All Golds v Oxford KPL1 Shield 2016 Final

commanding 34-14 lead through
Lewis Reece and Walter’s second
of the game early in the second
half but failed to really kick on
and bury a side that worked hard
and showed some neat touches
especially when Daniel Igbinedion
was in possession.
At 28-34 Oxford had the
momentum and looked likely
winners but Cowburn went over
for a try awarded after a long
discussion between the officials,
McClean scored his fourth and
Cowburn snaffled a stray pass to
score from his own half to send
the All Golds past the half century
for the first time this season.
Oxford mounted a late flurry
and scored the final try of a
harum scarum game leaving the
All Golds clinging grimly to the
points for the final few moments.
TEAM: Brendon Newton; Mo
Agoro, Josh Allison, Phil Cowburn
(2t), Jack Uren (t); Kieran Hyde
(4g), Mick Govin; Ollie Purslow,
Steve Parry (Capt.), Harrison Elliot;
Lewis Reece (t, 2g), Joe McClean
(4t); Richard Jones;
INTERCHANGE:
Luke Stephens, Lamont Bryan,
Callum Bradbury, James Walter
(2t).
THUNDER
CLAPPED, ALL
GOLDS
CLAPPED OUT
NEWCASTLE THUNDER
50 – 24 ALL GOLDS
Sunday 24 July, at
Kingston Park
WRITTEN BY CHRIS WILSON
In rugby league, good defending
is part communication and part
physical and mental commitment.
Time after time this season, the
All Golds seem to simply melt
away, conceding try after try until
it becomes embarrassing. All too
often, the application seems to
go missing and so it was in the
third quarter of this game when
Thunder ran in five unanswered
tries, some of them simpler than
would be a challenge set on the
training ground.
Steve Parry’s early score – his 16th
of the season – had the All Golds
ahead briefly and the penalty try
awarded when Kieran Hyde was
obstructed chasing his own kick
through gave the side heart at
the interval as they trailed by just
eight points.
Twenty minutes later they trailed
by 38 and though Kadeem
Williams and Lamont Bryan
scored late tries to reduce the
margin of defeat, they did little to
soothe Lee Greenwood’s anger
as he described the performance
as one of the worst he had seen
during his time in charge. “I
thought we had a decent team
on paper but it was the same
old deficiencies again - a lack of
desire which is very frustrating
and massively disappointing,” he
said.
TEAM: Jack Uren; Mo Agoro,
Lewis Reece, Kadeem Williams
(t), Phil Cowburn; Kieran Hyde
(Pen try, 2g), Mick Govin; Morgan
Evans, Steve Parry (Capt) (t),
James Walter; Lamont Bryan (t),
Joe McClean; Harrison Elliott;
INTERCHANGE:
James Rowland (2g), Emmerson
Whittel, Richard Jones, Ollie
Purslow.
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