Coach revels in Dreadnoughts' finest hour

Portsmouth Dreadnoughts quarterback Stu Rees. Picture: Neil Marshall (170305-1)

Luke Head-Rapson has hailed Portsmouth Dreadnoughts' latest win as the biggest in their history.

The Hooks Lane outfit stunned SFC South Two pacesetters Hertfordshire Cheetahs as they eased to a 16-7 success last Sunday.

It was the first defeat the hosts had suffered all season.

‘It was probably the biggest win the Dreadnoughts have ever recorded,’ said coach Head-Rapson.

‘A lot of people say we are the team who beat who we are expected to beat and lose to teams we are expected to lose against.

‘But this game definitely changed that.’

Head-Rapson added he was impressed with how the team forced the Cheetahs to play out of their comfort zone.

‘I was impressed with our defence and we completely shut down their favoured play of running the ball,’ he said.

‘They tried to impose their will on us but we dictated the play and made it difficult for them.’

In the opening quarter, the Cheetahs showed their dominance and were the first team to get on the scoreboard.

They ran the ball into the endzone and scored the extra point to take the lead 7-0.

But the Dreadnoughts were not deterred by the early setback.

In the first minutes of the second quarter, running back Patrick Kanyinda was handed the ball by quarterback Stu Rees and ran the short distance to the endzone.