Saturday 13 September 2014

Wheelchair RL 4 Nations: England v Scotland

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:

https://soundcloud.com/mrjohnseager/wheelchair-rl-4-nations-england-mark-and-martin

https://soundcloud.com/mrjohnseager/wheelchair-rl-4-nations-sco-jamie-seery

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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