All Golds v Newcastle Thunder KPL1 2016 - FINAL_2
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MATCH REPORTS<br />
14<br />
ALL GOLDS vs.<br />
NEWCASTLE THUNDER<br />
REPORT<br />
PURSLOW SENDS ALL<br />
GOLDS THROUGH<br />
GLOUCESTERSHIRE<br />
ALL GOLDS 36 – 28<br />
NEWCASTLE THUNDER<br />
Sunday 3rd April, Prince<br />
of Wales Stadium,<br />
Cheltenham<br />
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> second win in a row<br />
over <strong>Newcastle</strong> in a row earned<br />
them a place in the semi finals<br />
of the iProSport Cup for the first<br />
time but true to form they made<br />
it hard for themselves.<br />
In an increasingly tense second<br />
half, twice the Golden Fern<br />
crossed for back-to-back tries as<br />
they built two-score leads only to<br />
allow the <strong>Thunder</strong> back in to the<br />
game by conceding back-to-back<br />
tries themselves.<br />
Having opened the scoring, they<br />
were pegged back but <strong>Thunder</strong><br />
didn’t help themselves with some<br />
poor handling, Benn Hardcastle<br />
being particularly off form with<br />
at least three of his passes being<br />
picked off by the home defence.<br />
Phil Cowburn had already been<br />
dragged back by the shorts after<br />
snaffling one before Lewis Reece<br />
pounced on a loose ball to set up<br />
an attack finished by Josh <strong>All</strong>ison.<br />
Harrison Elliott added a close<br />
range try as the sides went into<br />
the break level at 10-10,<br />
The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> opened the scoring<br />
in the second period through<br />
Jonny Leather and then,attacking<br />
from the restart, Reece sent<br />
Cowburn away for the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />
to lead 20-10.<br />
<strong>Newcastle</strong> closed to within two<br />
but goalkicking was their Achilles<br />
heel as Hardcastle missed the kick<br />
to level the scores. The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong><br />
went back-to-back again. Steve<br />
Parry’s unbelievable run through<br />
tackle after tackle to the line was<br />
followed by Reece’s more direct<br />
crash over from close range.<br />
Again the <strong>Thunder</strong> closed to<br />
within two points. This time Dan<br />
Parker badly shanked the kick<br />
that would again have levelled<br />
matters and the <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> finished<br />
the game with Ollie Purslow’s try<br />
in the last minute.<br />
TEAM: Jamie Murphy (g); Jonny<br />
Leather (t), Josh <strong>All</strong>ison (t), Lewis<br />
Reece (t), Phil Cowburn (t);<br />
Courtney Davies (3g), Brendon<br />
Newton; Alex Davidson, Steve<br />
Parry (Capt.) (t), Morgan Evans;<br />
Lamont Bryan, Joe McClean;<br />
Emmerson Whittel.<br />
INTERCHANGE: Almer Tagayuna,<br />
Richard Jones, Ollie Purslow (t),<br />
Harrison Elliott (t).<br />
ROCHDALE HORNETS<br />
vs. ALL GOLDS REPORT<br />
HORNETS UNBEATEN<br />
LEAGUE RUN<br />
CONTINUES<br />
ROCHDALE HORNETS 38<br />
– 16 GLOUCESTERSHIRE<br />
ALL GOLDS<br />
Sunday 10th April,<br />
Spotland Stadium,<br />
Rochdale<br />
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON<br />
The <strong>All</strong> <strong>Golds</strong> defeat at Rochdale<br />
had its moments of good rugby<br />
league but too few of them. As at<br />
Doncaster, the Golden Fern were<br />
competitive and in the contest for<br />
long periods but just lacked that<br />
extra bit of defensive resolve and<br />
attacking spark that could have<br />
brought them the advantage at<br />
key points in the game.<br />
It was also a costly game in terms<br />
of injury with Graham O’Keeffe<br />
suffering a suspected ACL injury<br />
just minutes after coming on as a<br />
substitute on his return to the side<br />
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