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THE Queensland Rangers may have beaten the Great Britain Community Lions 30-16 in last nights Quad Series opener, but Lions coach Jim Taylor defiantly says it was a "false result".
The match was a tight, physical affair and in the end it was a two minute lapse that cost the Lions an upset win.
In the second half, with scores locked and Great Britain on the attack, Rangers winger Saul Terare picked off a long ball and sprinted 80 meters for the easiest of tries.
Then disaster struck Great Britain.
The Rangers other winger, Stephen Kim, fielded the kick off and easily stepped around the Lions defensive line, sprinting away to do his best Matt Giteau impersonation as he swan dived under the posts.
Its a bit of a false result that really, says Taylor in a broad North England accent.
We played really well and that intercept try was a pretty unlucky blow for us. The Rangers were a good side but I thought we played just as well as them.
Rangers coach, Steven Hegarty, agreed in part with Taylor.
I can see where he is coming from with that. They played well for sure and we had a bit of luck there, but we were dominant in patches of that game and in the end we were the team which took the opportunities, Hegarty said.
Hegarty, a former coach of Brothers Valleys, uses his three surplus players to man the sidelines keeping stats and he was not impressed by what they found.
We had a 64 per cent completion rate which is really poor and thats what kept them in the game, Hegarty said.
Lions five-eighth, Paul Pendlebury, was sensational, orchestrating his sides scintillating attack, including a set play nick named bronco that simply bamboozled the Rangers.
For Queensland, tough hooker Roy Baira was named man of the match for his robust tackling which sat many a Lions forward on their backs.
In last nights other game, the Jim Beam Cup representative side came from behind to outclass NSW Country 28-14.
Country won last years tournament, but after the Jim Beam Cup sides efforts, a new tournament favorite has emerged.
The match was a tight, physical affair and in the end it was a two minute lapse that cost the Lions an upset win.
In the second half, with scores locked and Great Britain on the attack, Rangers winger Saul Terare picked off a long ball and sprinted 80 meters for the easiest of tries.
Then disaster struck Great Britain.
The Rangers other winger, Stephen Kim, fielded the kick off and easily stepped around the Lions defensive line, sprinting away to do his best Matt Giteau impersonation as he swan dived under the posts.
Its a bit of a false result that really, says Taylor in a broad North England accent.
We played really well and that intercept try was a pretty unlucky blow for us. The Rangers were a good side but I thought we played just as well as them.
Rangers coach, Steven Hegarty, agreed in part with Taylor.
I can see where he is coming from with that. They played well for sure and we had a bit of luck there, but we were dominant in patches of that game and in the end we were the team which took the opportunities, Hegarty said.
Hegarty, a former coach of Brothers Valleys, uses his three surplus players to man the sidelines keeping stats and he was not impressed by what they found.
We had a 64 per cent completion rate which is really poor and thats what kept them in the game, Hegarty said.
Lions five-eighth, Paul Pendlebury, was sensational, orchestrating his sides scintillating attack, including a set play nick named bronco that simply bamboozled the Rangers.
For Queensland, tough hooker Roy Baira was named man of the match for his robust tackling which sat many a Lions forward on their backs.
In last nights other game, the Jim Beam Cup representative side came from behind to outclass NSW Country 28-14.
Country won last years tournament, but after the Jim Beam Cup sides efforts, a new tournament favorite has emerged.
