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MATCH REPORTS<br />
Knights’ charge into Playoffs<br />
6th March <strong>2011</strong><br />
Knights 36 - 7 Demons<br />
The Edinburgh Napier Knights<br />
completed a remarkable turnaround<br />
season with a comfortable win over the<br />
Teeside Demons clinching a playoff<br />
spot in the national BUAFL Challenge<br />
Trophy. In what was a must win game,<br />
the Knights opened the scoring with<br />
a 28 yard pass from Euan Rennie to<br />
Neale Lees in the 1st quarter.<br />
The score of the day came in the<br />
2nd period as Napier Running Back<br />
Jamie Welsh broke free on an 85-yard<br />
Touchdown run. A converted extra<br />
point by Rennie gave the Knights a<br />
14-0 lead.<br />
Rennie broke another long Touchdown<br />
run of 42 yards as he was flushed from<br />
the pocket by the Demons gigantic<br />
defensive front which put the Knights<br />
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21-0 ahead at the half.<br />
A slow start to the 2nd half was<br />
marked by a remarkable 4 Touchdown<br />
scores from Napier being called back<br />
by the officials and it wasn’t until the<br />
4th quarter that Napier got themselves<br />
legitimately back on the score sheet.<br />
Rookie RB Jamie Welsh added his<br />
second TD of the day this time from 47<br />
yards putting Napier 28-0 in front and<br />
earning himself MVP honours for the<br />
game.<br />
A final 1 yard dive from Rennie and<br />
2PAT run by Welsh gave the Knights a<br />
36-0 lead before Teeside got onto the<br />
score sheet with a 40 yard reception<br />
from Chris Lingard to Tim Bolland in<br />
the dying seconds of the game. The<br />
36-7 win means the Edinburgh Napier<br />
Knights finish the season with 5 wins<br />
2 loses and 1 tie (5-2-1). They now<br />
meet the Nottingham-Trent Renegades<br />
on Sunday the 13th March at the Jack<br />
Kane Centre Edinburgh with a 1pm<br />
kickoff.<br />
Head Coach Pete Laird was keen<br />
not to dwell too much on his team<br />
mistakes. ‘We are aware that this<br />
wasn’t our most polished display of the<br />
season, but today’s victory is all about<br />
the achievements and hard work of the<br />
teams players, staff and coaches over a<br />
long season.’<br />
‘The squad of lads on this year’s team<br />
have been a pleasure to coach and I<br />
would like to thank them all for their<br />
efforts thus far and hope that we can<br />
now put together a playoff run.’
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