Palamo put Farser in the corner. We're going end-to-end. Playing with reckless abandon. #AUSvDC
๐ฏRobertson nails the touchline conversion!!
0-20
28' It's breathless in Texas. Now the Bad Guys are on the front foot.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Big boys thump it up ๐
Fast boys whip it wide ๐
Little guys snipe at every chance ๐คบ
This is madness! pic.twitter.com/Ir9FqNBfrK
Blasphemy. Threttonโs hair is like a combination of Fergie and Jesus.
— Kaitlyn Kelly (@ShowtimeKKelly) March 1, 2020
and it was HELD UP!
— Colleen McCloskey (@cmccloskey56) February 29, 2020
Exhausting & exhilarating D from OG!
— Joanna Marie (@jm_corwin) February 29, 2020
38' Vakalahi comes a cropper by the ref for repeated cheating by the Good Guys too close to the line.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Ref: ๐ข That's quite enough of that
Vakalahi: ๐คทโโ๏ธmeh
Ref: ๐จ Go and sit on the naughty step
Vakalahi: ๐คทโโ๏ธok.
40' TRY TIME BAD GUYS
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
They called a scrum when we were a man down. They pushed us over. It's all very tedious. It's all very obvious.
7-20
40' JUSTICE! We win a penalty off the restart. Robertson calls sticks from 48m out. And wallops it through. #AUSvDC
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
7-23
40 more minutes letโs bring the Cuisine Solutions Cup home to where it belongs
— DC Quins (@dc_quins) February 29, 2020
40โ OGs hoist it high to start the 2nd half. We're 40mins from lifting The Cuisine Solutions Cup ๐.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
RUGBYโS ๐๐ผ GREATEST ๐๐ผ PRIZE ๐๐ผ
41' Wahoo! Technical scrum stuff. And it's technically a penalty to The Mixologists ๐ค ๐ธ
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
43' Jouez Jouez by the OGs
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Roberston, with utter disregard for my hairline, runs from deep. The forwards, who equally don't care, start offloading like a bunch of lunatics. BUT IT'S WORKING! We're up the 15m line. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD #AusvDC
7-23
44' Vakalahi sneaks back onto the field after his time on the reinforced naughty boy's chair.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Tries not to make eye contact with the ref.
Ain't nobody missing you, big fella ๐
Welcome back!! ๐ฅณ๐
7-23
48' We've started doing that ๐ฆ crabby-high-stepping-thing that backs do when they're feeling themselves.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
It doesn't work. For the love of all that's good in the world, get your shoulders low and charge up field like you mean it!
52' Oh fiddlesticks.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
The bad guys have sneakily made their way up to our try line. They have a lineout. It's a platform to spring forth are cause havoc!
7-23
55' TRY BAD GUYS!
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
The @Gilgronis put an extra shot of go-go juice in that maul. The fatties up front at their bullocking best. #AUSvDC
And their kicky boy nails the extras. BLEAK.
14-23
57' Hearn puts a hurting on someone ๐๐๐ฅ
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
He wallops one of The Mixologists ๐ธ๐ค He'd be escorted from a lot of bars if he did that on Saturday night.
But he forces the kick, and Good Guys play it from deep.
60' There's a time for razzle-dazzle. And there's a time for pragmatism. Pragmatism is for getting selected by coach during the week. Razzle-dazzle is for ignoring orders on game day and playing it from everywhere. I LOVE THIS GAME! #AUSvDC pic.twitter.com/46ssPTT8Mw
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
62' Line out OGs. 30 yards from Glory!
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Hearn rampages into the midfield. Utter disregard for his spleen. It's a platform to build from! BRING THE GLORY!
14-23
64' Bad Guys hold us up. We were oh so close! #AUSvDC pic.twitter.com/Xv4CywaFFS
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
65' OG scrum. 5 out.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Faโanana-Schultz cries havoc and goes full rampage off the back of the chariot! Are we going to score? #AUSvDC pic.twitter.com/TnwAtx1TLA
66' THEY HELD US UP AGAIN! It's an unbelievable goal-line stand by the bad guys. Top Work!
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
68' Bad Guys turn us over. Thwack it a bazillion miles down field. Then we miss double top at the line out.
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Bad Guys are now up to our 22. And I don't like it. I need a pint of @ExilesBarDC's best just to calm my nerves.
14-23
— Patrick Buckingham (@anthonypludwig) February 29, 2020
76' SPOT TACKLE BY THE BAD GUYS
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Magnificent chop down on a rip-snorting Doug Fraser who had nothing by the wide-open savannah in front of him! This game is coming down the wire!!
19-23 pic.twitter.com/6r8pLTQiH4
77' Taikato-Simpson goes full crab mode ๐ฆ
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
But this time it works. He wiggles, and shimmies, and dances past a few bad guys who are left clutching nothing but air. I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!
79' TRY OGs
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) February 29, 2020
Roberts-Te Nana with nothing but open paddock in front of him! And like a horse locked in a pony box for hours on end, he takes full advantage to stretch his legs!
Extras fade wide and I don't care. #AUSvDC
19-28
The MLR Shield, right now: pic.twitter.com/QYICVhUoDU
— Hard Line Rugby (@hard_rugby) March 1, 2020
My grandfather cried. He thought heโd never live to see it finally come back to the nationโs capital. We did it pop pop.
— patlantis (@PatrekurI) March 1, 2020
— Old Glory DC (@OldGloryDC) March 1, 2020