Rugby League: Knights on top but Scots take pride in performance
Few predicted anything other than a landslide victory for England Knights against Scotland at Meggetland yesterday, and the result was as expected as the visitors ran in 11 tries in their 62-24 victory to lift the Alitalia European Cup.
Few predicted anything other than a landslide victory for England Knights against Scotland at Meggetland yesterday, and the result was as expected as the visitors ran in 11 tries in their 62-24 victory to lift the Alitalia European Cup.
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However, Scotland surprised many by scoring 24 points against the best young players in Super League.
No wonder Scotland coach Dave Rotheram was pleased, despite his side conceding 62 points.
"Obviously, I'm not happy with the result but they're a class side," he said. "But I'm delighted with everything else about that performance. Our pack dominated theirs at times, we tried things out and completed our sets and came away with something when we got down their end.
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