Rugby League

Yorkshire League

Hull Division

Saturday 15th June 2024

Kick Off 11.00 Actual 11.02

Cottingham Tigers 6 East Hull 84, attendance 50

@ The Roy Waudby Sports Arena

Hilltop Sports & Social Club

Willerby Court

Willerby

HU10 6EF

No Admission or Programme.

I only spotted this game just before midnight last night and as it was a drive of around ten minutes from my intended afternoon game and hardly diverting off route, then it made sense to take the game in.

The Hull Division of this league consists of just six clubs, with this being 5th versus 2nd in the league table. Cottingham Tigers have won one (deducted the points since) and lost the other two they’ve played so far, whilst East Hull have a 100% winning record from their three games. The visitors were in the National Conference League as recently as 2014, having withdrawn due to a lack of funding and shortage of players and were far too strong for Cottingham. It was a real case of ‘men against boys’ and not the sort of game you want to see, especially as a neutral.

The first try for the visitors came after just two minutes and by halftime they’d run in another six to lead 0-40. The second half was more of the same, but it was good to see Cottingham get a try of their own, which was then converted, to pull it back to 6-52 twelve minutes after the break, but it was little more than a consolation. Although they kept going right to the end, they were totally overwhelmed and when East Hull scored their final try, which was again converted, to make it 6-84, the Referee blew the final whistle, two or three minutes early, not that it made much difference to the outcome.

Home to Cottingham Tigers is the Roy Waudby Sports Arena, which hosts rugby, football and cricket. The rugby pitch is in the far left hand corner when looking from the entrance, with the pitch running lengthways. It is railed on each side, with the far goal end tight to the hedge and has a dugout opposite each other at the halfway line.