HURRICANES WIN A THRILLER
IAN GOLDEN
Alexander Stadium, Sunday
MIDLANDS HURRICANES 38
SWINTON LIONS 26
MIDLANDS HURRICANES won a thriller where the result was in doubt until they scored their seventh try on the stroke of full-time.
Both sides suffered a yellow card, but Midlands didn’t concede a try in the time when they were down to twelve men, whereas they managed to score twice when Swinton had a man in the bin.
The Hurricanes started well, but the Lions’ defence held firm to defend three successive sets.
At the other end, the Midlands’ defence, led by the mercurial Danny Barcoe, was also outstanding, especially at the play-the-ball when they were able to shut down their opponents.