England claim Four Nations
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England 80 Wales 6
The 2014
Wheelchair Rugby League Four Nations event concluded at Medway Park, Gillingham
with England thrashing Wales by eighty points to six to claim the Four Nations Championship.
England stared the game with the ball and it took them just
three minutes to get on the scoreboard as Mike Knight and Declan Roberts and
they linked well before passing ball out to Jodie Boyd-Ward on the wing and she
did just about enough to hold off Harry Jones to score the first try of the match.
Robert McLeod then scored his first try of the match as
Wales were caught napping in defence and McLeod got the ball from James Simpson
and he did just about enough to get the ball over the try line before getting
tackled to score for England.
England got their third try of the match after the Welsh
defence were again caught napping and Mike Knight and Robert McLeod gave to
good passes before McLeod passed the ball out wide to Jodie Boyd-Ward who simply
held off her defender and got the ball over the try line to score her second
try of the match.
Boyd-Ward completed her hat trick as she got the ball on
right side of the pitch and he held off two welsh defenders before cross the
try line as England opened up an early twenty point gap to Wales.
Wales again were cost
them more points as Adam Button mishandled the ball and he immediately gave to
Declan Roberts who simply just ran the ball into the comer to score his first try
of the match.
Adam Barnett then scored his first try of the match as Wales
were caught napping at the back and Declan Roberts worked hard to get the ball
out to Barnett who was just in front of the posts and he simply ran the ball
past the try line to score his first of the match.
Barnett's Medway Dragons team mate Joe Coyd was introduced
into the action for the first time and it didn't take him long to get on the
score sheet as he got the ball on the left side of the pitch and he hit an excellent
diagonal run before cross the try line to score his first try of the match.
Coyd then quickly added a second try as he got the ball in
the middle of the pitch and completed an excellent run whilst avoiding three
welsh defenders and he was unchallenged as he rushed away to score his second
try of the match.
Paul Mather was the fifth player from England to get on the
Score sheet as Ian Kenny and Joe Coyd worked well on the right side and it was
Coyd who hit a delightful ball to an unmarked Mather who ran the ball in to
score another try for England.
McLeod finished off the scoring for the first half as a
Wales missed another tackle and it was McLeod who took full advantage and he
got the ball on the left and easily rushed the ball over the try line to score
his second try of the match.
Half Time: England 52 Wales 0
Wales started the second half with the ball as they looked
to get on the board, but despite working the ball well, they lost the ball on a
turnover in their first possession of the half.
Declan Roberts then got the first score of the second half
for England as Mark Williams missed his tackle and this let in Roberts to get the ball and he simply ran the ball
from the middle of the pitch to score an easy try for England.
Roberts was then involved in the action again as he hold a
great pass from Mike Knight and he zipped past Jones and Williams to score under
the posts and grab his second try in
quick succession for England.
Robert McLeod was next England player to score a try as he worked
well on the right side of the pitch and easily held off his defender before scoring
a try deep in the corner on the left side.
Wales didn't give up and after some good work pushing they
got a richly deserved try as Jones passed the ball out to Mark Williams and he
did enough to ahead of Mather and score Wales's fist try of the match.
Jodie Boyd-Ward then added more points to England's total as
she got the ball on the right side from a great pass from Roberts, and she took
a dive past the try line in at the corner to put England past the seventy point
barrier.
Robert McLeod then continued the English dominance as he
worked hard down the right and he got away from his defender before going over
the try line on the left side to score England fifteenth try of the match.
Ian Kenny scored his first try of the match with over four
minutes left to go as he did well to get away from Williams and he squeezed between
James Roberts and Harry Jones a try to help England break the eighty point
barrier.
Final Score: England 80 Wales 6
Line-ups:
England:
Ian Kenny, Joe Coyd, James Simpson, Mike Knight, Martin
Lane, Jodie Boyd-Ward, Declan Roberts, Robert McLeod, Paul Mather, Adam
Barnett.
Wales:
Phil
Bousfield, Adam Button, Huw Chance, Andrew Rhys Higgins, Harry Jones, James
Roberts, Mark Williams.
Referee:
Rhett Johnson and Matt Ball
In-goal
Referee: Kieron Johnson and Richard Johnson
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