Skolars stung by Hornets
London Skolars 4 Rochdale Hornets 54 . . .
National League 2 . . .
Easter Monday . . .
SKOLARS suffered their second heavy defeat of the weekend, this time at home to Rochdale Hornets on Easter Monday.
With the recent spell of wet weather creating difficult conditions underfoot, it was the visitors who took their chances well with a big pack making good yards and denying Skolars possession for most of the first half.
Rochdale made an impressive start, with three tries in the first 12 minutes blowing the opposition away.
Chris Foster's pass out wide found Wayne Corcoran coming on to the ball at speed down the right flank for the first try.
That was soon followed by another score set up by the scrum-half, this time a cut-out pass finding Alex Brown on the wing.
When Skolars conceded a penalty close to their own line, Rochdale took full advantage with Jimmy Elston slipping a pass to Ian Sinfield who crossed the line with ease.
Skolars did try to mount some attacks, and breaks from Jamie Nowland and Stevie Gibbons gave some hope, but a try for Martin Ainscough and a second for Alex Brown after a swerving run down the right flank extended the margin further.
Skolars rarely had the ball but, when they did, an interception try by Martin Ainscough just made things worse, with Skolars going in 36-0 behind.
They pulled one back early on in the second half, Dene Miller racing on to a Jamie Nowland cross-field kick. But, when David Newton just managed to get his hand on to the ball after a grubber kick had deflected off the goal posts, the heated discussion with the referee saw Nowland sin-binned.
Skolars' defence worked overtime, with Jermaine Coleman and Glenn Osborn both outstanding. They stopped Hornets from scoring whilst down to 12 men, but it wasn't to last and the Lancashire side finished off with tries for forwards Andy Marsh and John Cookson.
Skolars now have to pick themselves up for the next game, against Barrow Raiders at New River this Saturday. The match kicks off at 4.30pm.
11:17am Wednesday 26th March 2008
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