8/8/2019 Gillette National Youth League Weekly Report
02-11-09
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Despite going 12 points down in the opening 10
minutesFeatherstone Lions defeated the visiting East Leeds in agame
that looked for a long time like it could go either way.
Gareth Hynes and Dan Hudson did the early damage, before the
inspirational Adam Jones got Featherstone on the board.
However,Tim Scire quickly restored the 12-point gap and Gareth
Hynescontinued what was to be a flawless set of conversion kicks on
theday to further stretch the lead and worry the hosts.
It was Featherstone who took a lead into half time though, with
hattrick scorer Darrell Olpherts crossing first and last in a four
try burst,sandwiched by scores from Nathan Fozzard and Jake
Perkins.Fozzard made three of the conversions to make it 26-18.
When the second half began though it was the visitors again
who
started the stronger side, Hynes again converting from scores
byKyle Quinlan and East Leeds man of the match Nathan West.
This gave the home side a four point deficit to overturn as the
finaltwenty minutes approached, and they showed themselves to be
upto the task when Darrell Olpherts completed his hat trick to
level thescores, before Jack Candin stepped up to give Featherstone
the leadwith the boot.
A late drop goal from loose forward Adam Jones then gave the
Lionsthat little bit of extra breathing space, and the home side
defendedwell for the final ten minutes to keep hold of their lead
and claimboth points.
Elsewhere, in horrendous weather at the Ted Gleave Sports
Groundin Widnes, an undermanned Barrow Lakers struggled to adapt to
theconditions as quickly as the Widnes West Bank Bears,
eventuallylosing by 42 points to 16. Rhys Ashall led the Bears from
the front,scoring one try and kicking three conversions from tries
by DannyMullally, Jordan Barr, Matty Carter and Mark Fisher as they
took a26-0 lead into the break. Paul Rickleton spearheaded
anencouraging second half performance by the Lakers as they
crossedthree times but a second Matty Carter try, alongside scores
fromRichard Arnold and Jonny Crank, saw the home side
finishcomfortable winners.
Leeds Stanningley defeated Halifax Siddal by 44 points to 14
withan outstanding team performance at The Arthur Miller Stadium,
thecombination of Stanningleys and the half back pairing of
JackBussey and Niall Murphy taking control of the game early
anddenying their opponents much opportunity to play. Lewis
Jones,Jack Bussey, Jamie Avison, Luke Wood, Sam Savage, Niall
Murphyand a Cameron MacKenzie double made up the try scorers for
the
home side, with Murphys 90 metre breakaway the pick of the
tries.For Siddal, Luke Wood, Dan Patrice and Joe Wriggley crossed
with
