The Cats line up before kick off Picture by Trevor Smith
The Cats line up before kick
off Picture by Trevor Smith
| Paul Kirkham | Saima Hussain | Sarah Walsh | Leanne Ludlam | Sharon Wilmot | Jane Lancaster | Angie Pickard | Laura Ackroyd | Jodie Billing | Julie Cooper | Andy MacDonald |
| Natalie Dedics | Sarah Gatenby | Gemma Liddon | Tracy Lynch | Louise Clarke | Sarah Carwright | Kirsty Horsfall | Keira Burns |
Sarah
Gatenby hits it up
Picture by Trevor Smith
Albion consolidated their 3rd place in the Premier Division
with this comfortable win over Birkenshaw.
More importantly in the eyes of their coach, Paul Kirkham, they kept
their line intact.
The scoring was opened in some style by Laura Ackroyd who
then converted her try. Saima
Hussain and Jodie Billing also got on the score sheet with tries before Laura
Ackroyd scored two more to make her hat-trick in the 1st half.
The final try of the half involved a long Sarah Gatenby break which Laura
backed up to cross the line. With
all the tries converted by Ackroyd this put the score at the break 30-0.
After the restart it was more of the same.
Tracy Lynch took a quick tap and fed Saima Hussain.
The winger then jinked over the next 15m to score.
Laura Ackroyd converted.
Laura
Ackroyd converts
Picture by Trevor Smith
On 46 minutes Jodee Loader stole the ball in a tackle 20m
out from the visitors' line. A few
tackles later Laura Ackroyd crossed over. She
also added the kick.
Birkenshaw tightened their defence and kept Albion out for
about 10 minutes. Not that the
Bradford side got anywhere, resolute tackling from the Cats, lead by Keira
Burns, Jodie Billing and Laura Ackroyd snuffed out any possible attacks.
Tracy Lynch broke the temporary deadlock when she burst
over from a short play-the-ball. Laura
Ackroyd converted. On 63 minutes
Sarah Cartwright went close to the line and gave Angie Pickard the opportunity
to bulldoze her way over. Laura
Ackroyd got the extra 2 points.
On Albion's next foray towards the Birkenshaw line the ball
went across the pitch through several pairs of hands before Jodee Loader
straightened up and forced her way in. Laura
Ackroyd converted.
Keira
Burns looks to pass
Picture by Trevor Smith
Finally on the 80th minute Leanne Ludlam was put through a
wide gap by Laura Ackroyd and the big second-rower made the 30m to the line look
easy. Ackroyd added the conversion to make it 11 conversions from
11 tries.
All in all it was a pleasing team performance with local
rivals Birkenshaw not getting a look in due to the ferocious defence put up by
the whole team.
Next Sunday the Cats go to Hull Dockers in a dress
rehearsal for their Challenge Cup semi-final the following weekend.
Tim Cooper
| Pos | Profile | Tries | Goals | DG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jodee Loader | Profile | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Saima Hussain | Profile | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gemma Liddon | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sarah Cartwright | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Kirsty Horsfall | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Laura Ackroyd | Profile | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | Tracy Lynch | Profile | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Julie Cooper | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Keira Burns | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Angie Pickard | Profile | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Louise Clarke | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Sarah Gatenby | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Jodie Billing | Profile | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Leanne Ludlam | Profile | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Natalie Dedics | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sarah Walsh | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
More pictures available below
Sarah Gatenby puts on a step
Picture by Trevor Smith
Saima Hussain sets off
Picture by Trevor Smith
Julie Cooper strides onwards
Picture by Trevor Smith
Tracy Lynch winds up a pass
Picture by Trevor Smith
Leanne Ludlam hands off
Picture by Trevor Smith
Laura Ackroyd dummies
Picture by Trevor Smith
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