A Dundee squad of 22 players, including 9 rookies, endured a 9 hour overnight bus trip to Spalding in Lincolnshire.

And they opened their account in the first quarter when Quarterback, Bruce Thomson connected with younger brother Fraser from 30yds out for the opening touchdown

Then the Dundee triggerman extended the lead with a short run over the goal line extended the lead to 12 points.

The Thomson family combination continued in the second quarter when Fraser Thomson brought in another touchdown pass from 18 yards, which was then successfully converted by his older brother, making it 20 unanswered points to the Taysiders.

With no change to the scoring during the third period, there were early signs that the long trip was beginning to affect the Hurricanes, who were missing 3 starting Offensive Lineman and 2 starting defenders.

But after a slow start in the fourth quarter, the Hurricanes managed to dig deep into their reserves and add to their tally when Quarterback Thomson connected with his third touchdown pass of the day, this time finding TE Ricky Hamilton from 8yds out.

The 2 PAT was converted by popular French Running Back Mahamdou Niakate enabling the Scots to run down the clock on their next possession Dundee then ran out the remaining time on their next possession to finish 28-0.

Dundee now open their 1st home game against hotly fancied Edinburgh Wolves on the 1st May at Dawson Park.

After their opening victory, Coach Charlie Campbell said, "This was always going to be difficult due to the time spent travelling down and shows great character amongst the players to step up and perform to achieve this opening game result.”

“Yes we were missing key players and gave away a lot of penalties, but a win is a win and that is what counts. We now know what we need to work on over the next few weeks before we tackle the Wolves"

HOME