PREDATORS PUT DOWN BY VETS!

February 26, 2020

TROJANS 3 TRAVELLED TO NUNEATON ON A DOUBLE MISSION – TO WIN THE LEAGUE GAME AND IF POSSIBLE TO LAND A PLATE VICTORY AS WELL ONCE THE HANDICAPS WERE ADDED.

THERE WAS NEVER MUCH DOUBT THAT THE FORMER WAS ACHIEVABLE, BUT THE LATTER NEEDED MORE INTENSITY WITH NUNEATON RECEIVING 30 POINTS COURTESY OF THE HANDICAP.

IT ALL STARTED SO WELL FOR THE VISITORS WHO SAILED INTO A 22-12 LEAD AFTER TEN MINUTES – JOB NUMBER ONE DONE. BUT THE SECOND QUARTER SAW IT ALL GO WRONG AS PREDATORS FOUGHT THEIR WAY BACK WITH SOME OUTLANDISH SHOOTING FROM AFAR AND THE HALF TIME DIFFERENCE WAS FOUR INSTEAD OF WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN – SIXTEEN.

THE SECOND HALF WAS A DIFFERENT TROJANS THOUGH AS THE DREAM BEGAN TO BECOME REALITY WITH A 31-12 PERIOD AND THE VETS WERE STARTING TO COAST HOME WHEN NUNEATON SUDDENLY STRUCK AGAIN WITH A 12-4 RUN – BACK TO 28!

THE LINE WAS IN TROJANS FAVOUR HOWEVER AS FIVE FROM SIX WENT IN AND AT THE BUZZER IT READ TROJANS 114-109 NUNEATON – AND INTO THE SEMI FINALS THEY WENT!