NIGHTHAWKS TOO STRONG FOR TIGERS

Glasgow Tigers 12 Merseyside Nighthawks 16

After a week of recording soaring temperatures, this was an afternoon of 10 minute monsoons, plus a barrage of hailstones thrown in for good measure.

Welcome to Summer Football!

But for the new look Glasgow Tigers, this was another dent in their rebuilding process having been overpowered in a hard fought contest at a muddy Cambuslang Rugby Club.

Having struggled for numbers throughout the 2006 season, hopes have been high of better fortunes this year, with a number of their successful youth side stepping up to the senior game.

And despite a spirited and battling performance, it was the strength and experience of the English side that came through on the day, coming from behind twice to edged out the Tigers, leaving them still searching for their first win of the campaign.

Prior to kick off, Mother Nature decided to provide some unwelcome pre match extras with wind, heavy rain and hailstones to boot.

With many people thinking of running for, cover, they brave souls on the sidelines and on the field dug in and finally got underway.

And after just three plays, former star youth, college rusher and now starting to make his mark on the senior game, Ian “Sparky Dick got the Tigers off to the perfect start after just three plays sprinting 45 yards for the opening touchdown.

However it was not until the second quarter, the Nighthawks were starting to pose a series threat to the Tigers endzone.

The visitors were soon starting to motor up field when Barry Murphy powered through the defensive wall to create a new set of downs inside the Glasgow half.

Murphy continued to add to his stats with another run up field, taking them to the Tigers 20 yard line.

On the next play, Quarterback, Tim Parr got himself out of trouble, managing to hang on to a bad snap of the ball, scrambling clear to get a pass off to a diving 45 ( name to be confirmed)

Minutes later it was a last stand off for the Tigers deep in their own goal line. And on 4th and goal with one yard to goal, their reward for their hard work paid off when Parr’s pass, finished as incomplete.

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