Glasgow Tigers 49 Newport Wasps 42

Opening lap action

Not a great night for photography, too many shots blurring out in the limited light. As for the match, looked like the Tigers might have been on for the bonus late on, but a weak heat 14 pairing of Dicken and Coles were swept aside easily, reserve sub Michael Rajkowski belatedly finding his feet and the ensuing Newport 5-1 putting paid to Glasgows aggregate point hopes. Had David McAllan held on to 2nd in heat 10, then things might have been a little different.


Lee Dicken at close quarters

Individual scores........(minus bonuses)

Shane Parker - 13 - The King of Ashfield, imperious as usual. Poor gate in final heat cost him a maximum but he fought tooth and nail for his point and another lap would maybe have seen him get two.

George Stancl - 11 - Three fairly relaxed wins from the gate. Unfortunately, when George doesn't gate well, he seems to relax even more.

Trent Leverington - 10 - Two wins and two 2nd places saw the Tigers No5 pick up yet another quietly impressive tally. Heat 13 saw him take a ropey first turn, only to get the bike pointed at the apex of the 2nd turn and badger his way rudely past the slightly shocked Chris Schramm to make it a Glasgow 5-1. Allied to Parkers consistent brilliance and Stancl's slightly wayward genius, Leveringtons scoring looks like it could be worth his weight in gold if the Tigers fail to get the middle order firing better.

David McAllan - 4 - Finding it tougher in the main body of the team, he struggled a bit again today. The early season form and that Man of The Meeting award against Mildenhall seems like a long way off now. A 2nd place in the opener and two further third places should have been further augmented by a 2nd in heat ten, but he took the tighter, slower lane around turn 4 and paid the price, letting through Tony Atkin. He then got himslf all crossed up in turn 1 and what should have been a 5-1 turned into a 3-3.

Robert Ksiezak - 5 - Compared to his blistering form on the road down south last weekend, tonights showing was a bit tamer. A heat 2 win and a further 2nd place saw him rest up on 5 points. Definite reserve territory.

Lee Dicken - 3 - Not a great outing for Lee, three third places and never looking like pulling out anything special.

Michael Coles - 3 - A 2nd place in the 2nd heat and a further third marked a fairly inauspicious start for the evergreen Coles. A blown engine in the 14 heat made little or no difference to that particular result. Only time will tell if he's any better than the departed Smethills.

New boy Michael Coles tips it into turn 3