Match Reports 2008

The Marauders opened their Rugby League Conference season travelling away across South Yorkshire to the Sheffield Forgers.

In blazing sunshine Wayne Green opened the season on the 6^th minute after latching onto a short ball from club skipper Mark Roach - Ryan Rafferty converted, 0 - 6.

Playing behind an aggressive pack Ryan Rafferty and Tom Brandham got the chance to illustrate their arsenal of tricks - Brandham hit Gaz Munro with a great ball, his angled run saw him breaching the defence before finding Brendan Neil who went over opening his try account for the season - Ryan Rafferty converted, 0 - 12.

Excellent team play by Gaz Everton, Alex Palmer and Adam Lloyd brought the Marauders into an excellent attacking position, this gave Tom Brandham the opportunity to use his quick footwork to ghost over on 20 minutes for his first Marauders try - Ryan Rafferty again converted. 0 - 18.

The Marauders were then stunned when the referee stopped their forward momentum when he ordered a water break.

The introduction of Shaun Carver by Head-coach Pete Green soon paid dividends, Jason Blanchard and Roger McClean combined to send Carver on a trade mark bullocking run before off loading to the supporting Ryan Rafferty who danced himself over for a try he converted, 24 - 0.

The game then became a casualty of some adverse refereeing that resulted in the Marauders loosing their go forward and composure until the half-time break.

Half-Time Sheffield Forgers 0 - 24 Moorends-Thorne Marauders

Pete Green used the break and his knowledge to change a few things during the break, from the kick-off Ryan Rafferty gave the ball to Shaun Carver who again drove the ball in hard and fast before off loading to the supporting Wayne Green who raced 50 metres to the try line, Ryan Rafferty slotted over the conversion, 0 - 30.

Wayne Green delivered the killer punch from the kick-off - he collected the ball and destroyed the Forgers defence going the full length of the field to add his third try of the game, Ryan Rafferty added his sixth conversion of the game, 0 - 36.

Mark Roach and Ryan Rafferty combined to send Ben Hoffman deep into the Forgers half, a quick play the ball saw Gavin Lawton just being stopped short - Jason Blanchards late feet saw him crash over, Ryan Rafferty added the extra points, 0 - 42.

Slack marking saw the Forgers hooker barge himself over to add the Sheffield sides first conference points, 4 - 42.

The Marauders got themselves back on track when Ben Hoffman sliced through the home defence off a good ball from Danny Hornsby, again Rafferty proved to be the marksman, 4 - 48.

The referee introduced his second water break on sixty minutes - it was the Forgers that reacted first after the restart, quickly moving the ball wide saw their right centre go over in the corner, 8 - 48.

The game suffered during the last twenty minutes with strange decisions coming from the merry whistler who seemed intent on keeping the score down and at his pace, the Marauders had the last say when Dean Armstrong, Wayne Rafferty and Craig Hookway united to send Wayne Green in for his fourth try of the game which was converted by Ryan Rafferty’

Full-Time Sheffield Forgers 8 - 54 Moorends-Thorne Marauders

That was a pleasing hit out and should send out a warning of our intentions to be one of the front runners in the South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire division, we scored nine tries and also had four disallowed because the referee could not keep up with play, I was also pleased with Ryan Rafferty’s kicking.

Gamebreacker : Wayne Green going the full length for his third try.

Man of the Match : 1. Alex Palmer

                                2. Ryan Rafferty

                                3. Craig Hookway

Marauders Tries.

Wayne Green 4

Ryan Rafferty 1

Jason Blanchard 1

Tom Brandham 1

Ben Hoffman 1

Brendan Neil 1

Marauders Goals

Ryan Rafferty 9/9

Next Week the Marauders are at home against Lincoln City Knights, kick- off 2.30pm on the Recreation ground, Moorends.

Marauder blast out a warning to the rest with the clinical destruction of a plunky Scunthorpe Barbarians side who soldiered on to the last whistle.

