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I’m a big fan of sports and especially a sports tragic when it comes to following Australian sports.
My favourite sports to watch (in no particular order) are Rugby League (NRL), AFL, Rugby Union and Cricket.
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Premier Touch vs Kickit Touch
I play touch football (as we call it in Australia) twice a week in two different competitions.
My Premier Touch team plays in the Mens B comp on a Monday night and I also play in the Kickit Touch comp with a Mixed team on Thursday nights.
Malta vs Norway Rugby League International at Hamrun Malta
Chris Morton taking a run at Hamrun Stadium
Last Friday night I represented Malta (based on residency) in an international rugby league match against Norway.
The game was played in Malta at the Hamrun Stadium which is the home of the local football side, Hamrun Spartans Fc.
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Wallabies v Wales Player Ratings
It was great to see the Wallabies end their Grand Slam tour with a polished performance, well done to the QLD Reds in the team.
Here is how the Mort rated their last performance for 2009. Remember to compare the Rugby World Cup Odds for all Rugby Union matches in the 2011 RWC.:
Im watching Melbourne Storm play Manly S…
Im watching Melbourne Storm play Manly Sea Eagles
Stompers Win the MRFU CUP!!!
My rugby team, Stompers, also won the Malta Rugby Union Cup. The Cup is a separate competition that runs parallel with the league. It is a round robbin comp where you play each team just once. The top 2 teams then play off for the Cup. This year we faced off against Overseas.
Stompers Win the Malta Rugby Union Log
We won the local Malta rugby union log! We were undeafeted after Christmas which was amazing!
This was our last regular season game, which if we won, would secure the title. We did!
Chris Morton Malta Rugby Action Clips
Here are some rugby clips of me from recent rugby games earlier this season.
Try vs Kav in the Qualifying round before Christmas:
Pre-season Cup vs Kav
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Stompers RFC use a "Get out of Jail Free" card – beat Overseas RFC 17 – 13
In our second round league game in the local Malta rugby comp we played a tough Overseas RFC side.
The below article from: http://www.maltasport.com/modules/knowledge/item.php?itemid=3584
Stompers were made to work hard to beat Overseas in the MRFU Championship Pool round two match, while Kavallieri eased to victory against Birkirkara Alligators.
Stompers – Overseas 17-13
With a strong cross wind throughout the game and coupled with the fact that Mario Fountain and Matt Mirabelli were not playing, Stompers struggled to get their running game going, until really late in the proceedings.
Morton was playing at fullback, so his skills were missed in the line, and with Mario Fountain serving a suspension, there was no one running from depth into the backline and so the Stomper’s play was a stop start affair.
Overseas were out to make amends. They had gone close in the two previous games against the Stompers; drawing one and losing by one point in the other.
The spirit of the Overseas play and their defence, shut the Stompers down from their running game and a lively combination between young Vince Stivala and the eternally young Sean Duffy, had the Overseas backline buzzing.
Richard Newbold, back from injury made some fine breaks and put in one particularly good defensive tackle to take out Malcolm Attard, just short of the line. Eight points, to nil at half time, they had pretty well controlled matters with strong running and tackling.
The usually threatening Stompers backs were well harnessed and even the mercurial Satariano was stifled to the point that his half back partnership with Galea was disjointed.
The Overseas pack won the loose ball battles and it really looked as if they had the match under control.
They took the game out to 13 nil; with a well placed penalty kick by Vince Stivala, and two magnificent tries by Dean Mifsud Bonnici and Brian Dalton.
In the second half, Stompers started their comeback as they pulled back a try by Luke Debattista. They moved into a higher gear and Satariano began to create half breaks with his swerving changes of pace to give runners like Attard the opportunities to test the tacklers again and again. Diamantino went on for Stompers and this gave them some extra authority.
Eight minutes left to the final whistle, Overseas just evaporated under pressure and first Schembri Warren was yellow – carded for dissent, and then a couple of minutes later, their Captain was sin-binned for misconduct.
With seconds to go, it looked like Overseas had secured the win, but the real drama was saved for the last play of the game when Overseas won the ball from the scrum and it came back to their scrum – half who had to just run it into touch to win the game.
However, he decided to play the ball wide, and Stompers won the ball from the ensuing breakdown. Chris Morton went over to score the winning try, followed by a successful conversion.
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Malta Rugby – Stompers RFC go close but lose to Kavallieri
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The rugby game last Saturday at Marsa sports ground was a real cracker. It was a great game to play in and from the general feedback also a great game to watch.
Our captain and usual number 10 is abroad so I have been filling in the position which I have found enjoyable.
Playing number 10 you are 100% involved in the game and have a big influence on how the team fairs on the day. You get you hands on the ball more times than any other player outside the fly half and also have a heavy work load in defence.
One funny side note is I think a team mate of mine submitted my name on the score sheet as “Christopher Morten” which is in-correct with “Morton” being my last name.
Morten is a very common or popular name in Nordic Europe so somehow my nationality is now Norwegian as it was printed in the local newspaper, “Christopher Morten the Norwegian fly-half”. lol
Anyways here is the official game report as published by MaltaSport.com
Stompers TGI Fridays 29
Kavallieri York Cisk Excel 31
(Half-time: 12 – 19)
These two teams put on the finest rugby this season, a ding-dong battle which swept from end to end with a fascinating display of skills and enthusiasm. First one had the advantage then the other, with the drama lasting right up to the final whistle.
Pundits had forecast an easy Kavallieri win with Stompers missing so many established stars, but the replacements rose to the occasion when right wing Luke Debattista made a powerful run and fly half Christopher Morten took the opportunity to score under the posts, converted by center Mario Fountain.
Kavallieri responded with their traditional line out pressures but Stompers defended well until loose head prop Ian Borda burst through from short range, converted by fly half Roderick Attard.
Stompers hit back with a Jovan Reljic try after good timed passing gave him the space, but again Kavallieri Robert Bonavia and Pierre Mangion rolled back the pack and Pierre Micallef ran well from full back to score.
This inspired Kavallieri to really put on the pressure and after a long period of territorial advantage and well switched attacks Sean Doublesin went in with a big overlap, converted by Roderick Attard to give them a 19-12 lead at half time.
Stompers came out with great determination, attacking with gusto from side to side, until Mario Fountain scored wide.
This was followed by Guilaume Boulais bursting well from full back to chip over Pierre Micallef and Matthew Mirabelli following up fast for the try to regain the lead. Spirits up they gained ground and good passing gave Andrew Camilleri the chance to weave through and stretch the lead.
But Kavallieri never die easily and they had taken a lot of the energy out of Stompers so now they gained territory against a tiring side and Robert Bonavia scored a fine number 8 try off the back of a scrum.
Only five points in it and all to play for, Stompers attacked but Kavallieri won a vital ball and finely timed passing gave the elusive and speedy Andrea Camilleri a chance to run away to score under the posts, Roderick Attard converting for the winning lead.
Stompers attacked, Kavallieri Ivo Agius was yellow carded, but Kavallieri desperate defence held out. In a game of heroes, number 8 John Tonna of Stompers was adjudged Man of the Match.
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