King’s Lynn Stars v Sheffield Tigers

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KING’S Lynn put in an impressive home performance to defeat defending ROWE Motor Oil Premiership champions Sheffield 51-39 at the Adrian Flux Arena.

The Tigers were unbeaten in their previous six league visits to Norfolk since rejoining the top-flight, but they never recovered from going ten points down inside the first five races.

Guest Richard Lawson led the way for the Stars with 12 points with Jan Kvech on 11+1 and skipper Niels-Kristian Iversen added 9+3. Chris Holder scored an impressive 13+1 for the Tigers.

Lynn boss Rob Lyon said: “It was nice to get a win tonight. We were able to get some good boys in, and both did a really good job for us.

“It shows that when we’ve got a full team, or nearly a full team, we’re a match for anyone around here, and that’s the frustrating part.

“They rode well as a team and we didn’t have any major weak links, we were solid all the way through. It’s a great result, and we push on to the next one.”

Sheffield manager Simon Stead said: “We were simply beaten by the better team, no excuses.

“With the exception of Chris, who was excellent, and to a lesser extent Dougy (Ryan Douglas), we struggled to find our stride.

“We have to accept that we weren’t good enough and that performance collectively was way below what we expect at Sheffield.”

KING’S LYNN 51: Richard Lawson 12, Jan Kvech 11+1, Niels-Kristian Iversen 9+3, Luke Becker 7+2, Patryk Wojdylo 7+1, Anders Rowe 5+1, Benjamin Basso r/r.
SHEFFIELD 39: Chris Holder 13+1, Ryan Douglas 9, Jack Holder 6+2, Kyle Howarth 6, Josh Pickering 2, Jason Edwards 2, Dan Gilkes 1.
Sheffield win the aggregate point

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