Right from the first whistle the Marauders dominated the territorial ground with Roger McClean, Jason Blanchard and Gaz Everton providing the punching power that allowed Dean Armstrong and Ryan Rafferty the luxury to be able to control the game from acting half,

Wayne Green opened the scoring on 5 minutes when he went 60 metres from the acting half, conversion Ryan Rafferty, 6 - 0.

8 minutes Gaz Everton showing why he is becoming a favourite with the Moorends crowd received the ball from a Ryan Rafferty drop off to show great leg strength bulldozing over, conversion Ryan Rafferty, 12 - 0.

10 minutes The Locksmith (Chris Allen) opened yet another door on the half-way line to sprint 50 metres before going over under the posts, conversion Ryan Rafferty, 18 - 0.

11 minutes try poacher Wayne Green intercepted on the half-way line to go in under the posts before passing to the supporting Alex Palmer who claimed his try, conversion Ryan Rafferty,

24 - 0.

22 minutes Ryan Rafferty and Mark Roach created the space for Wayne Green to punch through the Barbarians defence before sending the supporting Mark Roach in at the corner, conversion Ryan Rafferty 30 - 0.

25 minutes Craig Hookway and Ben Hoffman returned the ball back to the half way line quick hands to Chris Allen saw him drawing the Barbarians defence before a beautifully timed short pass sent Jason Blanchard crashing over, conversion Ryan Rafferty 36 - 0.

30 minutes From a Moorends scrum 30 metres from the Barbarians try line Ryan Rafferty found Mark Roach who rounded his opposite number before handing off the full back to go over, conversion Ryan Rafferty 42 - 0

Scunthorpe had their own purple patch during the next ten minutes and managed to get over the Marauders try line on a couple of occasions only to be denied by strong defencing.

Half-Time Moorends-Thorne Marauders 42 - 0 Scunthorpe Barbarians

43 minutes Brendan Neil made a break before moving the ball to Gaz Munro who carried to the half-way line, a quick play the ball to Chris Allen saw he again open the door for Mark Roach to canter over, conversion Ryan Rafferty 48 - 0

45 minutes Excellent passing and support play brought the next try with the final pass from Wayne Green to Adam Lloyd a gem, Lloyd showing pace rounded the Barbarians covering defence to ground the ball behind the posts, conversion Ryan Rafferty 54 - 0

50 minutes Strong driving from Alex Palmer, Gaz Muro and Wayne Rafferty saw the later punching through the defence before off loading to the supporting Jason Blanchard who went over in the corner, conversion Ryan Rafferty 60 - 0.

60 minutes Mark Roach split the Barbarians defence before sending Wayne Green over the try line, conversion Ryan Rafferty 66 - 0

62 minutes Shaun Carver displayed all his power and pace crashing through the visitors defence going by route one under the posts, conversion Ryan Rafferty 72 - 0

65 minutes Excellent basketball rugby league involve eight players with Craig Housley and Brendan Neil touching the ball on more than one occasion, the final pass to the supporting Dean Armstrong coming from Ryan Rafferty after he had spun and danced everyone dizzy, conversion Ryan Rafferty 78 - 0

67 minutes a typical Wayne Green 80 metre try from the acting half left players in his wake as he recorded his second hat trick of the season, conversion Ryan Rafferty 84 - 0.

71 minutes Hard driving and quick play the balls from Gaz Everton and Wayne Rafferty had Scunthorpe on the back foot, this allowed Mark Roach to show his class and dance over for his fourth try of the game, conversion Ryan Rafferty 90 - 0

74 minutes Not to be out done Wayne Green recorded his fourth try when he again went 40 metres from acting half, conversion by Ryan Rafferty equalled the clubs summer record 96 - 0

76 minutes Roger McClean bust on the half way line before feeding Ryan Rafferty who went in under the posts, conversion Ryan Rafferty 102 - 0.

