England dominate the Scots
England 104 Scotland 14
The 2014
Wheelchair Rugby League Four Nations event continued at Medway Park, Gillingham
with England breezing past Scotland in their first match of the tournament.
The game started with England having to defending early on
but a poor pass let England back in as Scotland nearly scored the first try of
the match.
England manage to break the deadlock on five minutes as the captain Martin Lane as
he got a great pass from Mike Knight and he got in-between two Scottish defenders
and made a great dive for the line to score the first try of the match.
Joe Coyd then added a second try after nine minutes as get
got the ball from Martin Lane and he broke away from two Scottish defenders to
score his first try of the match.
Martin Lane then turned from provider to scorer as he his
second try of the match, as he got the ball and broke away from middle of the
pitch and ran with the ball past two Scottish defenders to score a try.
Joe Coyd then capped of a great passing play from England as
both Mike Knight and Martin Lane were involved as England continued their dominance
this first half. Coyd got the ball from a great pass from Lane and held off two
Scottish defenders before scoring his second try of the match. #
Mike Knight then got involved in the action as he capped off
a good move from England as he got the ball from Joe Coyd and dived for the
line as he scored his first try of the match and England's fifth try of the
match so far.
Joe Coyd then completed his Hat trick as he capped off a
great run and pass move for England as they broke past the thirty point barrier
in this match.
James Simpson then got England got past the forty point
barrier as he capped off a good move from as Joe Coyd gave the ball to Simpson who
held off his defender and dived past the try line under the posts to score his
first try of the match.
England captain Martin Lane then finished off the scoring of
the first half as he got the ball on the half way line as easily past three Scottish
defenders before scoring his hat trick try of the match.
Half Time: England 46 Scotland 0
Scotland started the second half with the ball as they tried
to get on to the scoreboard but it was Robert McLeod who scored the first try
of the second half after he got the ball and scored a try after getting the
ball from a great passing interchange from Joe Coyd and Chris Simpson.
McLeod then quickly added a second try of the match as he
got the ball from a great pass from Joe Coyd and he ran away with the ball and
he out sprinted the Scottish defence to score under posts for another try for England.
Martin Lane then scored the try of the match as he got the
ball in his own half and out muscled three Scottish defenders before running
the ball towards goal and scoring his fourth try of the match.
Scotland then managed to get on the scoreboard as they drove
hard for the line and it was Ian
McKeen who held two English defenders before crossing
the try line to score Scotland's first try of the match.
Joe Coyd then got his fourth try of the match as England
drove forward and Jodie Boyd-ward past the ball to Coyd who easily held off his
defender to score another try for England.
Scotland then doubled their score as Sean Frame dove for the
line and scored a try after beating off two English defenders to score his first
try of the match.
Despite England scoring another try though Joe Coyd, Scotland
was awarded a penalty try as Stephen Carling was pushed as he was diving for
the line by Paul Maher.
But England continued their dominance as Mike Knight got the
mall from the middle of the pitch and was unchallenged as he scored another try
for England. The kick from Coyd put England past the eighty point barrier.
Two further tries from Mike Knight and another try Martin
Lane from Ian Kenny as England got past the one hundred point barrier for this
match.
Final score: England 104 Scotland 14
England are back in action this evening as they entertain
Ireland whilst Scotland are back in action this afternoon as they play against
Wales in their second game of the tournament.
Catch the post match interviews with both coaches here:
Line-ups:
England:
Ian Kenny, Joe Coyd, James Simpson, Mike Knight, Martin
Lane, Jodie Boyd-Ward, Declan Roberts, Robert McLeod, Paul Mather, Adam
Barnett.
Scotland:
Graeme Stewart, Stephen Carling, Michael Mellon, Sean Frame,
John Cairns, Gavin Dobson, Ian McKeen, Gemme Lumsdaine, Chris Calderwood, Jack Waring,
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