7th March 2004 ESFL Northern Pirates 28-6 ESFL Southern Pirates
The Northern Knights triumphed 28-6 over
the Southern Pirates in the 9man English Senior Flag League Allstar match at Witney Rugby
Club. Despite subborn defense from the Pirates, the North took the lead in the first
quarter on a Martin Brown pass to Nick Moffatt on 4th and 10, to go 6-0 ahead. The Pirates
were moving the ball well with the running of Bradley Smith and Neil Henderson, and some
good link ups between QB Nick Watson and his Chichester Shark team-mate Pete Steele and
Bournemouth Raider Tim Smith. The Knights D was not to be broken though, and Brad Smith
was picked off in the second quarter. The Knights extended their lead when Pirates QB Nick
Watson was sacked for a safety, and on the subsequent drive MVP RB Michael Soboagl ran in
from 55 yards out to put the North up 14-0.
The North came out fired up in the second
half, and the devastating running and blocking of Soboagl and Ryan Melbourne had the
South in trouble on a drive which was capped off by Soboagl (who rushed for over 100 yards
on the day) for his second TD. On the next drive, Pirates QB
Brad Smith got the Pirates back in the game with a blistering 70 yard run, and for a
moment it looked like the momentum would swing back to the South as they pulled the scores
to 20-6. The North were not to be denied though, and QB Brown added the icing on the cake
with a pass to Lawrence Tallon to seal the win.
The South got some revenge in the 5man
challenge with a 18-6 victory thanks to 2 TD passes from Nick Watson to Tim Smith, and
Barnaby Kerr's safety.
Northern Knights squad
Andy Allen, Lawrence Tallon, Martin
Brown, Nick Moffatt, John William Scott, Adam Pollock, Matt Ranson, Dave Parr, Chris
Blackwood, Greg Enright, Paul Berg (All Fen Harriers) Darren Kangurs, Keith Phillips,
Lawrence Vos, Craig Priest (All Birmingham Raiders)
Ryan Melbourne, Mike Turner, Andy Gambrill, Rich Manning (All Leicester
Eagles)
Dan Mearkle, Michael Soboagl, Tesh Patel, Ben Harper, Simon Juniper (All Team Extreme)
Gurkinder Mann, Alex Skivington (All Derby Dream Team)
Southern Pirates squad
John Parsons, Mark Elliott, Matt Heasman,
Richard Cleveland, Tim Smith, Brad Smith, Elliot Smith, Nick Michael, Vincent Gurrea,
Barney Kerr (all Bournemouth Raiders) Nick Watson, Pete Steele, Neil Henderson, Dave
Giles, Jason Davies, Dan Mitchell, Gary Robinson, Julian Simms, Ben White, Justin Handley,
Nick Harris, Andy Ifould, Jon Steele-Mills, Shaun Scutt (all Chichester Sharks) Matt
Stevenson, Dave Duncan, Roy Tanton (North Devon Dogs)
Southern Pirates squad
Northern Knights squad |