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Glasgow Tigers v Sheffield Tigers
Premier Trophy (Group), 10 April 2005
Ashfield Stadium, Glasgow
| 1 | George Stancl | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Matthew Wethers | 2* | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Jamie Birkinshaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Paul Bentley | 2* | 1 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Shane Parker | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 1 | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 6 | James Cockle | 2* | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | Trent Leverington | 3 | 2* | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 1 | Sean Wilson | 1 | 2* | 1* | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | Ben Wilson | 0 | 3 | 4^ | 2 | . | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Richard Hall | 1 | 2 | 1* | 6^ | 2 | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 4 | Ricky Ashworth | X | 1* | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Andre Compton | 1 | 1* | 3 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Paul Cooper | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Kyle Legault | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Glasgow went into this match on the back of Thursday night’s heavy defeat at Sheffield and a creditable draw at Berwick last night. Glasgow needed to pull back 25 points to challenge for the bonus point. With James Cockle returning to the Glasgow side both teams were at full strength. What a start for Glasgow! They blew Sheffield away with four consecutive 5-1s. But just when they thought the bonus point was as good as theirs back came Sheffield with their own 1-5 in heat 5 as the two Wilsons headed home Paul Bentley to make the score 25-9. The next two heats were shared as was heat 8 but it took a TR from Ben Wilson to neutralise the four points scored by Trent Leverington and Matthew Wethers in that heat. Sheffield got another two points back with a 2-4 from Andre Compton and Paul Cooper with Paul Bentley taking second place. The score after heat 9 was 33-23 and the bonus was now beginning to look like a forlorn hope for Glasgow. Firstly, Stancl and then Parker won the next two heats but Glasgow could gain no advantage from them. In heat 12 Sheffield gave a TR to Richard Hall and he came up trumps beating James Birkinshaw. With Paul Cooper taking third place Sheffield scored a 2-7 and were now only 5 points behind at 41-36. Any hopes they might have entertained about taking more than the bonus were ended by the usual Stancl, Parker 5-1 in heat 13. Sheffield took a 2-4 in heat 14 won by Ricky Ashworth and Glasgow replied in kind with their own 4-2 with George Stancl completing a full five ride maximum but Shane Parker was beaten by Richard Hall to deny him a paid maximum. Match Report by Merlin |