Wildcats Convincing in Connecticut Cup Win

The Connecticut Wildcats moved one step closer to clinching the top of the AMNRL table with a convincing 36-6 win over 2nd place Northern Raiders at Andrews Field. With the temperature sitting around 90 degrees, the match proved to be a heated battle between the two Connecticut rivals. The match was a dead heat until Wildcats drew first blood in the 16th minute through Andrew Webster, who went through 2 raider defenders to scurry from five out to put the first points on the board (6-0 Murray Roeske conversion). The Raiders took advantage of some costly missed tackles to quickly answer back and draw the scores even at 6-6. But the Wildcats stuck the ball right back up the gut thru winger Gareth Gibbs, who linked up off Christian Rahui and proceeded to dissect the defense over the next 60 meters, to put the Wildcats out in front (12-6 Roeske conversion). The Wildcats took advantage of a penalty from right in front, opting to go for goal with Murray Roeske successfully converting to go into half time with a 14-6 lead.

In the 2nd half the Wildcats proved to strong for the Raiders with centre Mark Whitney crossing 5 minutes in, to push the score line to 20-6 (Luke Collins Conversion). The Wildcats scored again through Whitney, with a display of quick hands to put winger Curtis Cunz over in the corner to make it 24-6. But on the next kick-off, USA Tomahawk forward Will Brazier broke the defense single-handedly and linked up with Murray Roeske who sprinted the rest of the 50 meters to go in and make it 30-6 (Roeske Conversion) The Raiders played 2 man short the rest of the game with centre Danny Sutton and Prop Steve Bullock given the marching orders by referee Rob Irwin. The Wildcats took full advantage and with a serious of inside balls, created a hole for hooker David Lloyd slide through and link up with Lock Danny Bull who touched down with 1 minute to go in the game. Luke Collins successfully converted to make the final score 36-6 pushing the Wildcats out to a 9 point lead on the Conference ladder, with three games remaining in the regular season.

Next week, the Wildcats travel to the Castle to battle the Knights, who are coming off back-to-back losses to the Bulls and Raiders. The Raiders play the Bulls at Glen Mills next, in a battle for second place in the Conference.

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