Clock expires on Barbarians comeback against visiting Griffins.

Hot off a 75-0 victory in week 1, the Chicago Griffins visited Milwaukee in the Division 1 home opener for the Barbarians

Under perfect conditions, the match began with caution from both sides and lots of great defense that continued for nearly the entire first half.

After 35 minutes the Barbarians were ahead 7-0 after an early try by Justin Paterson (and conversion by Vigder) and a narrowly-missed 60-meter drop-goal attempt by Joe Gardener.

But a pair of quick tries in the closing minutes of the first half saw the Griffins head into the break with a 12-7 lead.

The Griffins found their stride in the second half with four unanswered tries — including one short-handed score following a yellow-card by the visitor’s 8-man. 

With 5 minutes left, the Griffins had held the Milwaukee offense to a single penalty kick and were ahead 33-13.

But the Barbarians battled bravely even with the scoreboard now firmly against them. Veteran 8-man Ben Smith crashed over at 75-minute mark and Dustin Bell a few minutes later. 

The Barbarians clearly had momentum in their favor but at full time they still trailed by 8 to narrowly miss a bonus point. Final score: 33-25 for the visitors.

• #1 – Cwiklis, Kyle
• #2 – Smolensky, Eric
• #3 – Kloiber, John Paul
• #4 – Schwalbe, Ray
• #5 – Smith, Benjamin
• #6 – Grams, Joseph
• #7 – King, Damon
• #8 – Cebe, Jeffrey
• #9 – Patterson, Justin
• #10 – Vigder, Nick
• #11 – Bartlett, Robert
• #12 – Strenk, Brian
• #13 – Gardener, Joseph
• #14 – Drzewiecki, Matt
• #15 – Albert, Michael
• #16 – Bastian, Benjamin
• #17 – Nowak, Robert
• #18 – Castillo, Paul
• #19 – Rhodes, Charles
• #20 – Walczak, Ryan
• #21 – Petfalski, Jeremy
• #22 – Bell, Dustin
• #23 – Ash, Timothy

Match Stream

MIN	EVENT	SIDE	SCORE	DETAILS
16′	TR score	MIL	5 – 0	#9 – Patterson, Justin
17′	CV score	MIL	7 – 0	#10 – Vigder, Nick
32′	IJ sub	MIL	7 – 0	Off: #1 – #1 – cwiklis, kyle On: #17 – #17 – Nowak, Robert
36′	BL sub	MIL	7 – 0	Off: #2 – #2 – Smolensky, Eric On: #18 – #18 – Castillo, Paul
37′	TR score	CHIG	7 – 5	#8 – Youngman, Henry
38′	CV score	CHIG	7 – 7	#10 – Suniula, Andrew
39′	TR score	CHIG	7 – 12	#14 – Marek, Patrick
40′	TC sub	MIL	7 – 12	Off: #4 – #4 – Schwalbe, Ray On: #16 – #16 – Bastian, Benjamin
40′	TC sub	CHIG	7 – 12	Off: #7 – #7 – Ochoa, Miguel On: #19 – #19 – Fogarty, Lant
44′	PK score	MIL	10 – 12	#10 – Vigder, Nick
54′	TR score	CHIG	10 – 17	#13 – Peterson, Scott
55′	TC sub	MIL	10 – 17	Off: #2 – #2 – Smolensky, Eric On: #18 – #18 – Castillo, Paul
55′	CV score	CHIG	10 – 19	#10 – Suniula, Andrew
57′	TC sub	CHIG	10 – 19	Off: #6 – #6 – Pellegrino, Sam On: #16 – #16 – Henley-Lewis, De’Autre
58′	TR score	CHIG	10 – 24	#10 – Suniula, Andrew
59′	CV score	CHIG	10 – 26	#10 – Suniula, Andrew
60′	TC sub	MIL	10 – 26	Off: #7 – #7 – King, Damon On: #20 – #20 – Walczak, Ryan
60′	PK score	MIL	13 – 26	#10 – Vigder, Nick
62′	TC sub	MIL	13 – 26	Off: #11 – #11 – Bartlett, Robert On: #23 – #23 – Ash, Timothy
64′	Y card	CHIG	13 – 26	#8 – Youngman, Henry
68′	TC sub	MIL	13 – 26	Off: #13 – #13 – Gardener, Joseph On: #22 – #22 – Bell, Dustin
69′	TR score	CHIG	13 – 31	#15 – Anderson, Jordan
69′	TC sub	CHIG	13 – 31	Off: #5 – #5 – Dwyer, Thomas On: #17 – #17 – walcott, nicholas
70′	TC sub	MIL	13 – 31	Off: #6 – #6 – Grams, Joseph On: #19 – #19 – Rhodes, Charles
70′	TC sub	MIL	13 – 31	Off: #9 – #9 – Patterson, Justin On: #21 – #21 – Petfalski, Jeremy
70′	CV score	CHIG	13 – 33	#10 – Suniula, Andrew
75′	TR score	MIL	18 – 33	#5 – Smith, Benjamin
75′	TC sub	CHIG	18 – 33	Off: #14 – #14 – Marek, Patrick On: #22 – #22 – Miller, Michael
75′	TC sub	CHIG	18 – 33	Off: #8 – #8 – Youngman, Henry On: #20 – #20 – Debartolo, Don
78′	TR score	MIL	23 – 33	#22 – Bell, Dustin
79′	CV score	MIL	25 – 33	#10 – Vigder, Nick