Northern Rail Cup 13 February 2011
Skolars fell to a disappointing defeat on Sunday with Doncaster making the best of the rainy conditions at the Keepmoat Stadium.
Doncaster enjoyed the early stages of the game as Skolars struggled to gain possession. Chris Spurr opened the scoring for the home side finishing a quick passing move after Skolars had conceded a penalty close to their try line.
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Skolars were only 12 points down at half-time and played with more grit after the restart. However, after a strong run by Saqib Murtza, a long Dylan Skee kick was chased down by Arnot but just rolled dead. The Scottish international was then harshly deemed to have delayed the restart and was sin-binned. That gave the Dons a man advantage and they took their opportunities well with two tries in seven minutes from Jack Ely.
The final quarter of the game was a dour affair with a converted Kyle Kesik try for Doncaster being the only score.
DONCASTER
1 Mick Butterfield
2 Stu Sanderson
25 Chris Spurr
4 Shaun Leaf
5 Dean Colton
7 Craig Fawcett
19 Scott Spaven
17 Adam Scott
13 Jack Ely
20 Jamie Bovill
15 Craig Robinson
6 Matt Carbutt
16 Mike Emmett
Subs (all used)
14 Scott Wilson
9 Kyle Kesik
10 Liam Crawley
11 Kyle Sampson
Tries: Spurr (7), Crawley 928), Spaven (37), Ely 951,55), Kesik (62)
Goals: Spaven 1/2, Sanderson 3/4
LONDON SKOLARS
3 James Anthony
2 Smokie Junor
17 Dave Arnot
4 Luke May
5 Ade Adebisi
7 Dylan Skee
1 Neil Thorman
8 Tony Williams
9 Gareth Honor
10 Jason Hart
11 Matt Thomas
33 Dave Samson
31 Ben Bolger
Subs (all used)
30 Austen Aggrey
34 Saqib Murtza
32 Sam Gee
14 Stephen Ball
Tries: Arnot (15)
Goals: Thorman 0/1
Penalty count: 12-12
Half-time: 16-4
Referee: M Drizza
Attendance: 420
SCORING SEQUENCE: 4-0, 4-4, 10-4, 16-4, 20-4, 26-4, 32-4
