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Hull Vikings v Newport Wasps
Premier League, 18 May 2005
Craven Park, Hull
| 1 | Emiliano Sanchez | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | . | 17 | 1 |
| 3 | Craig Branney | 1 | R | R | 0 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Emil Kramer | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2* | 3 | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 5 | Garry Stead | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 3 | . | . | 11 | 1 |
| 6 | Joel Parsons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Simone Terenzani | 1* | 2 | 1 | 2* | 1 | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 1 | Michael Coles | 0 | 1 | 2 | R | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Kristian Lund | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1* | 1 | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | Mads Korneliussen | 2 | 1* | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | Neil Collins | 1* | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 5(g) | Magnus Karlsson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Tony Atkin | 3 | 1 | 1* | 2* | R | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | Karlis Ezergailis | F | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Hull were missing Paul Thorp for this match since he had just become the proud father of a baby girl in the afternoon. The Vikings used R/R in his place at number 2. Newport arrived fresh from their victory at Exeter on Monday night with former Viking, Magnus Karlsson, riding at number 5 as a guest for Craig Watson. An opening heat 4-2 for Hull looked to have got the Vikings off to a good start and the next two heats were shared . Tony Atkin won heat 2 and Emil Kramer heat 3 before Newport drew level with a 2-4 thanks to a Magnus Karlsson win from Simone Terenzani with Toni Atkin taking third place from Garry Stead. The score after heat 4 was 12-12. Newport then took the lead with a 2-4 in heat 5 won by Kristian Lund from Emil Kramer with Michael Coles third then Hull brought the scores level again with a 4-2 when Emiliano Sanchez won from Magnus Karlsson with Simone Terenzani third. Heat 7 was shared but Hull took the lead again in heat 8 with a 5-1 from Sanchez and Terenzani. The score after heat 8 was 26-22. Heat 9 was shared with Emil Kramer beating Magnus Karlsson then Hull went eight points ahead with a heat 10 5-1 from Sanchez and Kramer ahead of Neil Collins and Mads Korneliussen. Garry Stead won heat 11 but the heat was shared. It was clear that, if they were to stand a chance of success, Newport really needed a maximum from heat 12 as Craig Branney and Joel Parsons were having a thin time of it. And a 5-1 they duly delivered with Korneliussen and Atkin heading Branney home. Hull’s lead was now back to only four points at 38-34 and a great deal was going to depend on Magnus Karlsson who was likely to be in two of the last three heats. However Hull provided the killer blow in heat 13 when Sanchez and Stead relegated Magnus Karlsson to third for a 5-1 which opened the gap to eight points again. Kramer and Terenzani followed that up with a 4-2 with Neil Collins second and, in the last heat, Garry Stead and Emiliano Sanchez scored another 5-1 to win by 14 points. Match Report by Merlin |