well, it's been something like three to four months since my last game due to this ankle injury, but finally i returned to action last night. with the most of the stiffness gone from my ankle (some swelling remains) i was confident that i should be able to play to a reasonable level. we were facing the top team, and with a bunch of fill-ins we were out-matched. they were too tall and generally too quick for us, but we didn't let them blow it out as much as they probably would've liked. i didn't really have any issues, just a bit of soreness in my ankle at one point, but it's fine today.
i was pretty rusty though, missing lots of shots, and playing pretty loose. i was also very much out of match fitness, having to spend about five minutes each half on the bench. i managed to get back into the groove a bit late in the game when everyone was perhaps tiring. feel a bit stiff and sore today, but nothing too bad. another 10.15pm game tonight, so starting to get back into the thick of it, these 10.15pm games are pretty sucky though, cos it's hard to get to sleep for ages afterwards as well.
for the record, we lost 29-45, i'm not sure what the finals race is looking like, but we're in the bottom half at the moment, and with a few going on holidays over the month or so, so it might be a bit of a struggle the rest of the way.
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