Sheffield Eagles 28 Featherstone Rovers 28: Kain produces treble for Rovers but they are thwarted by Eagles

Featherstone Rovers had to settle for a draw as they moved closer to their third successive Championship leaders’ shield.
By The Newsroom
Published 17th Aug 2012, 09:38 BST

Rovers will need a victory from their final game if Halifax win at Leigh tonight to take the race into the last round of games.

Andy Kain scored a hat-trick of tries but Featherstone were pushed all the way as Sheffield came back in the second half.

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Rovers took the lead with a passing move sending in ex-Eagles winger Tangi Ropati at the corner. Liam Finn added the goal.

Rovers increased the lead with a try from Andy Kain with the stand-off claiming a second from Finn’s kick; the scrum-half added the goal. Eagles sneaked a try on half-time from Michael Knowles. Brambani added the goal to cut Rovers’ lead to 16-6.

Two tries in three minutes from Scott Turner and James Davey, with Brambani adding the goals, saw the Eagles blast their way into the lead.

Rovers responded with full-back Ian Hardman taking an offload before racing 60 metres to go over. Finn added the goal.

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They stretched the lead with Ropati taking Finn’s kick and offloading to Kain who went 30 metres for his hat-trick try. Finn added the extras.

Eagles hit back yet again with Quentin Laulu-Togagae going in for two tries in four minutes to break the club’s record for tries in a season with 32.

Brambani added the second conversion to level the scores at 28-28.

In the final minute Finn and Brambani both failed with drop-goal attempts.

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Sheffield: Laulu-Togagae; Morrison, Yere, Taulapapa, Turner; McDonald, Brambani; Howieson, Henderson, Stringer, Knowles, Scott, Szostak. Substitutes: Davey, Green, Hepworth, Higgins.

Featherstone: Hardman; Ropati, Smeaton, Worthington, Saxton; Kain, Finn; England, Kaye, Dickens, Chappell, Spears, Dale.Substitutes: Briggs, Lockwood, Grayshon, Maloney.

Referee: Gareth Hewer.

Halifax will be without prop forward Jim Gannon at Leigh tonight as he serves a one-match suspension for fighting in a recent game against Sheffield.

Leigh are set to be without John Duffy and Michael Ostick after the pair picked up injuries during their 26-0 win at Keighley.

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