We got the win against a team we always seem to struggle against. Those final 10 minutes were breathtaking for all the wrong reasons. I felt that when we went 30-10 up we became complacent and the cue went in the rack. York were dead and buried but the final 10 minutes showed what they're capable of and why they are still a team that can hurt you. I felt that overall we played well and the result was never really in doubt (until those final 5-10 mins
). We held our composure and some brilliant individual play from Souter got us up the field and Fulton delivered the KO punch to see off the Knights once and for all. I also felt that if Lilley was more accurate with the boot those final 10 minutes wouldn't have been so tense.
During the first half York capitalized on our mistakes in our 20m area and scored 2 cheap tries. Once we sorted out the errors they never got a sniff. Pele, Doro and the rest of the pack created some good momentum for our backs to cause some problems. We saw some moments of great individual play this afternoon. Doro's break was superb, we'll miss his go forward massively next year. Lehmann's footwork in the corner for his try was good and Myers never giving up on the play resulted in him scoring from a kick. Appo punching holes in the York defence also resulted in a score. Gilly scoring a brace and always being a threat down the edge. Does anyone know who got MOTM?
Another massive test next week against the Vikings. Win that one and we open up a 4 point gap between us and the chasing playoff pack.
Finally, glad that we could get the win for the Hallas family!
