MATCH REPORT - MIDLANDS HURRICANES VS SWINTON LIONS

MATCH REPORT – MIDLANDS HURRICANES VS SWINTON LIONS

04 April 2022

MIDLANDS HURRICANES 16

SWINTON LIONS 54

IAN RIGG – Portway Stadium

After two games the Lions sit proudly at the top of the League One table with two runaway victories. On Sunday the team travelled to Birmingham to visit the Hurricanes who have rebranded from Coventry Bears who played in League One last season. They now play at the Portway Stadium in Solihull and the ground reminded some Lions fans of their visit to Markham in Canada a few years back being located in the countryside with a massive playing surface.

The Lions took the lead after six minutes when some good pressure on the line saw Deane Meadows cross under the posts and Dan Abram added the simple conversion and this was followed by a second try four minutes later when Luke Waterworth went close but from the play the ball Mitch Cox went over from close range and Abram again converted. Abram himself added the third on thirteen minutes when a nice arching run saw him score on the right side and again the conversion was good.

Hurricanes hit back with their opener on nineteen minutes when Brad Clavering was held up just short and the ball moved swiftly left for Ben Stead to slip a tackle and score and Benn Hardcastle added the conversion Tyler Walton the Hurricanes loose forward was sent to the sin bin by referee Liam Rush for a push at the play the ball and five minutes into his rest on the side line the Lions scored again when Jack Spencer scored under the posts and again this was converted by Abram but again the Hurricanes fought back when they got the ball back from the restart and Anthony Boardman managed to find his way over for their second try by the posts but Hardcastle was off target with the conversion. The Lions scored again with seconds remaining of the half when Richard Lepori set up the first try for Jayden Hatton to score in the right corner and Abram converted from the touchline as the half time hooter sounded.

Hurricanes grabbed the first try of the second half when Hardcastle was fastest to react to a high kick near the line to score and add the conversion. The Hurricanes defence was holding up well until Luis Brogan set up a try for Lewis Charnock to score by the posts on fifty-seven minutes and Abram again converted. Nine minutes later they were in again when Jordan Case score by the posts and again the conversion was good. The fans favourite Mike Butt was next to score when he collected a loose ball on half way to race away to score by the posts and again Abram made no mistake with the kick and with five minutes left Hurricanes tried to go short with a goal line drop out but the ball bounced nicely for Jayden Hatton to race in on he right and Abram converted to score the final points of the afternoon to send the large band of Lions fans home happy.

Team: Abram, Butt, Roberts, J.Hatton, Lepori, Gregson, Hansen, Meadows, Waterworth, Brogan, Lloyd, Cox, Case. Subs : Wilkinson, Spencer, Kenga, Charncok.

Tries: Meadows (6), Cox (10), Abram (13). Spencer (29), J.Hatton (39,75), Charnock (57), Case (66).

Butt (72).

Goals: Abram 9/9

Referee: Liam Rush

Pens: 4-9 to Lions

Half-Time : 10-30

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SWINTON LIONS 50 DEWSBURY RAMS 22 IAN RIGG at Heywood Road, Sunday 21 April 2024 A nine try performance from the Lions gave them their second win in what was a must win game. They got off to a great start when Dec Patton slid a nice kick towards the right corner and Mitch Cox won the race to score but Patton was unable to convert from the touchline. Rams hit back virtually straight away when good pressure on the line saw Curtis Davies dive in by the posts and Callum Turner converted. They should really have scored again but some great defence by Tee Ritson and Dan Abram grounded the player just short. They did score their second on seventeen minutes when a nice pass by Matt Garside found Owen Restall and he scored by the posts with Turner converting again. Jayden Hatton scored the Lions second on twenty-six minutes when Patton sent up a hanging kick and the centre took it as it came down to score but again no conversion from Patton. The Lions halfback was now starting to control the ball even more and the Lions then scored two tries in three minutes with Josh Eaves who was making his one hundredth career appearance scoring the first from short range and then a Saints combination on the right when Jonny Vaughan sent out a nice pass for to Ritson who powered over in the corner and Patton converted both of them to give the Lions an eight point gap and they could have scored again on the half time hooter when Hatton put Eaves through a gap but it was forward. A disastrous start for the Lions in the second half when a nice kick from Turner bounced badly for Rhys Williams and ran away from him and this saw Brad Graham touch down by the posts and Turner converted to put his team right back in it. Daniel Spencer-Tonks then extended the Lions lead with a well taken try by the posts from an Eaves pass and Patton converted. Rams were not lying down and Turner and Restall combined to send Travis Corion in at the corner and Turner could not convert this one. The home side were coming stronger as the game went on and scored their next try just after the hour when Rams knocked on in their own twenty and from the scrum Williams went in at the corner and the conversion was good. Abram scored the next on sixty-six minutes after some great build up play down the right and again Patton converted. Rams then had more pressure on the line, and it took an interception by Cox to clear the line. Ronan Dixon was sent to the sinbin with three minutes left for a high shot on Hatton. The Lions made them pay heavily for the sinbin running in two more tries with firstly Spencer-Tonks again crashing in again by the posts from short range with Patton converting and with seconds left a great cross kick by Patton found Ritson and he collected the ball to race in at the corner with Patton adding the conversion after the hooter to secure a good victory for his side. LIONS 1 Dan Abram 32 Tee Ritson 29 Jonny Vaughan 4 Jayden Hatton 5 Rhys Williams 6 Dec Patton 7 Jordy Gibson 20 Jack Houghton 14 Josh Eaves 13 Mikey Wood 11 Gav Rodden 12 Mitch Cox 16 Lewis Hall Subs (all used) 35 Ben Hartill 24 Jordan Case 8 Liam Cooper 15 Daniel Spencer-Tonks Tries: Cox (3), Hatton (26), Eaves (31), Ritson (33,80), Spencer-Tonks (45,78), Williams (61), Abram (66) Goals: Patton 7/9 RAMS 1 Owen Restall 19 Travis Corion 22 Marcus Walker 3 Ollie Greensmith 5 Lewis Carr 7 Callum Turner 9 Jacob Hookem 8 Jimmy Beckett 20 Cutris Davies 10 Ronan Dixon 12 Matt Garside 11 Brad Graham 13 Louis Collinson Subs (all used) 29 Jack Bibby 27 Joe Hird 6 Paul Sykes 23 Bailey Dawson Tries: Davies (6), Restall (17), Graham (42), Corion (54) Goals: Turner 3/4 Sin-bin: Ronan Dixon (77) High tackle Swinton man-of-the-match: Daniel Spencer-Tonks Penalty count: 4-8 Half-time: 20-12 Referee: Nick Bennett Attendance: 894

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