Final flourish cements sixth
ROBERT THE PAINTER (7) D Steele 10 9-7 (D4) ............ K Fox TARSEEKH (27) C Gordon 5 9-6 (D) ............................ C Bishop WITH APPROVAL (20) Mrs L Mongan 6 9-6 (CD) ........ L Morris BLOODSWEATANDTEARS (27) W Knight 10 9-6 (CD4) ..... J Watson (5) KAABER (22) M Blake 7 9-5 .............................. M Godwin (3) RIGHTWAY (40) A Carroll 7 9-5 (D) ....... Poppy Bridgwater (7) RATTLE ON (20) J Boyle 5 9-4 (BF, D) .................. P Bradley (5) SIR JAMIE (20) A Carroll 5 9-3 (D2) .......................... D Probert FALSE ID (20) J Farrelly 5 8-12 (C) ............ Darragh Keenan (7) MASTER OF HEAVEN (20) J Boyle 5 8-12 (C) ...... C Bennett (3) ST JAMES’S PARK (20) R J Smith 5 8-12 ................... H Crouch LADY GWHINNYVERE (225) J Spearing 4 8-12 .... C Noble (5) KWIKSTEP (83) Andi Brown 4 8-12 ........................... R Havlin SPICE BOAT P Butler 6 8-12 ................................ C Shepherd BETTING: 9-2 Bloodsweatandtears, 5 With Approval, 6 Rattle On, 7 Sir Jamie, 8 Master Of Heaven, Tarseekh, False Id, 14 Robert The Painter, St James’s Park, 16 Others. nifty break, with Bradley going over in the exact same spot five minutes later.
A good back line move delivered Field’s final try, winger Danny Grainger running it in near the corner flag. Hinchliffe took an easy four points by converting the first two.
At this point the game looked to be in the bag but in the next 10 minutes South Leicester countered with three more tries, assisted by some complacent defending.
The first two followed decisive breaks by replacement Tom Harrison, winger Myles Bean and flanker Patrick Marks cashing in on his good work.
With Field under pressure on their own line scrum half Adam Shaw got the last one and Aley converted all three with nicely-struck kicks.
With the game back in the balance the teams produced their most competitive rugby in the final stages.
Huddersfield responded with some more determined play and pressed hard inside the South 22. However the visitors showed resolution in defence that wasn’t evident earlier in the half and despite repeated charges close to the whitewash Huddersfield were kept at bay.
With the possibility of a breakaway match-winner for South hanging in the air Huddersfield were awarded a penalty 30 metres out following a deliberate knock-on.
Hinchliffe called for the tee and promptly landed the kick put his team two scores clear – and that’s how the game and Huddersfield’s league season ended.