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Hull Kingston Rovers 44 - Chorley Magpies 16
From the Bolton Evening News, first published Thursday 18th Jul 1996.
CHORLEY Magpies put up a brave battle against Hull Kingston Rovers at Craven Park, but just couldn't achieve the same level of skill shown by Steve Crooks' side.
The Magpies' first-half performance displayed flourishes of activity and twice they took the lead. In the fourth minute, Hull's Mike Fletcher failed to take a bomb, and Chorley's Stewart Francis sent Steve Gee over to the left of the uprights.
Neil Molyneux managed a try but Chorley finished at the interval behind at 12-10, mainly due to the persistence of Hull's scrum-half Stanley Gene.
Chorley's strengths lay in Paul Emery and Etu Kirifi who proved to be a formidable half-back pairing, and forward Steve Taylor performed very well. Lyndon Smith, however, had a spell in the sin-bin for persistent off sides.
Hull K R then went on to tot up a stunning 32 points in 20 minutes when the game restarted with six tries, one of which involved Hull's Stanley Gene doing a superb 40-metre run through half the Chorley side.
The Magpies showed dogged determination to carry on to the bitter end with a late consolation try from substitute Mark Gleave which Stewart Francis converted from the touchline.
But Chorley were torn apart by the Robins' persistent point-scoring, and the home side clocked up their 15th win of the season finishing 44-16.
On Sunday (July 21) Chorley play at home against the Prescot Panthers. Kick off is at 6pm.
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