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South Wales Warriors
33-39 Chiltern Cheetahs
Chiltern had a good road trip to Cardiff, to face the South Wales
Warriors on Sunday after last weeks close loss at Cambridgeshire Cats (6-7), the Cheetahs
finally recorded their first win of the season. It was the Warriors who struck first
blood on their second offensive play of the game, when Quarterback Russell Wingfield
completed a 58 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Tomas Longworth to give the home side
a 6 - 0 lead. Chiltern offence replied on the next drive with some good running by
Marshall Wille setting up the first of three touchdown passes by Quarterback Deniz
Karagulle to Quantez Scroggins from 31 yards (6 - 6).
South Wales regained the lead in the second quarter with Wingfield again found Longworth
for another score, this time for 48 yards and Matt Slimming kicked the extra point (13 -
6). Back came the Cheetahs closing the gap on Scroggins 20 yard touchdown run, but a
failed extra point attempt left the Warriors with a 1 point lead (13 - 12). This lead was
extend when running back David Sinclair broke tackles and raced into the end zone from 27
yards out (19 - 12). Before the half ended Chiltern finally took the lead for the first
time which they never gave up, on two Deniz Karagulle touchdown passes both to Quantez
Scroggins, the first for 11 yards, which Scroggins ran in the extra point and the second
on the last play on the half for 45 Yards, with Giles Stevenson kicking the extra point to
give the Cheetahs a half time lead 13 - 21.
Chiltern received the second half kick-off and on their second play Quarterback, Karagulle
had his pass intercepted by Warriors Owen Roberts who returned it for a Touchdown.
Wingfield's 2 point pass attempt was complete to Barry Winter to tie up the game at 27 -
27. But Chilterns offence pressured their opponents for most of the third quarter and
where rewarded with touchdowns runs by Marshall Wille and Deniz Karagulle to give them a
27 - 39 lead.
Strong defensive pressure from both teams in the fourth quarter limited the scoring
chances, that both teams had been experience for most of this game. But with 1:30 left in
the game, the Warriors scored on an 18 yard pass from Wingfield to David Young and a
failed extra point run left the warriors behind by 6 (33 - 39), thus forcing an on side
kick attempt which was recovered by Chilterns David Fowler and the Cheetahs ran out the
Clock to seal the win.
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