A Big Draw
Walker Scores
By Ned
December 29 2024
What a game. Thrills, spills, skills and a nailbiting last ditch kick from Handre Pollard to square the game. It looked like it was going wide, then it didn't, then it hit the far post and just cleared the crossbar. An honourable draw - 34-34.
Tigers went into an early lead courtesy of Ollie Hassell-Collins and Solomone Kata scored before a scintillating counter-attack saw Cadan Murley cross.
With Marcus Smith and Pollard keeping the scoreboard ticking with their penalties, Quins then took a single point lead into the break after Solomone Kata was shown a yellow card for a high challenge on Oscar Beard. Some were baying for a red but the simple fact was Beard crashed into the Tongan because he had been tackled into him. Regardless, Luke Northmore was driven over the line from the resulting scrum.
Smith extended the lead from a penalty before Freddie Steward crossed for Tigers. With the score at 27-27 Quins then thought they had done enough when Murley got his second.
But that old stager Dan Cole had come on to finish from close range and set up that late conversion.
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