photo by Ian Lovell

The Valley Cougars continued their winning ways with an emphatic 62-18 win at Nelson today.

Rob Davies got the Tigers off the mark early with a try that was converted by Daryl Carter but this was the last time the Tigers would cross the line in the half as the Valley Cougars stamped their authority on the game when. Man of the match Paul Emmanuelli crossed the line for the first of his four tries which he subsequently converted and this was quickly followed by a brace from Daf Hallard and another from Emmanuelli.  With the conversion again from Emmanuelli the score was 24-6.

The Valley Cougars piled on the points with further scores from John Sannigar, Rhodri Morris another from Emmanuelli and Liam Williams bringing the half time score to 40-6.

The second half saw the Valley Cougars extend their lead with another score from Emmanuelli and Rob James before the Tigers began a mini revival.  Scores from Gareth Jones, Martin Vaughan along with a conversion and penalty from Carter closed the gap but at 50-18 the game was already out of reach.

The Valley Cougars wrapped up the game with a try from Chis Beck converted by Emmanuelli and a final try from Emmanuelli converted by Martin Lewis ended the game at 62-18 to the home side.

Valley Cougars Clive Batchelor said "It was a fantastic game for us and difficult to pick a standout moment. All that lads played extrememly well and we're really pleased with the win".

article by Mark Harris
23 May 2009