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Scotland Students victorious
Tue
Jun 19 - Written by:
Steven
Birchall
After the U/19 Scottish Students lost two weeks ago, the U/21’s have gone
one step better and have defeated a professional U/21 Workington side in
Derwent Park. The match, which is a warm up for the up coming France match
was convincingly won by the boys from up north winning 28 – 14 in the end.
Scotland got the early lead, scoring 3 tries to none, and leading 18-0 in
the first 20 minutes of play, however a lapse in concentration saw
Workington quickly cross, however couldn’t make the conversion. Late in the
first half Edgar from Scotland, broke through a number of tackles to score
his own try but unfortunately missed his conversion. In the 39th minute,
Workington scored an easy try after poor Scotland defending and closed the
score line to 22-10 after converting the try.
The second half displayed a tighter battle between the two sides with
Workington scoring within the first couple of minutes, but again unable to
make the conversion. Scotland had a number of opportunities to score further
but handling errors and their need to still full master the skills of Rugby
League prevented this.
A strong run by MacDonald of the Scotland students, saw them advance easily
to the 40 metre line, and after a few set plays, Scotland soon crossed to
have their try converted and go out 28-14 victors.
Overall a great win for Scotland and for the game up north. Lets hope their
matches continue to be a success, with all the Scotland students currently
residing in Scotland.
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