Team Northumbria will head into the final weekend of men's Division 2 action with their unbeaten record intact thanks to drawing 12-12 with Welsh Wanderers in a thoroughly entertaining clash at Haberdashers.
Competition is so tight in this division however that, even as divisional pacesetters, Northumbria still need one point from two matches to guarantee a slot in Championship 2 in the New Year.
They were 9-5 ahead in the second period against the Wanderers and 11-9 at the end of the third. Then the Welsh counterattacked, briefly taking a 12-11 lead with goals by Joe Jenkins-Delf, Charlie Hinder and Dan Laxton. Ex-GB skipper Neil Bowers levelled from a man-up chance with three minutes left.
City of Bristol beat Penguin 10-8, conceding only one goal during the four minutes they played a man down following a brutality offence.
Photo (Trevor Hyde): Team Northumbria's Josh Brown gets that sinking feeling under pressure from Dan Laxton, of Welsh Wanderers.
Competition is so tight in this division however that, even as divisional pacesetters, Northumbria still need one point from two matches to guarantee a slot in Championship 2 in the New Year.
They were 9-5 ahead in the second period against the Wanderers and 11-9 at the end of the third. Then the Welsh counterattacked, briefly taking a 12-11 lead with goals by Joe Jenkins-Delf, Charlie Hinder and Dan Laxton. Ex-GB skipper Neil Bowers levelled from a man-up chance with three minutes left.
City of Bristol beat Penguin 10-8, conceding only one goal during the four minutes they played a man down following a brutality offence.
Photo (Trevor Hyde): Team Northumbria's Josh Brown gets that sinking feeling under pressure from Dan Laxton, of Welsh Wanderers.
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