78 minutes Gaz Everton rounded off a good day at the office when he crashed through the visitors defence two record his second of the game, surprisingly the easy conversion was missed by Ryan Rafferty,

106 - 0.

Full-Time Moorends-Thorne Marauders 106 - 0 Scunthorpe Barbarians

Gamebreaker :  Daz Pearson cutting his big toe.

Man of the Match 1. Mark Roach

.....................................2. Ryan Rafferty

.....................................3. Chris Allen

Outstanding in every department the Marauders recorded a new RLC club record scoring 18 tries with Ryan Rafferty converting 17, the try scorers were.

Mark Roach 4

Wayne Green 4

Jason Blanchard 2

Ryan Rafferty 1

Dean Armstrong 1

Adam Lloyd 1

Gaz Everton 2

Chris Allen 1

Shaun Carver 1

Alex Palmer 1

Moorends-Thorne Marauders had to many keys to the Sharks defensive doors in the Rugby League Conference Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire league derby, The Sharks made their visitors work hard for every point during the first forty minutes, complacency and forcing the ball during the second forty saw the Marauders completion rate drop dramatically.

Moorends dominated the early exchanges with Dean Armstrong and Ryan Rafferty playing behind a pack full of strong runners, Rossington dug deep with repel the Marauders with big hits coming in from Tom Lyons and Barry Richardson.

Mark Roach opened the Rossington defence on 6 minutes when he jumped from a quick play the ball to give Alex Palmer a beautiful short ball before crashing over in the corner, 0 - 4.

Neil Storey pulled a penalty goal back four minutes later when Brendan Neal was charged with stealing the ball, 2 - 4.

Chris Allen was at the heart of every thing as the Marauders started to make their angled running count, breaking a three man tackle on 14 minutes the strong running loose-forward sent his supporting scrum-half Ryan Rafferty in under the posts for a try he converted himself, 2 - 10.

Chris Allen again broke the Sharks defensive line on 21 minutes, this time it was Mark Roach who benefited from his gild edge passing to step Mick Quinn before going over next to the posts, Ryan Rafferty Converted, 2 - 16.

Rossington were rewarded for a short period of dominance when the Marauders defence got themselves in a tisswass from what looked like a harmless situation, Shaun Archer crossed and Neil Storey converted, 8 - 16.

Moorends bombed a real chance to extend their lead when Shaun Carver scattered the defence in front of him and then sent a bad ball out to Wayne Green would have only needed to fall over if he could have held the ball.

Chris Housley and Jason Blanchard made great yardage before Wayne Green recovered a bad ball to force himself over in the corner on 31 minutes, 8 - 20.

The Moorends forward were looking tireless tacklers in defence with Gaz Everton, Gav Millward, Roger McClean and Gaz Munro all standing out, the solid tackling forced the home team into a kicking game which both Andy Smeaton and Wayne Southgate did with pin point attacking kicks that included bombs, chips, and grubbers.

The Marauders never looked like breaking with Chris Housley, Jason Blanchard, Adam Lloyd and Wayne Green looking very dangerous when returning the ball.

It was from a Adam Lloyd return and quick play the ball that set up Dean Armstrong to jump the slow defence before sending Ben Hoffman crashing through - Hoffmann found the supporting Armstrong before receiving the ball back to walk over for a try converted by Ryan Rafferty, 8 - 26

Half- Time Rossington Sharks 8 - 26 Moorends-Thorne Marauders

On the resumption of the game the Marauders took a firm grip, Gav Millward carried the ball well into the Sharks territory before sending Brendan Neal through only to be brought down 20 metres out, Ryan Rafferty, Chris Allen and Mark Roach linked to send Shaun Carver thundering onto the ball squatting off defenders before going over for a try on 46 minutes, 8 - 30.

Rossington were playing on the back foot now with the Marauders being very dominant in every department, this however could have been the undoing of the visitors as they started to try and make passers that they would not have usually tried resulting in less completed sets of six.

