Call it or leave it

We've all had those moments on the field, right? That one where you think you were fouled/picked/double teamed and didn't call it. What did you do? Did you start getting into a shouting match with the other team? No. You walked away, learnt your lesson, and reminded yourself that if you believe you are wronged you call it. Well, maybe some people need a refresher in that course after the Cobras/Dojo game last night. People from both teams. Perhaps a new post on the Dojo blog that now is looking as active as the Buggers blog?

That being said, it was one small blip on the radar that was a hotly contested match last night. When it was all said and done, all parties involved agreed that it should either been called and discussed, or left alone, then shook hands and congratulated each other.

The Dojo got up in this game 15-10 to reach the half way stage of the season undefeated, and the Cobras suffered their 2nd ever defeat to sit in 3rd place for the season with a 2-2 record.

The real difference in this game? Option taking by the Cobras. With most of the Cobras tall timber sitting at home/Sydney/Canberra with either work commitments or other pussy-related injuries, the Cobras needed to play a quick game against a much taller opponent, but failed to put this into action.

The handler heavy Dojo worked the disc well all night and punished any mistake taken by the Cobras. A mid-game black out resulting in a field change also didn't help the Cobras, who would have taken the game on what has become their favourite field. That being said, the Cobras do remain undefeated on all games played and completed on field 3B. Yeah 3B!

The Cobras now don't have a game for 4 weeks due to a training week, a bye week, and a week off for AUG, which really is just the LD's way of showing UQ some love. They need it after all, with both UQ teams fighting it out for the half way stage wooden spoon last night with Lovers getting the win after finally getting all their main guys in the field and getting their rookies improve and an exponential rate.

Getting that winning feeling

So we've been a bit slack and slow with our posting this week due to the usual busy period that comes in the first weeks of the month finalising the accounts for this high demand, high turnover (pun intended) organisation that is the Cobras.

Last week, however, the Cobras got back into the winners circle with a hard fought win over the UQ Passion, making the record for the season: UQ Club 0, Cobras 2. Take that! And while it finished up 13-11 to the Cobras, it was a tense affair.

The game started out with both teams trading points, and Jules showing up his customary 10 minutes late. Scores were tied at 4-4, before the Cobras struck with deadly accuracy to take half 8-5. Some epicly long points (both a result of good defence and poor offence) eventuated in the 2nd half and the score was Cobras 12-11 when the scores went. It was Passion's 2nd time this season they have been 11-12 down with 1 point to go (previously losing 13-11 to the Buggers in round 2).

The Cobras received the pull and worked it up the field, taking care with every pass. That was until someone let their idiot captain have the disc and, forgetting that he doesn't have any throws, tried to thread it up the line to Messr Truter, only to over throw it and turn the disc over.

The Cheeseburger calmly walked the disc up to the front of the endzone and then, in try UQ laziness style, just threw it two-thirds of the length of the field to ground. No receiver error, no defence block. Thanks for that Jmac!

The game finished with a Mike Nolan All-American-BBQ-coated crossfield hammer to Cupcake in the endzone for the win. Go Cobras!

The game this week is against the undefeated Dojo, who defeated a Mike-Nield-less Buggers 13-11 last week. Should be a good one!

Back down to earth

After a first up big win against Lovers, the Cobras were left to slither back into their holes following an ego-checking loss to the table-topping Buggers, 15-10.

The game was probably a couple of points closer than that scoreline suggests but the Bugs were deserving winners, capitalising on the mistakes made by Cobras and using their key players effectively.

The Bugs took half 8-5, but the Cobras took the next 2 points to bring it back to 8-7. The momentum of the game see-sawed throughout the entire match, with the Bugs taking the ascendancy late in the game.

Intensity was great throughout the game, although players from both teams chucked some small wobblies a couple of times. Neither team was prepared to give an inch, a trait which is a mark of the Bugs team, and while this resulted in some heated discussions, all players were able to look each other in the eye at the end of the game, shake hands, and congratulate each other sincerely (or at least that's how it seemed).

Special mention to Reece who did a great job of minimising the impact of the dangerous J-Ray, and also all the other boys who marked up on the Bugs A-list stars to force a close match and many endzone turnovers.

Next game is against Passion who pushed the Bugs all the way a couple of weeks ago, only to go down 14-12. Should be a cracker!


PS. Is anyone reading this thing? Let us know what you think and what you would like to see more/less of. Thanks

On the board

Last Thursday saw the Cobras take to the field for their first game of competition. They were up against a team of old heads and young legs in the UQ Lovers.

Most of the Cobras had been at training a couple of weeks ago and 4 of them were in the winning team from the Brisbane Indoor Championships. As a result of this preparation, the Cobras started the game with great intensity, blowing UQ out of the water to take half 8-1. This was achieved through smart decision making, good execution, and all round good looks. Exploiting some of UQ's newer players also helped, but these blokes will surely come along in leaps and bounds before these 2 teams meet again.

