| 10th December 2006 - By Dave Christian | |
| KEELAN HAT TRICK SINKS VIKINGS | |
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A plucky Western Vikings crashed to a 38-0 home defeat at the hands of Southern Nomads in the Shimmin Wilson Manx Shield with Nomads flanker Rob Keelan bagging three second half tries at a bitterly cold QE2 School.
Vikings put up stiff early resistance and Nomads only took the lead after capitalising on errors. Vikings’ scrum half George Gadsby punted aimlessly downfield in the 10th minute and gave Nomads their first real possession of the game. Bulky wing James Hammal fielded the kick and crashed through some sloppy tackling. His offload found Ian Hargreaves who quickly fired it on to Cam Sayle who charged in under the posts. Dave Edge added the extras for a 7-0 lead. A few minutes later the lead was doubled. Nomads pack put the squeeze on at a Vikings scrummage and as Gadsby tried to tidy up scrappy ball at the base, his Nomads counterpart Andy Lean scooped up the bobbling ball and scooted in under the sticks for a try which was again easily converted by Dave Edge to leave it 14-0 to the visitors at the break. With the strong wind at their backs Nomads began the second half in style. Vikings were unable to clear the kick off and after a couple of phases Rob Keelan burst over for his first try of the afternoon and Dave Edge’s third conversion. Keelan was soon back over the whitewash for his second after Phil Campbell made a clean break up the centre and offloaded in the tackle. Dave Edge again converted to make it four from four and a 28-0 lead. With the game safely in the bag, Nomads seemed to take their foot off the gas but Vikings failed to capitalise despite some strong running from Tim Callow and Ed Alderson. In the final ten minutes, it was Nomads who finished the stronger though. Keelan picked up his third after the Vikings pack coughed one up against the head and the afternoon was rounded off with an Ian Hargreaves try following a trundle up the wing from big prop Steve McHugh who seconds beforehand was being berated by Coach Nick Watterson for hanging around in the back line. Western Vikings 0 Southern Nomads 38 Tries: Cam Sayle, Andy Lean, Ian Hargreaves, Rob Keelan (3). Cons: Dave Edge (4). |
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