SMITH KEEPS HIS COOL
HALIFAX PANTHERS 8
WIDNES VIKINGS 9
SEB STERNIK
The Shay, Sunday
FORMER Super League star Matty Smith slotted a 68th-minute field-goal to thwart Halifax after they had hit back from being eight points down and put Widnes top of the embryonic table.
With both sides expected to be involved in the play-offs, this head-tohead battle had a big-game feel about it - even if the season was only three rounds old.
In the previous game, The Shay had been hit by a blizzard as the Panthers beat London Broncos.