NURL 1sts – 32
Leeds 1sts – 0
A dominating victory at Leeds exemplified NURL�s impressive turnaround under the stewardship of pizza hut dwelling trench-coat loiterer Ed Ainscoe.
Nov 282007
Nov 142007
NURL 1sts – 12
Leeds Met 1sts – 20
‘This was the hardest game we have had in my three years including Grand Finals’ was Leeds Met and GB students coach Paul Fletcher’s sentiments after a bruising encounter at Cochrane park. Indeed with Leeds coming off the back of an 80 point victory in their previous match and demoralising memories of last seasons drubbing by a similar score line still lingering, it was not surprising that even NURLS most enthusiastic of players, Dave Furniss (not Furnish), rated their chances of somewhere between slim and C.J. Smullen. Talk prior to the game was to ‘keep the score down’ and ‘play with pride’ and Newcastle ended up doing a lot more than that.
Rick Davison with some neat passing
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Nov 112007
Newcastle 1sts – 20
Northumbria 1sts – 4
By Ed Ainscoe and Kevin Davey
Coach Rob Jones’ devotion to the rebuilding of NURL is similar in scope and awe –inspiring genius to Gaudi’s Sagrada Família. Yet whilst the Catalan’s work remains unfinished, few can doubt that NURL’s Lazarus-esque resurrection is complete following the atonement for last year’s loss in the fixture.
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Nov 112007
NURL 1sts -30
Leeds 1sts – 10
A morbid sky greeted the Leeds team and pathetic fallacy was ready to dance its cruel jig over the corpse of the lacklustre Yorkshire team. Continue reading »