This game was a bit of a disappointment regards the score as it did not justify the effort the team put in.  It took Pumas 11 minutes before the registered their first score to make it 6 – 0.  The Eagles were pressing well when on 25 minutes we were camped on the Pumas line and looking likely to score, when hard working prop Craig Allen received a serious injury to his knee, which meant we were down to one prop as all our replacements were all backs.

From the resulting injury it disrupted us as we had to play aback into the pack. From the resulting scrum on the Pumas 15 yard line Peterlee then went the full length of the field to score and make it 12- 0.

Straight from the kick off Peterlee began to build pressure on the Eagles line which eventually cracked right on half time to make the half time score Eagles 0 Peterlee 18.

The second half started with Peterlee yet again building good pressure and it only took them 2 minutes to register their fourth try.  Straight from this try Eagles received another blow as they lost their half back, Joe Atkinson with a groin injury.  This meant that the Eagles had lost two key players in two key positions.  Three minutes later we then received what was the killer blow as we lost probably our best forward Ewan Hunter to a bad neck injury.  This injury signalled the end for the Eagles as no matter how hard the team worked Peterlee was just too strong.  The home team then ran in a further 5 tries to make the score look very lop sided and did not reflect the closeness of the game until injuries finally finished us off.  Having said that this was probably our best defensive performance against the Pumas for a long time and no doubt when we play them again, so long as we keep a clean bill of health, it could be a lot different.

Final score Eagles 0 Peterlee 44

Scoring

11 mins 6 – 0

25 mins 12 – 0

29 mins 18 – 0

33 mins 24 – 0

37 mins 28 -0

40 mins 34 – 0

45 mins 40 – 0

51 mins 44 - 0

Todays man of the match was Patrick Sowter

Team

1. Mikey Fisher
2. Alex Glover
3. Alex Warrilow
4. Lee Coleman
5. Tommy Sayers
6. Patrick Sowter
7. Joe Atkinson
8. Liam Whitton
9. Marty Mullholland
10. Adam Atkinson
11. Craig Allen
12. Ewan Hunter
13. Richard Elliot
14. Karl Barry
15. Pete Imeson
16. Dan Sutcliffe