Riding's the hero for Lions
By Coventry Evening Telegraph
February 11 2008
Rugby Lions.......27 Morley.......19 Lions eventually overcame a spirited Morley side thanks to a three-try burst in the 10 minutes after half-time. Before the break, Lions had the benefit of a third-minute James Hawken penalty but then failed to find any cutting edge, making too many errors, struggling against Morley's tall line-out jumpers and then conceding a Jonathan Hampsey try
just before the break.
Inspirational lock Stuart Riding, who scored two of Rugby's four tries, explained: "At half-time, strong leaders in the side Tristan Prosser-Shaw and Toby Handley told us to up our work rate and our tempo and support each other better.
"We got it right when we came out and other teams can't live with us when we play proper rugby."
First Hawken scored a try he also converted before Ade Hales completed a great passing move for Lions' second. Then Riding took his side 22-5 ahead with his 50th-minute converted score.
Morley responded through Michael Ash before Hampsey's second try made it too close for comfort at 22-19 on 69 minutes, but Lions finally sealed the win with Riding's second try when he turned out of a tackle to break free and take his side into third place in the National Division Three North table.
Rugby Lions: Hawken; Hales, Clarke, Viggers, Rust (Glackin 63); Warner (Murphy 64), Handley; Greenbury (Wati 74), Overton (Price h-t), Tyers, Riding, Cheney, Nash, Prosser-Shaw, Brady.