Benson rues stalemate

TONY Benson had mixed feelings about the 20-20 draw, which underpinned his belief Skolars will rattle a lot of teams before the season is over.

“We got two points,” he said, “and we should have had three. Skolars are a tough outfit this year and a few teams will be heading back up the M1 empty-handed.”

That didn't mean he was pleased by every aspect of how Roughyeds played.

He said: “We didn't complete our sets and we were penalised so often that we didn't get much ball even though we scored four tries to their three.

“We started to panic a bit in the second half and I certainly didn't expect that.”




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