Albion
were entertaining premier division opposition in the Yorkshire cup and were far
from daunted by the top flight side.
The
home side certainly took the game to the Castleford side in the first ten
minutes and made sure they played their possession out. Scott Bellamy and Mark
Smith were driving in well along with Alex Pearson but the Castleford defence
held firm and locked the Albion out.
During
the first half Albion continued to press with John Papaila having his best game
of the season so far both in attack and defence but the Panthers defence was
rock solid and showed that with the limited chances Albion gave them they were
capable of scoring as they scored three tries in the first half without reply
from the home side. Two conversions were added to leave it at 16 - 0 at half
time and it all to do for the Albion. The score was an unfair reflection on the
play from the home side who did deserve at least one score but the pace and size
of the Castleford side was a telling factor on the younger Keighley side.
The
Albion came out for the second half and started the brighter. Feather and Steel
had kept prompting the attack forward and good combination play between the two
of them opened the Castleford side up and Feather cut down field. Robinson
supported the play and Feather fed him to score Albion's first points and a well
deserved try. The Castleford side were in no mood to let the home side back in
and scored two further tries to in effect seal the game.
Man
of the Match Feather was never going to lie down however and a further break
from him saw him go two thirds of the pitch to score a great individual effort.
Lister added one of the conversions to finish the scoring at 28 - 10.
Albion
refused to lie down and whilst they didn't score any further points they shut
out the Panthers for the remaining quarter of the game and should take a great
deal of heart from the performance. Feather, Steel and Papaila were the pick of
the team but they all played well against a well drilled Castleford side.
| Pos | Profile | Tries | Goals | DG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Pickles | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Eddie Wilson | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Jason Battle | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | John Paipala | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | James Robinson | Profile | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Matthew Steel | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Andy Feather | Profile | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mark Smith | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Richard Windle | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Alex Pearson | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Scott Bellamy | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Alistair Beaumont | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Nicky Lister | Profile | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Thomas Ogden | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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