During the 2nd half, the Cobras decided to try some different styles of both offense and defence. A combination of this and of a drop in intensity saw the Lovers get a few points on the board, although the lead was never seriously in doubt. After reverting back to the way the started the game, the Cobras closed things out 15-7 to record a win in their very first outing and move to 2nd on the BPL table.

Next week they take on the top of the table Moreton Bay Buggers, which will be a big test for this new team against a team that has reverted to selections for this season of BPL. The Cobras will need to bring a big game to match it with Big Mike and the Bugs.

New Hatchling

In their bid to be the best team in Brisbane, the Cobras have recruited the AFDA's Director of High Performance, Mr Piers Truter (aka Mr Blair Sheard). Piers will be presented with his very own Zone uniform and will form part of the strong team that is the Cobras. First game this Thursday night against UQ Lovers.


Piers in his days as a Cobra wrangler

Cobras slither in

The Cobras made their first showing last night with an appearance at the training night for Season 2 of the BPL, along with the 3 of the other 4 teams (did anyone really expect Dojo to be there?).

The night was pretty low key. Started with a jersey presentation and, with everyone kitted out in their sweet new Zone shirts and shorts, a quick warm up and dump-swing-score drill ensued before some mini was played. The main aim of the night was to get people used to playing with people they had never played with. The progress made through the night was quite dramatic, and it was good that we didn't wait until the first round to have this opportunity.

After a bit of intra-team scrimmaging, we then played off against the only BPL team with selections, the Moreton Bay Buggers, on the new porta-fields. Firstly can we say that these lined porta-fields were great. It was so much easier than having stoppages in play to check whether someone was in/out and made it feel a lot more professional. The actual game itself was, as Mike put it, a risky game. Both teams were quite keen to put it long and both team tried a mix up of both zone and man, and tried new combinations on both O and D. Score wasn't kept, but both captains agreed that the game was tight and couldn't pick a team that really ran away with it.

The real deal starts next week with the first game of the season (barring a bye round) so tune in to find out how the Cobras go in losing their real game virginity.

Cobras - The new strikers

Brisbane has a new team in the Brisbane Premier League - The Cobras. The Cobras are proud to be sponsored by Zone Frisbee Clothing, definately one of the best quality and cheapest Ultimate clothing companies going around.

This blog will endeavour to keep readers up to date with happenings here at the Cobras' swamp, and will even give you copies of manuscripts relating to the slaughter of any passersby that we drag down into our murky depths.

For now, it is time to introduce you to this season's Quiver of Cobras:


Liam 'Wetnose' Gillions: King Cobra that is predominantly trying to bother defenders as a receiver, but will stay behind the disc if feeling lazy.

Tom 'Cupcake' Tulett: Recently from Sydney and, more recently, has realised that he does not like the way of the Kensei and has slithered away from his Sensei and into his new den. Strong handler.

Finn McCarthy-Adams: Recently from Adelaide, Finn is a great versitile player that can play any position on the field. Predominantly receiver though.

Jack Lilwall: One of the Cobras young blood, Jack is growing into his frisbee every single day, although this may be due to the fact that is still going through puberty. Gun receiver.

James Larkin: An old head on a young snake, James will be mainly behind that disc. Don't let that fool you though, his strikes are deadly.

Reece Stewart: Considered by many to be a walk-on to the Australian 2010 Junior Worlds team, Reece will still have to take his share of hazing as a young Cobra. Solid all round player.

Sam Challis: Not only the creator of the Cobras new logo, Sam is coming back after a few seasons out of the league. Was always dedicated at training and games before his break, and Sam will no doubt continue that strong work ethic as one of the Cobra's go to guys.

Michael 'The Vicka' Kanowski: The Vicka has been MIA for a couple of seasons due to study requirements but is keen as mustard to get back into things. Has been in the game for a couple of years, but this has been sparatic as times as mentioned. Micka will be cutting hard all day so do not rest on him.

Dan Young: The biggest man on the Cobra's roster will be a target all day long. Also plays a mean puppy on defence. Coming along in leaps and bounds.

Mike Nolan Jr: A seppo freshly off the plane from the states, don't let his AFDA number fool you. While this is up in the 14000's, Mike will no doubt be one of the strongest members of the Cobra's team with 4 seasons of college Ultimate under his belt. Position undecided at this stage.

Mathew Ryan: The lunchbox is back. After a season looking after his young spawn at home, Mat is back. Having played on Taipans at WUGC08, Mat feels right at home as a Cobra, and well be mongrel on both sides of the disc.

James 'JJ' Jackson: JJ rounds out the Cobra's trio of Juniors and has well advanced skills with a disc. JJ will probably be split 50/50 behind the disc and up field.


Well that is the team for the 2nd season of 2009 for Cobras. Thanks for reading and please come back each week find out how things happening in the BPL as viewed by 4ft Cobras.