Cougars

[glemiln]

It seems that showers will be greeting what I hope will be a great crowd for Sunday’s tough encounter with, for now, unbeaten league leaders.

Their squad (on X ) includes former Hornet, Lewis Hatton who has been retained until 2027.   Ref - Brad Milligan.
 

This below will do but a much better crowd:
 

HORNETS 29		–	14 KEIGHLEY COUGARS
Match URL	www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/44522
Status	Completed
Date	Sunday, 8th March, 2020
Kick Off	3:00 PM (local time)
Referee	Liam Staveley
Venue	Crown Oil Arena (Rochdale)
Crowd	541
MATCH STATS
Halftime Score	14	–	10
ROCHDALE	SCORESHEET			KEIGHLEY
Sam HOPKINS		T		Richie HAWKYARD
Andy LEA				Jack MILLER
Jamie TRACEY				Jake WEBSTER
Liam WHALLEY
Samuel FREEMAN	6	G		Jack MILLER
Martyn RIDYARD		FG
ROCHDALE	TEAMS			KEIGHLEY
Samuel FREEMAN	1	FB	5	Alfie SEELEY
Brad HOLROYD	2	W	2	Mo AGORO
Ben CALLAND	3	C	4	Macauley HALLETT
Jack HIGGINSON	3	C	4	Jake WEBSTER
Dale BLOOMFIELD	2	W	5	Richie HAWKYARD
Lewis SHERIDAN	5	FE	6	Jack MILLER
Martyn RIDYARD	7	HB	15	Billy GAYLOR
Callum MARRIOTT	10	FR	13	Dan PARKER
Sean PENKYWICZ	9	HK	12	Jason MURANKA
Sam HOPKINS	10	FR	10	Dan HAWKSWORTH
Jordan SYME	16	2R	17	Lewis WRAY
Jamie TRACEY	12	2R	11	Aaron LEVY
Andy LEA	13	L	1	Louis SHERIFF
Declan SHERIDAN	14	B	14	Jack COVENTRY
Luke FOWDEN	15	B	9	James FEATHER
Adam HESKETH	16	B	16	Matthew BAILEY
Liam WHALLEY	17	B	17	Ryan WRIGHT
Matt CALLAND		HC		Rhys LOVEGRO

 

[Joe 90]

13 hours ago, glemiln said:

It seems that showers will be greeting what I hope will be a great crowd for Sunday’s tough encounter with, for now, unbeaten league leaders.

Their squad (on X ) includes former Hornet, Lewis Hatton who has been retained until 2027.   Ref - Brad Milligan.
 

This below will do but a much better crowd:
 

 

HORNETS 29		–	14 KEIGHLEY COUGARS
Match URL	www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/44522
Status	Completed
Date	Sunday, 8th March, 2020
Kick Off	3:00 PM (local time)
Referee	Liam Staveley
Venue	Crown Oil Arena (Rochdale)
Crowd	541
MATCH STATS
Halftime Score	14	–	10
ROCHDALE	SCORESHEET			KEIGHLEY
Sam HOPKINS		T		Richie HAWKYARD
Andy LEA				Jack MILLER
Jamie TRACEY				Jake WEBSTER
Liam WHALLEY
Samuel FREEMAN	6	G		Jack MILLER
Martyn RIDYARD		FG
ROCHDALE	TEAMS			KEIGHLEY
Samuel FREEMAN	1	FB	5	Alfie SEELEY
Brad HOLROYD	2	W	2	Mo AGORO
Ben CALLAND	3	C	4	Macauley HALLETT
Jack HIGGINSON	3	C	4	Jake WEBSTER
Dale BLOOMFIELD	2	W	5	Richie HAWKYARD
Lewis SHERIDAN	5	FE	6	Jack MILLER
Martyn RIDYARD	7	HB	15	Billy GAYLOR
Callum MARRIOTT	10	FR	13	Dan PARKER
Sean PENKYWICZ	9	HK	12	Jason MURANKA
Sam HOPKINS	10	FR	10	Dan HAWKSWORTH
Jordan SYME	16	2R	17	Lewis WRAY
Jamie TRACEY	12	2R	11	Aaron LEVY
Andy LEA	13	L	1	Louis SHERIFF
Declan SHERIDAN	14	B	14	Jack COVENTRY
Luke FOWDEN	15	B	9	James FEATHER
Adam HESKETH	16	B	16	Matthew BAILEY
Liam WHALLEY	17	B	17	Ryan WRIGHT
Matt CALLAND		HC		Rhys LOVEGRO

 

Hornets have put a very strong squad on Facebook. With the exception of Wilkinson it looks the best we have. It's going to be a great measure against one of the strongest sides in the comp. Should be a good game and perhaps the first shock result of the season . C'mon Hornets 

[The Lad]

Cougars are one of the favorites to lift the league title, so to put in a good performance regardless of the result is important. Hornets have shown they can do damage with ball in hand and more importantly  against Crusaders they showed game management doing a drop goal. We will have to take every opportunity and be strong in defence if we want to come away with points, but a switched on hornets can win this game.

[Anita Bath]

Come on ornits!

[Indigogo]

Any reason tickets aren't available online on game day?

[glemiln]

Hornets 12-30 down at ht; seems a too big hill to climb

[glemiln]

And nearly did we reached the summit!  That we outscored Keighley second half 18-12 augurs well for the rest of the season - well played everyone.  Hopefully a good attendance - I guess we were noisy!

[Joe 90]

Great effort good times on the way !

[The Lad]

Better team lost today. First half was back and forth as we wouldn't go away, the try on 40 mins really was a killer. The second half we were the better team and keighley were blowing for the last 10, Hornets looked in the ascendancy and would go on to win it but an unlucky interception gave the Cougars the win. 

Best performance I have seen all season, the team didn't give away much and looked like they knew what they were doing. Play like that and we will be a team to watch.

[Indigogo]

5 hours ago, The Lad said:

Better team lost today. First half was back and forth as we wouldn't go away, the try on 40 mins really was a killer. The second half we were the better team and keighley were blowing for the last 10, Hornets looked in the ascendancy and would go on to win it but an unlucky interception gave the Cougars the win. 

Best performance I have seen all season, the team didn't give away much and looked like they knew what they were doing. Play like that and we will be a team to watch.

You weren't the better team. We scored almost every time we attacked in the first half and started the second half in the same way. You came on strong and played some good rugby in the last 25 mins, but even if you had scored at right at the end when we intercepted, you would have drawn at best. 

[Anita Bath]

…and if we had avoided conceding on 40 mins as well? 

 

Anyway we lost so thats it. Cant wait for the return game.

[The Lad]

12 hours ago, Indigogo said:

You weren't the better team. We scored almost every time we attacked in the first half and started the second half in the same way. You came on strong and played some good rugby in the last 25 mins, but even if you had scored at right at the end when we intercepted, you would have drawn at best. 

Two scores coming from a six again that wasn't, a penalty right on our line for ripping the ball which was obviously dropped. Plus the lucky interception that was more to do with us forcing the ball. So it's -16 for Cougars. What really saved you was the clock, Cougars were out on their feet Hornets just ran out of time.

 Considering you came here unbeaten and already a top two team in everyone's mind, when the hooter went I haven't seen so many fans so relieved for a long time, I've heard of a paper tiger but yesterday I saw a paper Cougar. 

Edited April 29 by The Lad