Round 19
Les Catalans Dragons 16 l. Hull FC 24

2006 English Super League Index [Table] [Draw] [Player Stats] [Club Headlines]

Location: United Kingdom > National > First Grade Competition: English Super League

Hull FC take thriller
Sun July 2, 2006
Source: www.superleague.co.uk

Hull clinched their second win in the south of France, by 24-16, to extend their winning run in the engage Super League to 11 matches and move to within two points of leaders St Helens.

Peter Sharp's men, who triumphed 34-28 in Perpignan in April, were given another tough test in Narbonne before securing victory with two tries in the last quarter.

The kick-off was brought forward to enable the French to watch their team play in the World Cup quarter-final and Hull raced into a 12-0 lead after 17 minutes.

Captain Richard Swain came up with a break and full-back Motu Tony continued play for leading scorer Richard Horne to finish off by touching down for the ninth successive game.

Great Britain winger Gareth Raynor added a second try five minutes later and Paul Cooke added his second conversion to make it 12-0.

Dragons back rower Ian Hindmarsh burst through to score from a Chris Beattie pass and winger Justin Murphy added a second 10 minutes before the break after intercepting a pass by Tony and racing 90 metres.

Stacey Jones' conversion cut the deficit to 14-10 at half-time, Cooke having added a penalty to his two conversions.

Jones then levelled the scores with a solo try nine minutes into the second half and added the conversion to put his side in front for the first time at 16-14.

The French had their chances but Hull struck a decisive blow on 59 minutes when Horne sliced through the home defence to set up a try for substitute Shaun Briscoe and centre Sid Domic made sure of the win with his side's fourth try three minutes from the end.

Report source: www.superleague.co.uk

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