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17 January 2023
SWINTON LIONS 44
MIDLANDS HURRICANES 10
IAN RIGG Heywood Road, Sunday
The Lions produced an eight-try performance in a very competitive warm up game in which the Hurricanes showed they will have a promising season with some good play. The Lions were on the attack straight from the kick off when Hurricanes carried the ball dead to put the putting pressure on the line and Mitch Cox had a try disallowed in only the second minute for a knock on in the build-up, but they did open their account two minutes later when trialist Joe Lowe burst over the line from short range and Nick Gregson converted. Louis Brogan was held up on ten minutes but on the next tackle Gregson put in a measured kick for Josh Eaves to chase and score and Gregson converted this one too. Hurricanes then had a chance from a Lions error at the restart but lost the ball on the second tackle. Another Hurricanes error on sixteen minutes presented the Lions with a chance to score and they took it when Anthony Dyne crossed in the left corner and again Gregson converted. Matt Welham then went close for the visitors before Myles Harrop added the next Lions try in the corner, but this went unconverted. Welham then scored the Hurricanes opener when Richard Wilkinson sent out a looping pass for him to score in the corner and Ben Stead converted. Dyne then added his second before the break after another good passing movement and Gregson converted to give his side a good lead at the break.
Hurricanes made a good start to the second half with pressure on the Lions line helped by a couple of penalties that got them down field but again the crucial pass went to ground, before Dom Flanagan came close to scoring for his side but lost the ball as he reached for the line. The Lions took control again on fifty-two minutes when Gav Rodden sent out a short pass for Andrew Badrock to score on the right, but Gregson was unable to convert this one. Hurricanes were playing some exciting rugby and they added their second try four minutes later when a nice kick by Wilkinson was finished off well by winger Desmond Appiah-Kubi in the right corner, but Stead was unable to convert. They were coming strong again and once again ball handling let them down at the last tackle, but Wilkinson kept probing to get his side over the line. The Lions finished strongly with firstly Cox crossing the line on seventy-one minutes after a nice pass by Kenny Baker and Gregson converted this one too, and Gregson turned provider for the last try with a superb, measured kick to the left corner which was finished off superbly by trialist Callum Hughes and Gregson capped off his day with a touchline conversion and an impressive display by the Lions.
MATCHFACTS
LIONS
2 Mike Butt
24 Myles Harrop
22 Andrew Badrock
4 Jayden Hatton
29 Anthony Dyne
6 Nick Gregson
23 Joe Lowe
8 Gavin Bennion
14 Josh Eaves
10 Kenny Baker
12 Mitch Cox
16 Gav Rodden
13 Louis Brogan
Subs (all used)
1 Dan Abram (NU)
3 Jake Spedding
28 Callum Hughes
15 Jordan Case
21 Jonny Openshaw
18 Liam Cooper
11 Rhodri Lloyd
20 Morgan Burgess
25 Scott Parnaby
Tries: Lowe (4), Eaves (11), Dyne (16,34), Harrop (22), Badrock (52),
Cox (71), Hughes (75)
Goals: Gregson 6/8
HURRICANES
1 Nathan Hill
2 Desmond Appiah-Kubi
3 Matt Welham
15 Macauley Hallett
5 Callum Dunne
6 Ben Stead
7 Richard Wilkinson
17 Matt Bailey
9 Elliott Windley
10 Kieran Moran
13 Liam Welham
12 Conner Gilbey
8 Brad Clavering
Subs: (all used)
23 Chris Cullimore
14 Jack Dawson
24 Jacob Beer
11 Sam Bowring
18 Dominic Flanagan
21 Dan Coates
4 Sam Richards
Tries: M.Welham (28), Appiah-Kubi (56)
Goals: Stead ½
Sin-bin: Moran (70) Interference
Penalties: 3-4 Half-time: 28-6
Referee: Matthew Lynn Attendance: 458
SCORING SEQUENCE: 6-0,12-0,18-0,22-0,22-6,28-6,32-6,32-10,38-10,44-10
