Hot Iron: British American Football League Division Two 2005

TROJANS STREET AHEAD PT 2

The last time these two teams met, the Trojans had surprised many pundits by edging out Dundee in the opening game of the season.

Since then the Inverclyde outfit’s progress has continued with a convincing victory over the Glasgow Tigers last week, where as the Hurricanes were still looking for their first win of the season having lost their last game to the Edinburgh Wolves.

So this revenge was very much on the Hurricanes mind as they had the chance to get their season back on track and reserve their week one result.

But after a hard fought opening spell, the momentum appeared to be swinging in the Trojans favour when Jon Sutherland returned a punt attempt to around midfield.

Then on the next play, his associate in the backfields, Jordan Falconer, burned the artificial turf with a 39 yard run to the Dundee 18 yard line.

But the Hurricanes defense weathered the storm and forced the home side to gamble on fourth down conversion inside the visitor’s redzone.

But heavy pressure from the home rear guard resulted in very little gain for the reigning Scottish Champions and they were forced to punt away possession again with the Trojans starting a new drive inside the Dundee half.

And on the first play, Falconer broke free with a 31 yard into the endzone for the opening six points.

The Trojans stretched their lead early in the second quarter when Quarterback Gary McNey picked off Street for another six points, with Sutherland adding the conversion attempt to make it 14-0 Trojans.

The moment swung back in the home side favour when the defense forced a Dundee fumble, which was recovered by former Scottish Claymores, Paul Balfour. Then minutes later, showed a clean pair of heels with a 50 yard run into the endzone.

And with 22 seconds of the first half remaining, Street pulled in his second touchdown catch of the day to give the home side an unassailable 26 point lead.

There was no change in the scoring till the early stages of the final period, when McNey picked off Street at the far corner of the end zone to give West Coast 32 unanswered points.

Dundee’s troubles continued when Bruce Thompson was intercepted by Mike Smith. Then Street used his height advantage to great effect, beating two defensive backs to another Gary McNey pass and bring the ball to the house once again for a 38-0 lead.

Even though the game was over bar the shouting, the Inverclyde outfit were brought down to earth on the kick off that followed, with returner Ryan Crichton finding daylight through the middle, sprinting all the way home for an opening score.

And after the Hurricanes had one of their linemen ejected, the Trojans went further ahead when Sutherland tore down field once again with a 51 yard touchdown run.

Even though they were fighting for pride, the never say die attitude of the Taysiders came through during the final minute of the game when Jordan Falconer was stripped of possession by Fraser Thompson who sprinted into the endzone for a 46-12 final score.


 

           
 
     
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