Wayne Green used his experience to steady the ship and keep the scoreboard ticking over with a 56 minute drop goal from 30 metres out, 8 - 31.

From the restart Mark Roach fielded the kick off on his own try line, starting on his run he went the full length of the field showing all his footwork skills to breach the Sharks defence before winning the footrace into the corner, Ryan Rafferty converted, 8 - 37.

Rossington became under siege from the Marauders but excellent last ditch tackles by veteran second row Barry Richardson and Tom Lyons keep the Marauders at bay, in attack it was the kicking options of Wayne Southgate and Andy Smeaton that was the biggest threat to the Marauders.

The final score of the game the Marauders way with the ball being moved to the right Tom Brandham found Wayne Green on the touch line who - Green got round Barwick and then stood the Sharks cover defence up when he went inside and then back to the outside to out pace everyone to the try line, Ryan Rafferty Converted, 8 - 43.

Full-Time Rossington Sharks 8 - 43 Moorends-Thorne Marauders

Man of the Match 1. Jason Blanchard

………………….2. Chris Allen

………………….3. Alex Palmer

Game Breaker : Ben Hoffman breaking the Sharks defence on the half-way line before unloading to Dean Armstrong who then returned the pass for Hoffman to score a converted try giving the Marauders a 18 point cushion

Marauders Tries

Alex Palmer 1

Ryan Rafferty 1

Mark Roach 2

Wayne Green 2

Ben Hoffman 1

Shaun Carver 1

Goals

Ryan Rafferty 5 from 8

Drop Goal

Wayne Green

Moorends-Thorne Marauders reached the half way stage in the Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire league program with a 100% win record, Head Coach Peter Green said we were a little peeved with the tactics deployed by our opposition that never really got stamped on by the referee, I was immensely proud of how my much younger and smaller team stood up to be counted and finally dominate the collision.

The first quarter of the game was a very untidy period with the Marauders being the only side who were attempting to play Rugby League Football whilst the Giants seemed to be hell bent on trying to physically stamp some kind of authority over their South Yorkshire cousins.

After defending for most of the game the Giants again piggybacked the Marauders up the field by a series of head tackles, Shaun Carver came off the bench on 17 minutes and powered himself over the top of the Giants scoring straight from the tap penalty, 0 - 4.

Roger McClean returned the kick-off and again was fouled by a head tackle, Ryan Rafferty reached the half way line with his penalty kick,

Alex Palmer and Gavin Millward sucked in the Rotherham defence with good angled running, quick play the balls gave Mark Roach the opening to glide through - with only the full back to beat Roach fired out the perfect pass to Ryan Rafferty who was supporting the break to score a try he converted himself, 0 - 10.

Rotherham started to play a little after being given a period of possession when the Marauders defence got caught off side twice, Rotherham really looked a far better side than in the opening half hour as they cut out the rough stuff, this resulted in Duncan Henderson going over from acting half after faking to pass and going himself for a well taken try converted by Chris Chapman, 6 - 10.

Half-Time Rotherham Giants 6 - 10 Moorends-Thorne Marauders

A stern half time talk from Peter Green mainly aimed at the whinging being directed towards the referee by the players - Green pointed out it was not the referee who had made the high tackles or forward passes.

Excellent powerful driving by Steve Allen and Shaun Carver had the Giants on the back foot giving Chris Allen the half chance needed for him to step himself over for a try on 45 minutes converted by Ryan Rafferty, 6 - 16.

Moorends stamped their authority even more on the game 3 minutes later, Tom Brandham and Mark Roach combined to move the ball wide, Chris (Locksmith) Allen again opened the door with a perfect pass to Wayne Green, his pace and power had the home defence rooted to the spot as he ghosted over to ground the ball, Ryan Rafferty converting, 6 - 22.

