Thurston has had enough here and he takes off from the back of the scrum, he runs towards the left before making a left-foot step which leaves Perry grasping at mid air! he steps off his right and beats Jacobs as well! He's off and running now in the open 5m from the line he beats Downpipes with another great left foot step and he crosses the line! but as he does so James makes a great effort and gets a hold of the attacker! the put down is dubious and it's going to the video ref! NO TRY!!!!!!! Seperation between Thurston and the ball here, such a shame that deserved 4 points!
The Bears inch their way up field as Gemmell, Read and Cambridge take carries. Jacobs scoots and the siren for fulltime sounds, Burns cleans him up and it's all over. Fulltime and its a win for the Bears 24 - 0.
Yeah hardly touched the ball unfortunately. Downpipes was quieter than he has been though and you play on his wing so it wasn't all your fault.
I'll try and sim another round today if I can be bothered, so much work involved typing it all out, it's fun for like a 1/4 of a game though! I'll give my player ratings etc. in a sec
Man of the Match Points 3 Points - Andrew James - was involved in everything out there today, chimed in brilliantly in attacking moves, was strong positionally, and made a couple of crucial tackles which helped keep the foot on the neck of the Cowboys all game 2 Points - Ben Jacobs - Gave great service from dummy half giving his halves and forwards time to make the most of their plays. Strong running game from dummy half and a superb individual effort to score midway through the game. 1 Point - James Hughes - Performed the wingers role perfectly, cleaned up mistakes of his inside men when required and scored two blistering tries along his left touchline, sure he faced little resistance on them but he was perfectly positioned to capitalise on the mistakes of his opposite number.
<table width="324" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:4571;width:94pt" width="125"> <col style="width:48pt" span="2" width="64"> <col style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:2596;width:53pt" width="71"> </colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt;width:94pt" width="125" height="20">Name </td> <td style="width:48pt" width="64">Attack</td> <td style="width:48pt" width="64">Defense</td> <td style="width:53pt" width="71">Handling</td> </tr> <tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Andrew James</td> <td align="right">8</td> <td align="right">9</td> <td align="right">8</td> </tr> <tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">James Hughes</td> <td align="right">9</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">8</td> </tr> <tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Rusty Downpipes</td> <td align="right">6</td> <td align="right">8</td> <td align="right">6</td> </tr> <tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Heef</td> <td align="right">5</td> <td align="right">6</td> <td align="right">6</td> </tr> <tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Kelvin Fung</td> <td align="right">7.5</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">8</td> </tr> <tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Mate Perry</td> <td align="right">7.5</td> <td align="right">6.5</td> <td align="right">7</td> </tr> <tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Simon Laing</td> <td align="right">6</td> <td align="right">7.5</td> <td align="right">7</td> </tr> <tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Ben Jacobs</td> <td align="right">9</td> <td align="right">8</td> <td align="right">7</td> </tr> <tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Luke Pilgrim</td> <td align="right">5</td> <td align="right">5.5</td> <td align="right">6</td> </tr> <tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Benny Read</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">8.5</td> <td align="right">8</td> </tr> <tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Aaron O'Neill</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">7</td> </tr> <tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Brett Gemmell</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">8</td> <td align="right">6</td> </tr> <tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Morgan Burridge</td> <td align="right">7.5</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">7</td> </tr> <tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Steve Cambridge</td> <td align="right">5</td> <td align="right">5</td> <td align="right">6</td> </tr> <tr style="height:15.0pt" height="20"> <td style="height:15.0pt" height="20">Aaron Hunt</td> <td align="right">4</td> <td align="right">5</td> <td align="right">4 </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
Overall Ratings - Round 4 Andrew James - 8.5 Ben Jacobs - 8 James Hughes - 8 Kelvin Fung - 7.5 Benny Read - 7.5 Brett Gemmell - 7 Morgan Burridge - 7 Aaron O'Neill - 7 Mate Perry - 7 Rusty Downpipes - 6.5 Simon Laing - 6.5 Heef - 5.5 Steve Cambridge - 5.5 Luke Pilgrim - 5.5 Aaron Hunt - 4.5