Quote: bren2k "Hmm - not sure where I got that information from then; must have dreamt it!
Anyhow, great turnaround for us yesterday - 20 nil down with 18 mins to go and being caned by the official, we scored 22 unanswered points to nick the game; not sure where the lads dug that one up from, but it was probably the hardest they've played all season.
West Hull were a terrific bunch - probably the most respectful and dignified group of young players we've met all season; they even cleared up after themselves in the clubhouse after the food and presentations!'"
Definate game of two halves. The ref had a shocker and I think he needs a new watch as the first half was about 22 minutes. Some of his calls were a disgrace namely the third try for Hull where it was a obvious knock-on and even the Hull player stood up expecting a scrum only to be told to play on. After penalising Sandal for the entire first half I thought he would carry on like that for all the game but in the second half he went the otherway and started to penalise Hull to even it up.
This takes nothing away though from Sandal who really dug deep and took it to Hull and with ten minutes to go the Hull parents sort of knew that there was only going to be one winner.
I was stood with the Hull parents and the comments from Bren above are spot on.Even though it was a bitter pill to swallow both parents and players took defeat on the chin and as they said it's a learning curve for the lads and hopefully they will be stronger for it.
My first visit to Spartan HQ and made to feel more than welcome by a sound set of parents.
