Featherstone Rovers 42-30 Whitehaven RLFC

Sunday 9th August 2015
KO: 15:00 - Round: 1

42-30 FT

HT: 32 6

Attendance: 1,107

Official: C Kendall

Venue: The BIG FELLAS Stadium

Featherstone Rovers
Tries
Alex Foster, Jordan Baldwinson, Gareth Moore 2, Will Sharp, Jamie Cording, Kyran Johnson, Matt James,
Goals
Paul Sykes 5,
Drop Goals

Whitehaven RLFC
Tries
Ted Chapelhow 2, Grant Gore, Chris Taylor, Ed Chamberlain,
Goals
Ed Chamberlain 5,
Drop Goals

Line Up

Bench

Ian
Hardman

Kyran
Johnson

Paul
Sykes

Alex
Foster

Will
Sharp

Paul
Cooke

Gareth
Moore

Jordan
Baldwinson

Andy
Ellis

Jack
Bussey

Jamie
Cording

Steve
Snitch

Tim
Spears

Matt
James

Luke
Teasdale

Jack
Ormondroyd

Brad
Knowles-Tagg

Bench

Chris
Taylor

Jordan
Burns

Greg
Wilde

Ed
Chamberlain

Craig
Calvert

Dion
Aiye

Grant
Gore

Ted
Chapelhow

Thomas
Coyle

Ben
Davies

Scott
McAvoy

Tyla
Hepi

Sam
Brooks

Stephen
Fox

Kurtis
Quinn

James
Newton

Thibault
Ancely

Line Up

Rovers

Whitehaven

Featherstone Rovers made a winning start to their Super 8s Championship Shield campaign by gaining revenge over Whitehaven with a 42-30 victory at the Big Fellas Stadium.

Rovers, who despite finishing fifth were embarrassed 29-0 at home by 10th-placed Whitehaven last month in the final round of the Kingstone Press Championship regular season, had to come from behind but in the end outscored their opponents seven tries to five to claim the victory.

Seven different players got on the scoresheet for the hosts with Alex Foster, Jordan Baldwinson, Gareth Moore, Will Sharp, Jamie Cording, Kyran Johnson and Matt James crossing, with Paul Sykes adding four goals.

For Whitehaven, Ted Chapelhow scored two tries while the other three were notched by Grant Gore, Chris Taylor and Ed Chamberlain, who converted all five kicks.

80: TRY! scored for Whitehaven by Ed Chamberlain

80: GOAL! scored for Whitehaven by Ed Chamberlain

75: TRY! scored for Whitehaven by Chris Taylor

75: GOAL! scored for Whitehaven by Ed Chamberlain

72: GOAL! scored for Whitehaven by Ed Chamberlain

72: TRY! scored for Whitehaven by Ted Chapelhow

56: GOAL! scored for Whitehaven by Ed Chamberlain

56: TRY! scored for Whitehaven by Grant Gore

53: TRY! scored for Featherstone by Matt James

53: GOAL! scored for Featherstone by Paul Sykes

50: Interchange On for Featherstone, Luke Teasdale On

50: Interchange Off for Featherstone, Andy Ellis Off

47: Interchange Off for Whitehaven, Tyla Hepi Off

47: Interchange On for Whitehaven, Kurtis Quinn On

46: Interchange On for Whitehaven, Stephen Fox On

46: Interchange Off for Whitehaven, Ted Chapelhow Off

44: TRY! scored for Featherstone by Kyran Johnson

40: TRY! scored for Featherstone by Gareth Moore

40: GOAL! scored for Featherstone by Paul Sykes

40: TRY! scored for Featherstone by Jamie Cording

40: GOAL! scored for Featherstone by Paul Sykes

38: TRY! scored for Featherstone by Will Sharp

37: Interchange On for Featherstone, Brad Knowles-Tagg On

37: GOAL! scored for Featherstone by Paul Sykes

37: Interchange Off for Featherstone, Tim Spears Off

31: TRY! scored for Featherstone by Gareth Moore

31: Interchange Off for Featherstone, Jordan Baldwinson Off

31: GOAL! scored for Featherstone by Paul Sykes

31: Interchange On for Featherstone, Jack Ormondroyd On

27: TRY! scored for Featherstone by Jordan Baldwinson

25: Interchange On for Featherstone, Matt James On

25: Interchange Off for Featherstone, Jack Bussey Off

23: Interchange On for Whitehaven, James Newton On

23: Interchange Off for Whitehaven, Thomas Coyle Off

23: Interchange On for Whitehaven, Thibault Ancely On

23: Interchange Off for Whitehaven, Ben Davies Off

14: TRY! scored for Featherstone by Alex Foster

6: GOAL! scored for Whitehaven by Ed Chamberlain

6: TRY! scored for Whitehaven by Ted Chapelhow

Head to Head

Tries:

Rovers 8

Whitehaven 5

Goals:

Rovers 5