Dundee HSFP 16 - 17 Glasgow HawksSTUART SUTHERLAND December 10 2007
CommentHawks dragged themselves clear of the immediate danger area at the foot of Premier 1 while simultaneously edging Dundee closer to the drop with the most unlikely of victories.

Coach David Wilson perhaps acknowledged his side's good fortune in stating: "We were probably the better side in the second half, and the scoreline would suggest that. Like Dundee, we have lost a lot of games by a single score. Today Dundee feel aggrieved, but we've been in a similar situation for most of the season."

Ian Rankin, the Dundee coach, who has seen his charges lose five games to a late score this season, was clearly stunned. He said: "I just cannot believe that that losing a game to a late score can happen on that number of occasions. This will be a tough result to get over."

advertisementDundee were totally dominant in the first half, and it speaks volumes for the tenacity of Hawks' defence that the home side were limited to a Mike Kerr try, converted by Barry Jones, who also added two penalties.

Marc Davids kicked a penalty and shortly afterwards added a try which Ian Noble converted. A Dundee attack yielded a further Jones penalty, but with Hawks being awarded penalties at virtually every breakdown, the home side were unable to pull further clear.

Dundee's Scott McKee was yellow-carded, and Hawks pushed hard for a late score.

Running a short-range penalty, they created a chance for Ally Maclay to crash over in the corner, and the result hung on Ian Noble's difficult conversion.

Although the Dundee camp will swear that the kick missed by a yard, both touch judges raised their flags and Hawks took the points.

This article was posted on 10-Dec-2007, 08:38 by Hugh Barrow.