Blues have the edge in Steel City derby

By WILLIAM BULL

Sheffield............ 17pts
Sheffield T........ 12pts
LAST season Sheffield achieved the derby double over their near neighbours the Tigers for the first time, and they repeated that double with a deserved victory in front of a huge festive Friday night crowd of over 2,000 at Abbeydale.
Sheffield started the game in their highest-ever league position topping National Two North, but ironically it was Tigers who began the game better, themselves having also run into some good league form of late. Territorial dominance lead to not one but two Mark Ireland penalties to ...

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