Monday 25 April 2016

Knights prepare to take on the #1 London Warriors


The Farnham Knights had a tough start to life back in the Premier Division of British American football when they took on and lost to the London Blitz last week. The Blitz have been National Champions 5 times in the past 10 years and runners up for the past 3 years - the loss was therefore not a great surprise - but the Knights showed progress over the 4 quarters and hope to take that momentum forward this week.

Knights in action - Photo courtesy of Alison Berrisford




After a week of preparation their task now however becomes still more difficult as they face an away trip to the London Warriors - three time National Champions who have vanquished the Blitz in the Final for the past 3 years. The Warriors opened their season with a 71-0 win over the South Wales Warriors and are possibly even stronger than last year with the return of Jerome Allen at Quarterback.



Knights Head Coach Steve Rains said "We knew that stepping up a level for the third year in a row was going to be tough and last week was a learning curve for the team - we got better as the game progressed and the key now is to carry on from where we left off at the end of that game rather than going back to the start of the process.



The Warriors are the #1 team in the country - we have to go there and be ourselves rather than plan for damage limitation. We were the #1 team in the country in 2004 and in many cases we won the game before we even got started just because of the oppositions approach to our status. It will be a very tough game for us - but then every game in the Premier Division is tough just as it should be"
#54 Laura Hill lines up vs the Blitz - Photo courtesy of Alison Berrisford




Meanwhile the Knights #54 Laura Hill claims a #1 spot of her own as the first ever female player to play in the Premier Division. Laura who play Offensive Line is part of the successful Great Britain Lions Women's team and she has been part of the Knights Offensive Line squad for the past 12 months playing a role in the Knights 2015 Division 1 Championship team. Her role against the Blitz included blocking for the Knights end of game scoring play



We understand two more women have joined Northern Premier teams - but Laura got in first with her performance against the London Blitz

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