Amblers continue impressive start with another huge victory

[email protected] 08:10 04/10/2014
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  • Convincing win: Sharjah Wanderers.

    Al Ain Amblers first XV won by 40 points for the second week in a row as they continued their impressive start to the Sport360° UAE Confer­ence season.

    All the more impressive was the fact Amblers’ huge 44-3 win came against the team just a place below them in the table in second, Jebel Ali Dragons seconds, who them­selves had been unbeaten until this landslide victory.

    There were two tries for Vito Rupeni and one each for Kinivil­iame Natuna and Jason Pelsner in the rout of the Dragons.

    Al Ain are the owners of a pretty impressive record this season af­ter just three games. In those three games, they have conceded just six points and scored a massive 176, more than double than any other side in the league.

    Sharjah Wanderers and Dubai Sharks both got their second wins of the season to move up the rank­ings.

    Wanderers won away at Dubai Hurricanes, where they went over the whitewash three times.

    Josh Appleby, Duncan Green­wood and Duke Machaaka crossed for their tries, while Shane Fowley had a decent night with the boot too, with his two conversions and two penalties contributing to the eight-point win.

    Sharks’ 12-3 win against Xo­dus Wasps was dominated by the forwards, with Dubai controlling the game at the breakdown and set piece, leaving Wasps buzzing around for scraps.

    The only try of the game was scored by Matt Tyrell, with Dan Crumplin converting and adding a penalty, while Danny Thomas got Wasps’ only points with a penalty.

    The most points of the day were scored at bottom side Al Ain Am­blers II who despite scoring 29 points, still cannot buy themselves a win.

    They went down 34-29 to Abu Dhabi Saracens in a real barn­stormer of a game.

    Meanwhile, in the other game last night, Arabian Knights beat Abu Dhabi Harlequins 27-17.

    Elsewhere, Heartbeat Tigers kept their fingers on the pulse with a thrilling 27-22 win over Dubai Exiles seconds on Thursday.

    Tigers roared in with five tries, for Simon Bryan, Shane Thornton, Mat Bates, Nathan Morehu and Tyron Cook, while Exiles replied through Julian Stanley, Jason Gus­cott and Nick Paine touchdowns.

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