DUNDEE EDGE OUT WOLVES
IN ANOTHER POINTS FEST

EDINBURGH WOLVES 24 – DUNDEE HURRICANES 34

DATE: SUNDAY 22nd APRIL:
Report and Pic C/O Edinburgh Wolves

After their opening day victory the Edinburgh Wolves’ first road trip of the season brought a 10 point loss to the heavily favoured Dundee Hurricanes. The high scoring game was a close affair with a number of lead changes and only two points between the sides going into the final quarter.

The first points of the game fell to Dundee after a wayward pass from Bruce Thomson was tipped by one of his own receivers into the waiting arms of a fellow Hurricane who was able to run into the end zone.

The unlikely touchdown was then followed by a converted extra point giving the home side a 7 – 0 lead.

Edinburgh responded by turning to running back David Molloy who would carry the majority of the running game. Early in the second quarter Molloy crashed through into the end zone to bring the Wolves to within a point.

Following a solid defensive stand the Wolves got the ball back and turned to change of pace running back Allan Price who scored the next touchdown to give Edinburgh a 12 - 7 lead.

Dundee responded with two quick touchdowns – which were unconverted – leaving the home side ahead at the half with a 19-12 lead.

However following the kick off in the second half the Wolves swiftly marched down field mixing the run and pass with Molloy on the ground and Quarterback David Glendinning passing and connecting with Johnny Bannerman and Allan Price. Molloy quickly scored a touchdown bringing the game to only a 1 point difference.

A defensive miscue allowed Dundee’s Thomson to find an unmarked receiver mid-way through the third quarter to cushion their lead to 8 points again, only to have Molloy respond again with his third touchdown of the game and 5th score of the season to bring the Wolves back into contention with only 2 points separating the teams going into the 4th quarter.

After keeping the game close all day the 4th Quarter seemed to slip away from the Wolves as a couple of mis-fires including an interception of Glendinning, a coverage mistake allowing Dundee to score their final touchdown and giving up a controversial safety which initially drew a flag for a face mask tackle on the Edinburgh quarterback but had the foul called off and the 2 point score given to Dundee.

That final safety would seal the result for Dundee as Edinburgh had to chase the game and were two scores down with little time to bring the game back.

After the game Wolves Head Coach Don Edmonston rued over the missed chances “We had kept it close all game, and that’s no mean feat against a team many predict to be the division winners, but in the fourth quarter a few errors happened and the game slipped away from us. Had we had more time in those last couple of drives then the score would have been much closer, but we do have a load of rookie players and mistakes will happen."

" We’ll use this game as a learning experience. Dundee are exactly the team we expected to play against, they are many people’s pick for the top in our division for a reason."

" That we kept it close for so long shows how much we have improved, but we still have room for improvement.”

The Wolves now face a short week as they prepare for the Lincolnshire Bombers’ visit to Meadowbank Stadium on Saturday 28th of April. The 5pm kick off will be a first for the Wolves in league competition and will certainly give their fans at home a new experience with the possibility of the game being played under flood lights.