Though the Cats tried valiantly they went down to a better drilled
Wakefield team.
The match started strongly with both defences dominating.
With Saima Hussain and Sarah Cartwright bottling up one wing and Jodie
Billing sealing the middle the Cats looked impregnable.
However a few handling errors went the visitors way.
This pressure on the Keighley line told and Wakefield opened with a
converted try.
The Cats tried to hit back with lots of effort and but little direction.
Unsurprisingly this did not result in any score against the well-drilled
Wakefield defence but the visitors broke out to go over after 25 minutes.
Albion looked like they could have bottled up the rest of the half but
when Sarah Gatenby had the ball stolen shortly before half-time and Wakefield
used this to snatch a converted try. Half-time
score 0-16.
Substitute Sharon Wilmot was introduced after the break and she soon
showed that she meant business with her strong running and decisive tackling.
However this did not stop Albion being caught flat on their tryline and a
converted try for Wakefield inevitably followed.
A few minutes later the visitors scored again.
Albion finally showed they could be contenders.
From the restart Laura Ackroyd’s kick found touch and a few
play-the-balls later Keira Burns created a small gap that Ackroyd shot through
to score under the posts. Laura
added the conversion.
Wakefield soon hit back with a converted try of their own.
However Gemma Liddon snaffled a loose ball near the Wakefield line.
This platform gave space for Tracy Lynch to float out a long pass to
substitute wing Kirsty Horsfall. The
youngster then scored her first try for the Albion despite the attentions of a
defender. The visitors had the last
word scoring a converted try at the end of the match.
Albion will have to look to their organisation and teamwork if they want
to compete at the top of the Premier Division.
However in a game of good individual efforts both Saima Hussain and Jodie
Billing were outstanding in defence and put a lot of honest effort into attack.
Coaches Andy MacDonald and Sarah Walsh were unimpressed.
The Cats’ next match is at league leaders Bradford on the 6th
January.
Tim Cooper
| Pos | Profile | Tries | Goals | Drop Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jodee Loader | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Saima Hussain | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gemma Liddon | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sarah Cartwright | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Louise Clarke | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Laura Ackroyd | Profile | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Tracy Lynch | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Julie Cooper | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Keira Burns | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Angie Pickard | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Leanne Ludlam | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Sarah Gatenby | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Jodie Billing | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Sharon Wilmot | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Kirsty Horsfall | Profile | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Lisa Fisher | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Sarah Walsh | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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