Round 14
Harlequins 34 d. Hull FC 26

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Hill spearheads Harlequins victory
Mon May 19, 2008
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Australian stand-off Scott Hill put his injury woes aside to spearhead a superb Harlequins revival against Hull FC in the engage Super League.

The 30-year-old - who missed Quins' Carnegie Challenge Cup loss to Leeds Rhinos last week with a hamstring problem - had a hand in all of the hosts' tries as they rallied from a 16-point half-time deficit at Twickenham Stoop.

Promising youngster Tony Clubb and Chris Melling bagged doubles while Julien Rinaldi and Mike Worrincy both touched down in the second half after an Adam Dykes-inspired Hull bossed the opening 40 minutes.

Hull flew out of the blocks and Australian Dykes exposed Quins full-back Jon Wells with a bomb into the corner which allowed Richard Whiting to touch down after two minutes.

Another high kick from Dykes after 27 minutes was not dealt with by winger Rikki Sheriffe, allowing Mike Burnett to clean up and feed Tommy Lee, who touched down with ease.

Hull soon extended their lead to 16 when stand-off Danny Washbrook reaped the benefits of slick hands from Dykes as the visitors took control.

However Quins hit back before the hooter when a series of penalties allowed replacement second-rower Clubb to burrow his way over from short range to cut the deficit to 10.

Quins picked up where they left off when Rinaldi intercepted Craig Hall's pass and ran home from 30 metres.

Kirk Yeaman kept Hull ahead with a storming 85-metre run after 50 minutes but the Airlie Birds had no answer as Quins ran riot late on.

Aussie Hill allowed Worrincy to crash over six minutes later before Melling scored straight from the kick-off as the hosts went 24-20 ahead.

Clubb extended the lead to eight despite the attention of three Hull defenders after 68 minutes before Aussie Matt Sing pulled one back shortly after.

A Hull comeback was not to materialise and Hill had the final say after a silky exchange with Melling left the Hull defence flapping.

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Huddersfield bounce back from Cup loss to demolish Rovers
Mon May 19, 2008
Source: www.superleague.co.uk

Huddersfield Giants claimed instant revenge for their Carnegie Challenge Cup loss at Craven Park with a thumping engage Super League victory over Hull Kingston Rovers.

Nine-try Giants made a mockery of their alarming form, which had seen them lose eight of their previous 11 matches, to stun Rovers - who beat them 42-22 in the Cup in East Hull just seven days earlier.

Rovers, with four wins from their previous five matches, drew first blood in the sixth minute when Paul Cooke's sublime pass was latched on to by Scott Murrell, who sauntered over, Cooke converting.

But that was as good as it got for the visitors, with Giants hitting back six minutes later with teenager Michael Lawrence's scorching run seeing him surge past Jake Webster, before setting up Martin Aspinwall, who went over in the corner.

Giants, aided by a succession of penalties, proceeded to dominate and Shane Elford finished off a delightful six-man move on 17 minutes - Luke Robinson missing his second conversion.

But the former Salford half-back played a decisive hand when Giants claimed another try close to the half hour, burrowing over from dummy-half - Chris Thorman tagged on the goal.

Giants wrapped up a polished first half when Lawrence again showed blistering pace to breeze past Ben Cockayne and Webster following a sweeping move started by Paul Whatuira's long range run, Thorman converting.

Huddersfield's momentum continued after the restart, John Skandalis going over from close range - Thorman again converting - before the hosts sealed the win with a stunning score.

Fantastic work from Whatuira and Elford set up youngster Leroy Cudjoa, who dived over for his first try for the club.

Giants were running riot and added another score - their fourth try in just under 15 minutes - when Whatuira powered over following Danny Kirkmond's initial break.

Replacement Rhys Lovegrove did salvage some pride for Rovers with a 67th-minute try from Cooke's pass, but Giants put gloss on their triumph soon after when former Rovers player Andy Raleigh crossed.

Peter Fox got a late score for Rovers, after latching onto Cooke's kick, before Cockayne was sin-binned for a high tackle. Thorman landed the penalty.

The impressive Lawrence dived over in the dying moments, to put the seal on a fantastic afternoon for the Giants, with Thorman's conversion ensuring they reached a half century of points.

Report Source: www.superleague.co.uk

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