Seventeen years is a seriously long time between drinks.
But the floodgates opened in the Border clubrooms on Saturday after lanky lock Mark Crawford scored his first try since his beloved rugby team's inception in 1996.
The epic five pointer came in the second half of the Tasman Tanning senior competition clash with Tech at Dallison Park in Waverley as Border chased down a 15-0 half time deficit.
"To be fair it's not our job, is it?" the 1.94-metre tall No4 quite rightly pointed out in defence of his 17-year drought.
"We were on attack and I moved around the side of the ruck and pinched the ball off an opposing player and dotted down. I'd like to say I sprinted 20-metres with the ball, but I didn't. And I was probably off side, but the ref was on the other side and didn't see me," Crawford, affectionately nicknamed Pole, said.