Match DVD : Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:32 pm
Just watched it.
The wife picked one up for me this morning when she went to get my NRC match tickets (I knew she'd come in handy one day). I have to say that Ronnie Laughton did his damdest to give that game to Halifax. All three of their 2nd half trys would've been chalked off had there been a video ref.
The first 2nd half try came after a clear knock on by Gleeson. It hit his upper arm and went forward, he was on the run so he ran over the ball and then went back to retrieve it, picked it up and played on and Shad Royston goes in.
The next try came from blatant crossing, when a dummy runner took out Duffy and knocked him 2 feet backwards as Black came flying through and went in. Black was well covered otherwise.
The last try was one that I didn't notice while at the game. The ball was kicked up and Doddy caught the ball, but he had it immediately reefed away, in a two man tackle by Royston, who then went under.
I knew that Widnes were the better side, even before I watched this game, but we were even better than I thought they were. Other than a 15 - 20 minute period in the 2nd half, Widnes pretty much dominated the game.
Well done lads, you should've beaten them by 3 trys!!!!!!
) and this picture shows it was also 2 on 1...as does the video i suppose.
and you made 15 metre's. It's lucky we had a couple of players in the right position to tackle or that would've been a certain try.
