England beat off the Irish
England 54 Ireland 2
The 2014
Wheelchair Rugby League Four Nations event continued at Medway Park, Gillingham
with England comfortably beating a hard working Ireland side.
Both sides
won on their opening fixtures and they were both looking for a further win to
get closer to winning this tournament.
The game started with England in charge and it took just
over four minutes for England to score as Martin Lane got a pass from Declan
Roberts and he surged forward past Rachel Irwin and Tony Martin to score under
the posts for his first try of the match.
And he was in the thick of the action as he got the ball
from Joe Coyd and he surged again past the Irish defence for his second try of
the match as England take an early twelve point lead.
England then added a third try in just under ten minutes as
they pushed forward and it was it was a good move from Martin Lane and James
Simpson who then got the ball out to Paul Maher and held off Damian McCabe as
he dived for the line to score his first try of the match.
England then added a fourth try as new comer to the team
Adam Barnett passed the ball to Declan Roberts zipped past Rachel Irwin and he
raced way in to the corner to score his first try of the match.
Ireland did have a great to score their first try of the
match as George Hill broke though on goal but he was excellently chased down by
Declan Roberts who saved a certain try for Ireland.
Half time: England 22 Ireland 0
England started the second half with the ball as they looked
to close out the game as they started in the right way as Mike Knight got the
ball from Ian Kenny and he held off Damian McCabe and Rachel Irwin as he though
the Irish defence to score England's first try of the second half.
Ireland was then awarded a penalty as England was caught
offside, George Hill took the kick just to the right side of the posts and Hill
easily converted the two points to put Ireland on the scoreboard.
Ian Kenny then restored England dominance of this game as he
capped off a good move as he got the ball from first from James Simpson and then
Mike Knight and he did just about enough to hold off the Irish defence to score
under the posts for his first try of the match.
Jodie Boyd-Ward also got her first try of the match for England
as James Simpson drove forward and passed the ball to Mike Knight who then
passed to Boyd-Ward wide on the right and she did enough to dive into the
corner and scored another try for England.
England then got though the forty
point barrier as Mike Knight then added his second try of the night as England
moved the ball forward and the ball ended with some nice passing play between
Boyd-Ward and Lane and Knight was there at the end of the play to surge past
his defender and score another England try.
Robert McLeod then grabbed his
first try of the match again England worked the line really well and made some
great passing between Roberts, Boyd-Wad and Simpson, McLeod was at there at the
end to get the ball from Simpson to score another England try.
Adam Barnett then bagged his first ever try for England as
he got the ball in the middle of the pitch and he used his upper body strength
to run the ball though the Irish defence to score under the posts and score
another try for England.
Final score: England 54 Ireland 2
England are back in action tomorrow afternoon as they
entertain Wales knowing that a win could secure them the trophy if not, then a
win for Ireland against Scotland could secure them the trophy.
Line-ups:
England:
Ian Kenny, Joe Coyd, James Simpson, Mike Knight, Martin
Lane, Jodie Boyd-Ward, Declan Roberts, Robert McLeod, Paul Mather, Adam
Barnett.
Ireland:
Josh McEvoy,
Chris Sealek, George Hill, Tony Martin, Andy Atkinson, Rachel Irwin, Damian
McCabe, Stu Walker.
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