QUINS BLEW LEGS OFF CAS
Harlequins head coach Brian McDermott praised his players who, after being 14-0 down at half-time, scored 44 unanswered points against Castleford Tigers in the Challenge Cup Fourth Round at the Stoop.
And rather than take credit for an inspiring half-time team talk, the former Royal Marine admitted that it was the players who knew what they had to do to put things right against the Tigers, currently bottom of the Super League.
“I don’t think we played that poorly in the first half,” McDermott said. “Even though we were 14-0 down at the break, the message was not, ‘Holy moly, what’s happened?’ We knew we could get back in the game.
“I have never seen a game where the momentum has shifted so much. The players had all the right things to say at the break. They knew what was wrong – I did not say anything that turned it around. I thought they had it covered and I left half way through. They went out there and absolutely blew the legs off Castleford.”
After Michael Shenton and Adam Fletcher scored for the visitors, Danny Orr, Tony Clubb, Gareth Haggerty, David Howell, Chad Randall, Joe Mbu and Danny Ward crossed the whitewash for Quins.
Harlequins head coach Brian McDermott praised his players who, after being 14-0 down at half-time, scored 44 unanswered points against Castleford Tigers in the Challenge Cup Fourth Round at the Stoop.
And rather than take credit for an inspiring half-time team talk, the former Royal Marine admitted that it was the players who knew what they had to do to put things right against the Tigers, currently bottom of the Super League.
“I don’t think we played that poorly in the first half,” McDermott said. “Even though we were 14-0 down at the break, the message was not, ‘Holy moly, what’s happened?’ We knew we could get back in the game.
“I have never seen a game where the momentum has shifted so much. The players had all the right things to say at the break. They knew what was wrong – I did not say anything that turned it around. I thought they had it covered and I left half way through. They went out there and absolutely blew the legs off Castleford.”
After Michael Shenton and Adam Fletcher scored for the visitors, Danny Orr, Tony Clubb, Gareth Haggerty, David Howell, Chad Randall, Joe Mbu and Danny Ward crossed the whitewash for Quins.
Labels: Brian McDermott, Castleford Tigers, Harlequins Rugby League
