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Haven Lose at Cougar Park after Bright First Half

Match Report

🏉Looking for their first win since May Whitehaven travelled to Cougar park to take on Keighley Cougars who they defeated at the Recreation ground earlier in the campaign After an encouraging first half They faded in the second period as the hosts clinched a26–14 win over Whitehaven today:

🔥 First-Half Honours Even

  • Junior Nuu opened the scoring on 12 minutes after a lucky deflection
  • Junior Sa’u followed up with a second try just five minutes later.
  • Whitehaven bounced back with two late tries from Jay Weatherill, tying it 10–10 at halftime.

đź’Ş Second-Half Surge by Cougars leaves Haven adrift

  • Keighley repeatedly attacked Whitehaven’s right edge, where defensive lapses allowed them to break through multiple times.
  • Brad Holroyd restored Keighley’s lead with a well-worked try on 53 minutes.
  • Then came the game-changer: Brad England powered through for two tries in quick succession, turning a tight game into a comfortable lead.
  • Whitehaven managed a late consolation try from Max Anderson-Moore, but it wasn’t enough to close the gap.
  • Final Score Keighley 26 Whitehaven 10
  • Abram
  • Weatherill
  • Todd
  • Hartley
  • Anderson-Moore
  • Bickerdike
  • Lowe
  • Thomson
  • Holgate
  • Pearce
  • Holliday
  • McQuistan
  • Kellett
  • Interchanges:  Garner, Blinkhorn, Brennan & Turnbull

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