Club historian Stephen Hodgson takes us on a trip down memory lane every week of the season. Stephen picks out matches the club played on this week from 5, 10 and 15 years ago. It continues to be a popular read with former and current players. Do you feature in this week’s article?
23 November 2019 – National Two North : Fylde 20-22 Hull
Hull upset the form book and ended an eight game winless streak in style with a tremendous win to inflict league leaders Fylde’s first home defeat of the season. Mike Adlard touched down within the opening five minutes to open the scoring for Hull before Fylde replied with a penalty. Two further converted tries to the hosts saw the gap open up to 17-5 but Hull struck back with a Steve McColl try, converted by Reece Dean, to reduce the score to 17-12 after 23 minutes. Just before half time a Fylde penalty goal stretched their lead to 20-12.
Fylde failed to register any points in the second half as the visitors grew in confidence. Reece Dean kicked a penalty on 51 minutes for 20-15 before Mike Adlard used his pace again to score his second try which Reece Dean converted for 20-22. Fylde tried hard but Hull held firm, and even had a third try disallowed for a knock on with five minutes left, to register a priceless away win.
Team: S McColl, M Adlard, A Heard, T Tanumi, K Naylor, R Dean, R Watts, C Beech, M Jobling, J Sproston, C Curry, L Regardsoe, T O’Donnell, L Cowen, L Makaafi. Subs: T Kivalu, C Bell, W Hall, A Thomson, T Lee.
Tries: M Adlard 2, S McColl
Con: R Dean 2
Pen: R Dean
22 November 2014 – National Two North : Stockport 30-33 Hull
Hull came away victorious at Headlands Road after a remarkable turnaround from a 15 point deficit at half time and a 16 point second half deficit. An early penalty for Stockport was followed by two converted tries to put the hosts 17-0 in front. Hull had lost Jamie Clark to a serious face injury but responded when Adam Tamanis touched down and James Cameron added the conversion. However Stockport scored again on the stroke of half time to lead 22-7 at the break.
The Hull turnaround began 60 seconds into the second half as Ali Heard and Jamie Broadley set up centre Aiden Holland for a try again converted by Cameron. Five minutes later Stockport scored their fourth try, followed by a penalty kick, to lead 30-14 with half an hour still to play but that would be their last score of the game. Hull won a flurry of penalties resulting in Ben Sullivan scoring near the posts and James Cameron again adding the extras.
The fourth try for Hull followed a tremendous solo run by replacement Tomasi Tanumi from within his own half before releasing Ali Heard to score. James Cameron added his fourth conversion and Stockport led 30-28 with 18 minutes remaining. A frantic and tense final quarter of the match was decided when Oliver Hardisty escaped down the right to cross over and give Hull a tremendous 30-33 win.
Team: J Clark, J Broadley, A Heard, A Holland, J Kirk, J Cameron, O Hardisty, T Price, M Jobling, A Tamanis, M Alderson, R Devonshire, J Stafford, B Sullivan, O Cook. Subs: L Brown, W Haddow, J Gray, J Trail, T Tanumi.
Tries: A Tamanis, A Holland, B Sullivan, A Heard, O Hardisty.
Cons: J Cameron 4
21 November 2009 – Yorkshire Cup 1st Round : Driffield 20-32 Hull
With a break from league action Hull overcame a tough challenge from Driffield to progress in the Yorkshire Cup. Driffield were quick out of the blocks and built up a 14-0 lead in the first fifteen minutes from two converted tries. Hull replied with a try from Alex Campbell, converted by Chris Harding for a 14-7 half time score.
Seven minutes into the second half Driffield extended their lead with a penalty before Hull’s big forwards started to dominate possession. Tries from Shaun Leaf (2), Tevita Vaikona and Laurence Pearce together with a Chris Harding penalty saw Hull finish stronger and progress to the next round with a 20-32 win.
Team: C Harding, T Vaikona, S Leaf, O Norman, A Piercy, M David, O Hardisty, J Ward, K Renwick, T Sanders, S Edwards, A Campbell, D Wigg, S Taylor, L Pearce. Subs: G Martinson, M Alderson, C Murphy, S Onesi.
Tries: S Leaf 2, T Vaikona, A Campbell, L Pearce
Con: C Harding, M David
Pen: C Harding
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