Last Saturday 15th August a 17-strong squad of Söder players made the 1 hour drive north of Stockholm to Norrtälje to face the combined Stockholm Dynamite team for the 2nd time in 3 weeks with the Dynamite boasting players from Solna, Årsta, Norrtälje and Bromma.

Perhaps it was a hang-over from the 171 point drubbing handed out to Solna last week, but Söder were slow off the mark against the Dynamite and early goals to Mattis Kvarnström and Trent Smith saw Stockholm take an early lead despite a quick reply from Jonny Briscoe for Söder on what was a fine summer day north of the Capital. Söder were unable to make use of the down-hill and down-wind end in the 1st quarter, however managed to restrict Stockholm’s use of it in the 2nd quarter and the result was a narrow 1 goal lead to the Dynamite at half-time.

The 3rd quarter is often called the premiership quarter, and the Blues didn’t waste the down-hill down-wind opportunity this time, piling on 7 goals to none in the 3rd quarter to take a 36 point lead into the last quarter. The move of Rob Njoku to centre-half-back proved critical and opened up plenty of opportunity for Söder to drive forward.

The 4th quarter saw Docker Ryan Tucker enter the game for the Dynamite and he had an immediate impact kicking the opening goal of the final quarter to give the home team a glimmer of hope for a famous come-back. However this was quickly snuffed out by a determined Söder team who responded with quick goals to Briscoe and Neindorf who resembled an Adelaide Crows’ Betts & Walker style combination in the Söder forward line.

The final score was a 38 point victory to Söder with Jonny Briscoe kicking a career best 7 goals, and Mick smashing a burger in the aftermath:

Söder: 14.7.91

Stockholm: 8.5.53

That takes Söder to 4 games undefeated in the National “Elitserien”, with only 2 games remaining against Helsingborg on 29th August at Skarpnäck, and against Port Malmö on Saturday 26th September in Malmö.