Excellent backs play involving Greg Mills, Dean Wright and Adam Pickles took the Marauders deep inside the Giants territory, driving by Gaz Munro, Wayne Rafferty and Gav Millward sucked the defence in, Tom Brandham took full advantage by taking the ball from acting half back to be met on the try line by three would be tacklers - showing great strength Brandham reached out to score, Ryan Rafferty converted, 6 - 28.

Rotherham pulled a try back on the hour when Craig Weston and Bryn Evans moved the ball to the left for Dan Crabbis to hit the gap and score out wide, 10 - 28.

The game fell back into a quagmire of penalties as the Giants could sense the game had gone away from them, this was displayed when Gaz Munro and Wayne Green made a massive hit on the Giants main enforcer John Williams which saw him leaving the field with concussion brought on by the impact in the collision.

Chris Allen again opened up the Giants on 72 minutes - unselfishly putting Craig Hookway in under the posts when he could have gone himself, Ryan Rafferty added his fifth conversion of the game, 10 - 34

Full-Time Rotherham Giants 10 - 34 Moorends-Thorne Marauders

Game breaker : Chris Allen opening up the Giants defence for the Wayne Green try.

Man of the Match : 1. Chris Allen

………………….: 2. Alex Palmer

………………….: 3. Craig Hookway

Marauders Tries

Shaun Carver

Mark Roach

Chris Allen

Wayne Green

Tom Brandham

Craig Hookway

Goals

Ryan Rafferty 5/6

Moorends-Thorne Marauders made it six wins out of six in the Lincolnshire & South Yorkshire Rugby League Conference against newly promoted Sheffield Forgers

Wayne Green scorched in for a new summer club record of five tries in a game but was upstaged by Chris Allen for the man of the match award who went in for three tries of his own.

Moorends opened the scoring as early as the 6^th minute with a try coming from some very simple rugby that took the Marauders within 5 metres of the try line before Chris Allen took full advantage to squeeze over, Ryan Rafferty converted, 6 - 0.

Sheffield withstood intense pressure from the home before stunning them with a well taken try of their own on 12 minutes by Jack Brookes-Moncritf, 6 - 4.

The Forgers try kick started the Marauders into gear, Wayne Green got onto the end of a flowing move to step inside before showing his pace to the try line, Ryan Rafferty converting, 12 - 4.

Two minutes later Ryan Rafferty went from acting half back on the half-way line to out pace the cover for a try converted by himself, 18 - 4.

Wayne Green went over for his second on 21 minutes when he was on the end of a flowing passing movement, Ryan Rafferty converted, 24 - 4.

Sheffield steadied their ship and for the next 17 minutes held the Marauders at bay, Wayne Green again opened up the Forgers line before turning the ball back inside to Chris Allen who cleverly drew the Forgers defence before sending Jason Blanchard over for a try, 28 - 4.

Half-Time : Moorends-Thorne Marauders 28 - 4 Sheffield Forgers

Moorends had a dream start to the second half - from the kick-off Wayne Rafferty scattered the Forgers defence and made 40 metres before feeding Craig Hookway to finish with a 50 metre run to the try line, Ryan Rafferty converted, 34 - 4.

Chris Allen showing all his illusive skills ghosted through the Forgers defence to sprint 30 metres for a try converted by Rafferty, 40 - 4.

Ryan Rafferty became provider when he sucked in the visitors before sending Ben Hoffman charging over for a try converted by Ryan Rafferty, 46 - 4.

Wayne Green then added two identical long range tries on 52 and 54 minutes with Ryan Rafferty converting one, 56 - 4.

Chris Allen went from the base of the scrum on the half way line leaving the Forgers defence in his slip stream, Ryan Rafferty converted, 62 - 4.

Sheffield were rewarded for their courage when Tom Else skipped round Hookway to race 30 metres for a try converted by Dan Gray, 62 - 10.

Wayne Green came up with a new club summer record (5 tries in a game) when he was on the end of a flowing move to the right, stepping inside he dummied and darted over, Converted by Ryan Rafferty, 68 - 10.

