2017 Onion Bag Awards
RUGBY LEAGUE
BEST MATCHES
Professional Game - WINNERS
Super
League Play Off's - Semi Final
Castleford
23 St Helens 22 (sudden
death)
atten: 11,300 full house
WOW
! .... just Wow ! Quite simply this was as good as it gets for non
stop , pulsating , end to end , topsy turvy, high octane, top quality
sporting entertainment.
Wheldon Road is an iconic british
sporting venue and the place was absolutely rammed. The atmosphere
was electric all night and the finale was one of those "I was
there" moments.
The scoring unfolded ...
6-0,6-4,8-4,8-10,20-10,20-16, 20-22,22-22,23-22.
In my opinion
Castleford Scrum half Luke Gale should be tested post match for the
size of his 'Cojones' because they must be massive. The way he
stepped up after the hooter had sounded for the end of the game to
take a tricky conversion attempt to tie the game to take it into
sudden death was so impressive. But minutes later in sudden death he
trumped that and let fly a winning drop goal.
But hats of to
St Helens because they played a fantastic match. To score three tries
in 7 minutes in that 'pressure cooker' situation was unbeleivably
impressive. Their fifth try with under two minutes remaining
which made it 20-22 was simply world class. But alas there was a very
late sting in the tale , albiet as a result of a poorly timed
obstruction by a Saints player. Then upstepped the afore mentioned
Luke 'Big Cojones' Gale.
Rugby
League , unlike football, never produces a poor game and tonight was
magical down in the Jungle.
Amateur Game - WINNERS
Bramley Buffaloes 26
Hunslet Parkside 24
Yorkshire Mens League
Division 2
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| Buffs score a last gasp winning try in a pulsating game |
Who needs pre-season Football friendlies when you can have
non stop explosive Rugby League entertainment such as this ? This
game had more spice than a Bombay Market stall.This game had it all ,
bone crunching tackles , 2 red cards , 3 sin binned , plenty of
fisticuffs , and a pulsating fightback by Bramley.
Buffs found
themselves 4-24 down with only twenty minutes remaining but some how
fought back to score the winning try with the last play of the game.
It was an exhilerating finish to a very spicy 'Leeds derby'.
The noise coming out of the Bramley changing rooms after, showed how
delighted they were with their victory.
Fantastic afternoon's
entertainment. It does not get any better !!!
