70th Minute: And the subs start rolling on. Rogers for Logan, Devonshire for Taylor, Quilty for Bakkum.
71st Minute: With the line beckoning, Adam Vago is nailed by Brett Gemmell and driven back; dropping the ball in the process. Try saving tackle from Gemmell there.
74th Minute: Penalty to Thunder. Big pressure here. Eddie Morris has been pinged for hands in the ruck at the breakdown. This one is from 28m, but Scoble is going for the points. This will give the Thunder the lead if he can get this one over.
...Scoble nails it, and the home fans go wild. Five minutes left on the clock and the Thunder lead 16 - 15.
Thunder-stats Code: SCRUMS WON 15 SCRUMS LOST 16 SCRUMS WON AGAINST FEED 5 LINE OUTS WON 12 LINE OUTS WON AGAINST THROW 1 LINE OUTS NOT STRAIGHT 3 LINE OUT INFRINGEMENTS 0 RUCK INFRINGEMENTS 4 MAULS WON 2 MAUL INFRINGEMENTS 0 METRES GAINED FROM OPEN PLAY 158 POSSESSION 52% TIME IN OPPOSITION 22 (seconds) 525 TERRITORY (seconds) 47% Code: Player MT TM HE RM KMiP KMPen KiP PenIP GA GS CA CS LB NR IEAG OS HITR LOOB LOS LOI Kim Glensor 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Delonge 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jake Wilkinson 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 John McGrath 1 5 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Morgan Burridge 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 Callum Laing 0 6 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Michael Chung 0 3 1 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Marcuss Deane 1 8 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Luke Pilgrim 1 3 0 15 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Matthew Scoble 3 0 0 0 210 121 12 8 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Damien Taylor 1 0 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adam Vago 2 2 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JJD Heads 1 1 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Regan Hutchinson 2 0 1 14 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jordan Logan 2 3 0 15 27 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Devonshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Karwin Rogers 0 0 0 0 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cambridge XV Code: SCRUMS WON 16 SCRUMS LOST 15 SCRUMS WON AGAINST FEED 4 LINE OUTS WON 2 LINE OUTS WON AGAINST THROW 2 LINE OUTS NOT STRAIGHT 1 LINE OUT INFRINGEMENTS 0 RUCK INFRINGEMENTS 9 MAULS WON 1 MAUL INFRINGEMENTS 0 METRES GAINED FROM OPEN PLAY 240 POSSESSION 48% TIME IN OPPOSITION 22 (seconds) 585 TERRITORY (seconds) 53% Code: Player MT TM HE RM KMiP KMPen KiP PenIP GA GS CA CS LB NR IEAG OS HITR LOOB LOS LOI Ben Storer 2 8 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Morris 1 9 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Wes Welker 0 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Jason Denton 0 3 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Verigotta 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Dexter Astele 0 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Lee Sweetman 1 2 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brett Gemmell 2 9 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Bakkum 1 2 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aaron Hunt 1 0 0 23 219 51 13 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ashleigh Stroud 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Ged King 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Steve Cambridge 1 3 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Al Farnsworth 1 0 2 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alistair Son 0 3 0 21 33 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Choco Man 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Brian Quilty 0 0 0 0 7 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Really happy with how that simmed. No errors, stats output looks pretty good and it didn't take me that long to sort out. Substitutions are the most annoying thing as it goes.
Yep. So did Gemmell. And forwards making the top metres from each side too. To be fair, all four examples were more like "Linebarges" than line breaks, but pretty successful nevertheless. Wasn't a very running game this one.
Cambridge XV are such a joke team. Really happy to see Scoble isn't necessarily awful, was a major concern after his first round...