At the end of the 2022/23 season, our club historian Norman Angell stood down from his role. Before he did, he handed the reigns over to our new club historian Stephen Hodgson. Each week, Stephen will delve into the club’s history books to provide a trip down memory lane from 5, 10 and 15 years ago. Do you feature this week?
Hull RUFC had no game on this weekend in 2018.
9 November 2013 – National Two North : Sheffield Tigers 16-18 Hull
Hull RUFC’s record points scorer James Cameron held his nerve to kick an injury time penalty to give Hull only their second win of the season. Sheffield Tigers dominated the first half and Hull’s woes mounted as they lost hooker Nyemba with a suspected broken arm. Just before the break Ben Thoy crashed over for a try which Cameron converted.
Hull responded well in the second half and new back row Joe Stafford shrugged off a couple of tackles to score. In the 62 nd minute another Cameron
penalty saw Hull just one point adrift and Sheffield were visibly tired as the game entered the last 10 minutes. Just when it seemed they had held out Hull were given a difficult penalty chance in injury time which Cameron cooly slotted over to win the game for the visitors.
Team: J Barnard, A Piercy, A Heard, B Thoy, D Lespierre, J Cameron, S Hay, H Lloyd, N Nyemba, R Stout, C Murphy, L Brown, J Stafford, B Dorrington, O Cook. Subs: J Mumford, N McCauley, A Knight
Tries: B Thoy, J Stafford
Con: J Cameron
Pens: J Cameron 2
15 November 2008 – North One : Hull 28-20 Middlesbrough
Hull posted their eighth win in nine games scoring four converted tries to a single effort from the visitors who kept in contention with five converted penalties from their fly half Simon O’Farrell. Hull got off to a blistering start with two tries in six minutes. Scott Plevey and Darren Wigg both scoring for Hull with James Cameron kicking both conversions.
Middlesbrough stayed in the game and only trailed 14-11 when Hull scored again through a James Cameron try in the 30th minute which he duly converted for a 21-11 lead at half time. In the second half Middlesbrough clawed their way back into the game with three penalties before Alex Piercy sealed victory for Hull with a 78th minute try converted by Cameron.
Team: M White, M Malupo, A Piercy, G Martinson, T Vaikona, J Cameron, C Kendra, T Molitera, S Plevey, M Finau, C Murphy, D Cook, D Wigg, R Devonshire, L Makaafi. Subs: S Onesi, C Harding, D Baldwin
Tries: S Plevey, D Wigg, J Cameron, A Piercy
Cons: J Cameron 4
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