Thursday, July 21, 2005

Tigers go down at Hull.

SHEFFIELD'S run of away defeats continued at Craven Park last night in a meeting that had just about everything.The drama started in heat three as Ricky Ashworth and Craig Branney tangled, leaving Richard Hall with nowhere to go.Hall (wrist) and Branney (shoulder) played no further part and both sides were forced to use their reserves extensively for the rest of the night.With eight heats gone, the Tigers found themselves 29-19 down and that ten-point deficit became 12 as the Vikings stretched out to 37-25 after 10.But an 8-1 from inspirational skipper Sean Wilson and namesake Ben in heat 11 ensured that the meeting would go all the way down to the wire.The last-heat decider, with the Tigers 46-43 down, ended up as an anti-climax though after Andre Compton was twice excluded under the two-minute rule.That gave the Vikings both Premier League points but the Tigers will be more than confident of collecting the bonus in what promises to be a fiery return fixture at Owlerton tonight.HULL: Paul Thorp 12+1, Simone Terenzani 11+2, Emil Kramer 11, Robbie Kessler 6+1, Danny Norton 5+1, Emiliano Sanchez 5+2, Craig Branney 0.TIGERS: Sean Wilson 17, Andre Compton 9, Paul Cooper 8, Ricky Ashworth 6, Ben Wilson 4+1, Kyle Legault 1+1, Richard Hall 0.

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