Round 19
Hull FC 22 l. Warrington Wolves 24

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Warrington comeback to edge out Hull FC in thriller
Mon June 30, 2008
Source: www.superleague.co.uk

Chris Hicks slotted an injury-time conversion to hand Warrington Wolves a thrilling victory over Hull FC at the KC Stadium.

The full-back held his nerve to convert Matt King's try just five metres in from the touchline and ensure his side's revival under James Lowes continued.

It was tough on Richard Agar's Hull team, who had looked to have kept their frail hopes of reaching the play-offs alive with a 74th-minute try from Kirk Yeaman that appeared to have ended Warrington's resistance.

But the much-maligned King - cited by many as a failure since his switch from Melbourne - eventually made his class tell late on when he overpowered the wing-centre partnership of Tom Briscoe and Jodie Broughton, the two students who had manfully kept him quiet all game.

James Lowes named England internationals Martin Gleeson and Adrian Morley on his bench less than 48 hours after they starred in the win against France, while squad member Ben Westwood also took his place among the replacements.

The Wolves were disappointing in the opening half, though, and the Black and Whites scrapped hard for a deserved 12-6 interval lead, handed to them by two tries from Shaun Berrigan.

In torrential conditions the home side started the better with Matt Sing and Danny Tickle both creating half-breaks, although it took until the 13th minute for Berrigan to get the scoreboard running.

His first try in 11 matches was a well-worked effort too, swapping passes with Yeaman close to the left touchline. His second was a more opportunistic effort, darting over from the dummy-half position.

Sandwiched in between Berrigan's fourth and fifth tries of the season was a ninth score of the year for Warrington's flying winger Kevin Penny in what was one of only two serious attacks the Wolves mounted in the first half.

Once Penny had snapped up a horribly wayward pass from Danny Washbrook there was little doubt he would eat up the length of the field and post a score topped up by Hicks' goal.

Hicks then missed a simple penalty that would have nosed his team ahead, only for them to close the half behind and with 12 men as Paul Rauhihi was sin-binned seconds before the hooter for dissent.

Their only other chance came late on too as Chris Riley was dumped in touch by Gareth Raynor as he looked set to score.

The Wolves returned after the interval full of vigour and were soon level for a second time, Lee Briers shaking off the would-be tackle of Sing to score next to the posts. Hicks added again added the conversion.

Hull nearly regained the lead just two minutes later with a flowing last-tackle move that went through seven pairs of hands until Adam Dykes became one pair too many, before on-loan Leeds centre Broughton did cross the line with a fine dogged effort. Tickle failed with the goal.

Warrington fought back, taking the lead after Penny capitalised on Garreth Carvell's spillage to cross in the corner and Hicks made light of his conversion failure by punting a penalty with 13 minutes remaining.

Hicks did find his range to hand Warrington the lead with a penalty 13 minutes from the end before Raynor again denied Riley a score with another fine tackle.

Hull then looked to have won it when Yeaman crashed over after a wonderful move involving Sing and Dykes, only for King to respond in kind leaving Hicks with the task of winning the game.

Report Source: www.superleague.co.uk


Hull FC ovation for Topliss
Thu June 26, 2008
Source: www.hullfc.com

Hull FC will hold a minutes ovation before Sunday's engage Super League game against Warrington Wolves at the KC Stadium (3-15pm) in mark of respect for their former captain David Topliss who sadly passed away.

The decision to hold a minute's ovation for the one time Hull FC all-time greats and true legend came at the request of his widow Daryl. She wants the fans to celebrate Toppo's life by their ovation.

It will also give the fans an opportunity to show their appreciation to a man who led Hull FC to Championship and Challenge Cup victories and through the most successful era in the clubs long and distinguish history.

The 58-year-old former Hull, Wakefield and Great Britain star had his funeral at Wakefield Cathedral today, where the Rugby League world turned out in their hundreds to pay their respects to a great player and person.

News Source: www.hullfc.com

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