Moorends came up with a great centre/wing partnership try on 72 minutes, Greg Mills and Adam Lloyd combined - Lloyd turned the Forgers defence inside out on a long 70 metre run for a try, Ryan Rafferty converted, 74 -10.

The last score came on the 76^th minute when Chris Allen broke the visitors defence just inside his own half, he raced 30 metres before sending his younger brother the last 20 metres to score, Ryan Rafferty converted, 80 - 10.

Full-Time : Moorends-Thorne Marauders 80 - 10 Sheffield Forgers

Marauders Tries

Wayne Green 5

Chris Allen 3

Ryan Rafferty

Jason Blanchard

Craig Hookway

Ben Hoffman

Adam Lloyd

Steve Allen

Goals

Ryan Rafferty 12/14

Forgers Tries

Jack Brooks-Moncrif

Tom Else

Goals

Dan Gray

Man of the Match

Marauders : 1, Chris Allen (13

..........................2, Wayne Rafferty

..........................3, Wayne Green

Forgers : Ben Parker (7)

Marauders reach their first Goal Early

Peter Greens first goal for the Moorends-Thorne Marauders when he took over the reins was to win the Lincolnshire & South Yorkshire minor championship, this was achieved on Saturday with their eight straight win of the season away at Scunthorpe Barbarians.

The Marauders needing one point to secure the minor championship made no mistake in what could have been a tricky fixture, powering into a 18 nil lead in the first 5 minutes with tries coming from Chris Allen, Wayne Green and Mark Roach all converted by Ryan Rafferty set the scene for the rest of the game, Moorends raced into a 42 - nil half-time which included a further two tries coming from Wayne Green, and one each for Tom Brandham, Gav Millward and Greg Mills - Ryan Rafferty landing a further conversion, 0 - 42.

Half-Time Scunthorpe Barbarians 0 - 42 Moorends-Thorne Marauders

The Marauders never let their concentration or foot slip off during the first 20 minutes of the second half with further tries being added by Wayne Green 2, Chris Allen and Jason Blanchard all converted by Ryan Rafferty, 0 - 66.

Scunthorpe realising that the Marauders main goal had turned towards nilling them became party poopers when Lewis Jones landed a 40 metre drop-goal, 1 - 66.

From the kick-off 17 year-old Alex (baby face assassin) Palmer made a massive hit on the

Barbarians ball carrier forcing the ball loose, from the resulting scrum Chris Allen sent Jason Blanchard over for a converted try, 1 - 72.

The last 20 minutes saw the Marauders bombing chances as they forced the pass when normally they would have gone to ground, however they did manage to put a further 24 points on the board coming from Chris Allen, Adam Pickles, Craig Hookway, Danny Hornsby and Ryan Rafferty who also added a further 2 conversions, 1 - 96.

Full-Time Scunthorpe Barbarians 1 - 96 Moorends-Thorne Marauders

Man of the Match : 1, Alex Palmer

...................................: 2, Wayne Green

...................................: 3, Chris Allen

Scunthorpe Barbarians

Drop-Goal : Lewis Jones

Marauders Tries

Wayne Green 5

Chris Allen 3

Jason Blanchard 2

Tom Brandham 1

Gavin Millward 1

Mark Roach 1

Greg Mills 1

Adam Pickles 1

Craig Hookway 1

Danny Hornsby 1

Ryan Rafferty 1

Marauders Goals

Ryan Rafferty 12/18

Moorends-Thorne Marauders won the battle of the districts two Rugby League Conference clubs with a resounding 62 - 8 home victory over Rossington Sharks.

Both teams set off trying to dominate the arm wrestle in the first 15 minutes, the Marauders had Roger McClean, Gav Millward and Wayne Rafferty doing the hard yards with the visitors being well served by Gareth Burns and Pat O’Donovon, it however took two pieces of skill rather than muscle to open the door for the first time, Chris Allen launched a perfect cross field bomb that Wayne Green plucked high out of the sky before sending Alex Palmer over in the corner, 4 - 0.

