Preston GH …10 Sheffield T …9
By JOHN LE PAGE
AFTER two victories by the narrowest of margins last season, Hoppers’ supporters anticipated a real, competitive game against Sheffield Tigers and they were not disappointed. In an entertaining and dogged test of two evenlymatched sides the first half was a scoreless stalemate until the 28th minute. Mark Ireland missed an early penalty for the visitors, who had Joe Symcox sent to the sin bin for foul play.
At the third time of asking Ireland gave Tigers the lead, splitting the posts after two earlier misses. Hoppers defended ...