Nottingham Outlaws entertained Leamington Royals in a Midlands Women’s Friendly fixture on Saturday and despite incessant rain, both sides put on an excellent show before Outlaws pushed out to a convincing 30-16 victory.
Leamington battled hard but the Outlaws superior scoring ability always kept them one step ahead on the scoresheet.
Try scorers were Robyn Gulley (3) Shannon Jordan (2) and Leah Martin (1) with Robyn adding three conversions to her points tally.
As the players waited eagerly for the player of the match announcement there were a number of Outlaws in contention but there were no surprises when the bubbly deservedly went to Shannon Jordan.
After the game team captain Rhiz Lord was quick to congratulate her troops commenting ” I am so proud of the team today. Every single person put their best foot forward and the result shows this. We gave it our all, despite horrendous weather conditions and came away with a much-deserved win. This has given us the boost we needed and we head into next week’s Midlands tournament ready to win again!”
Final thoughts came from a very satisfied Women’s Head Coach Mark Stockman who added “I thought the ladies battled well given the torrential conditions. We put a lot of what we’re doing in training into practice today. The friendly also allowed me as coach to be able to try some different combinations. We need a big push at training this week to give ourselves the best opportunity for a result next weekend.”