QUINS COMEBACK TO SMASH CAS
In front of the BBC cameras Harlequins put on an outstanding second half display to bury Castleford Tigers 44-14 at the Stoop in the only all-Super League Fourth Round match up.
After being 14-0 down at the interval, Brian McDermott’s team scored 44 unanswered points to romp through to the Fifth Round.
The first 20 minutes passed without incident – a Castleford kick which was caught in the stands received the loudest cheer. Castleford’s Dwain Chambers – the disgraced athlete who has caused a stir since joining the club for a month – watched on in the drizzle. He left his chilly seat in the stands having seen the Tigers open the scoring through Michael Shenton after 23 minutes.
The winger collected Anthony Thackeray’s grubber, after Brent Sherwin’s 40-20 tremendous kick had handed them another set of six tackles. Craig Huby added the extra two points followed by another two from a penalty with ten minutes of the first half remaining.
Castleford belied their lowly position in the Super League – they are bottom with only four points from 11 games – by scoring again. Thackeray was the orchestrator as quick hands set Adam Fletcher over in the right-hand corner. Kirk Dixon took over from the injured Huby as kicker but could not convert from the touchline, though he did make amends two minutes before the interval with a successful penalty that took the score to 14-0.
Whatever coach Brian McDermott said at half time worked, as the Quins looked a different team in the second half. In short, they were awesome. After a couple of minutes Henry Paul put Joe Mbu through a gap 20 metres out and the centre slalomed three tackles to cross the whitewash. Soon after scrum half Chad Randall dummied from 10 metres from the line and scurried over for a score.
Captain Rob Purham was immaculate with his place kicking lacing those two conversions and a penalty before young winger Tony Clubb added another four points. He plucked the ball from air and after Orr chipped his kick across the defence.
In the remaining 15 minutes Quins ran riot. Man-of-the match Orr weaved in from the half-way line, and then with ten minutes left on the clock his kick popped up to David Howell in the try zone. Substitute Gareth Haggerty got in on the action, as did Danny Ward.
In front of the BBC cameras Harlequins put on an outstanding second half display to bury Castleford Tigers 44-14 at the Stoop in the only all-Super League Fourth Round match up.
After being 14-0 down at the interval, Brian McDermott’s team scored 44 unanswered points to romp through to the Fifth Round.
The first 20 minutes passed without incident – a Castleford kick which was caught in the stands received the loudest cheer. Castleford’s Dwain Chambers – the disgraced athlete who has caused a stir since joining the club for a month – watched on in the drizzle. He left his chilly seat in the stands having seen the Tigers open the scoring through Michael Shenton after 23 minutes.
The winger collected Anthony Thackeray’s grubber, after Brent Sherwin’s 40-20 tremendous kick had handed them another set of six tackles. Craig Huby added the extra two points followed by another two from a penalty with ten minutes of the first half remaining.
Castleford belied their lowly position in the Super League – they are bottom with only four points from 11 games – by scoring again. Thackeray was the orchestrator as quick hands set Adam Fletcher over in the right-hand corner. Kirk Dixon took over from the injured Huby as kicker but could not convert from the touchline, though he did make amends two minutes before the interval with a successful penalty that took the score to 14-0.
Whatever coach Brian McDermott said at half time worked, as the Quins looked a different team in the second half. In short, they were awesome. After a couple of minutes Henry Paul put Joe Mbu through a gap 20 metres out and the centre slalomed three tackles to cross the whitewash. Soon after scrum half Chad Randall dummied from 10 metres from the line and scurried over for a score.
Captain Rob Purham was immaculate with his place kicking lacing those two conversions and a penalty before young winger Tony Clubb added another four points. He plucked the ball from air and after Orr chipped his kick across the defence.
In the remaining 15 minutes Quins ran riot. Man-of-the match Orr weaved in from the half-way line, and then with ten minutes left on the clock his kick popped up to David Howell in the try zone. Substitute Gareth Haggerty got in on the action, as did Danny Ward.
Labels: Brian McDermott, Castleford Tigers, Harlequins Rugby League