Moorends then started to turn the screw, Gaz Everton dominated the collision sucking in and scattering defenders before being brought down, a quick play the ball saw Tom Brandham linking with Mark Roach and Chris Allen to send Jason Blanchard over in the corner, 8 - 0.

Peter Greens coaching was bearing fruit and on 26 minutes a combination of angled running and silky ball skills saw Wayne Rafferty using quick late feet to ghost through the Sharks defence for another unconverted try, 12 - 0.

Ben Hoffmann and Shaun Carver made two outstanding drives to take the Marauders within 10 metres of the try line, dummy running and quick hands to the right saw Wayne Green hitting the gap made for him by Mark Roach before crossing the whitewash, Ryan Rafferty missed the conversion, 16 - 0.

Gaz Everton again scattered the Sharks defence making 30 metres before setting up Ryan Rafferty to go in under the posts, this time the illusive half-back added the two extra points, 22 - 0.

Moorends received the feed at a scrum 10 metres inside their own half, Chris Allen fired a quick pass off the floor to Mark Roach who dummied to pass before setting off on a 60 metre run to the try line dummying Tom Burns on his way to scoring, Ryan Rafferty converted, 28 - 0.

Half-Time Marauders 28 - 0 Sharks

Rossington opened the second half with Scott Smith being the biggest threat to the Marauders with his prompting and darting from dummy half which had started to take the Sharks forward, with every thing being thrown at them Alex Palmer Gav Millward and Ben Hoffman stood tall in defence down the middle, this forced Reece Storr to try his hand with a long pass, Storr however didn’t bank on the ever vigilant Wayne Green who intercepted the pass before racing 80 metres to score, Ryan Rafferty converted, 34 - 0.

Shaun Carver, Gav Millward and Greg Mills moved the Marauders deep inside the Sharks territory before Danny Hornsby set Wayne Green on a stepping run that turned the visitors defence inside out before sending Alex Palmer over on 49 minutes, 38 - 0.

Palmer went over for his third try three minutes later - again after the forwards had built a perfect platform for Danny Hornsby and Mark Roach to open the Sharks up providing the pass for Alex Palmer to hit and roll over, Ryan Rafferty converted, 44 - 0.

Sharks new signing Scott Smith finally got some reward for his prompting going over for a cheap try from acting half-back to pull four points back for the Sharks 44 - 4.

Blockbusting prop Gaz Everton once again shattered the Sharks defence before off loading to Wayne Green - Green’s quick hands found Chris Allen who’s accurate pass saw Mark Roach cutting through the scrambling defence before going over, Ryan Rafferty adding the extra points, 50 - 4.

The Marauders improved their lead further on 69 minutes when Craig Hookway caused problems with his strong running, Tom Brandham jumped at the play the ball sending Chris Allen towards the Sharks defenders a great angled run by Greg Mills saw him breach the defence before sending his winger Jason Blanchard over unopposed, Ryan Rafferty converted, 56 - 4.

Craig Hookway was rewarded on 72 minutes when he cleared his line crashing through the first line of defenders 15 metres from his own try line before handing off two more would be cover tacklers and out pacing the rest of the Sharks on his 85 metre run to the try line, Ryan Rafferty converted, 62 - 4.

With five minutes remaining the Sharks had the last say in the affair with Daz Burns forcing himself over from close range, 62 - 8.

Full-Time Marauders 62 - 8 Sharks.

Man of the Match : 1, Gaz Everton

......................................: 2, Craig Hookway 

......................................: 3, Tom Brandham

Marauders Tries

Alex Palmer 3

Wayne Green 2

Jason Blanchard 2

Mark Roach 2

Wayne Rafferty 1

Craig Hookway 1

Ryan Rafferty 1

Marauders Goals

Ryan Rafferty 7/12

Sharks Tries

Scott Smith 1

Daz Burns 1