NURL – 34
Leeds Uni – 12
A torrid gusty wind swept over Cochrane Park on a gloomy Wednesday afternoon as the Might Owls swooped in to defend their top of the league honours against an inbred looking Leeds outfit. The monstrous NURL death machine needed a good opener after not playing for a fortnight due to John Moores postponing last week fixture in order to riot in London.
Leeds had the better of the first ten minutes, with a lethargic looking NURL team forced to defend endless sets deep in their own half, emphatically preventing any Leeds ogres crossing over the line.
NURL hit back at the visitors in style, quickly racking up a hat trick of tries by the barbaric loose forward Michael Ward. Sonny Bill-esque hands from “the kipper skipper†Liam McGee set up Ward for his opener, with his second following shortly after. Wards third try saw him cut a ferocious line, with defenders falling off him like empty Dixy Chicken mega buckets from Will Winters fridge.
As the Leeds heads dropped, NURL pressed through gallant play from the forwards, providing the platform for the back unleashing tenacious lines with McGee gliding over to score. Prop David Chatterton could easily have been confused for a winger with numerous yards gained out wide, linking up with partner in grime Baxter who tentatively pranced down the touchline giving the linesman a quick glimpse of his feminine patellas.
Hooker Rob. C. Grieves found the referees kicking advice paid dividends slotting over numerous conversions, converting his own unusually non-Dave-Parker-esque try. Boisterous brutes Ian McFear and David “O Kings” Knox controlled the game in the middle of the pitch, barrelling in the ball time and time again.
The half time break gave the AUs most admired team time to recollect their thoughts and refuel courtesy of Rockstar energy drinks. And it wasnt long before the tries resumed with ladies man Myles Hudson keeping true to his form, piercing through the Leeds defence. Man of moment, Gareth Herbert, had a heroic game bashing anyone that came close and refused to retire to the subs bench until he had run over every foe.
An impressive debut for standoff Barry Yeend saw him break the line on numerous occasions, shifting the ball out wide where Jimmy Phillips was added to the score sheet, cutting back against the West Yorkshire minstrels in effortless style to placing the ball under the posts.
With Stan Calvert creeping up on the horizon, the NURL death machine look to build momentum, next week sees the Owls voyage to Liverpool to defend their top of the league status.