BLINK AND YOU’LL MISS IT Beat this! Sunderland wing Louie Groark scored a try six seconds, or was it eight, into the 113-5 win over Horden & Peterlee in C1 Durham & Northumberland. Keith Gregson, the club’s historian, said: “I made it eight but chairman Paul Geehan said it was six on his watch.”
Here’s the downside: all Sunderland’s matches are videoed but a flat battery prevented coverage of this game, so a possible record was inconclusive. Gregson said: “Sunderland kicked off. Louie went at full pelt, the ball bounced outside the opposing 22 and straight into his hands. Without losing speed, he crossed the line and touched down.”
Quick-try comparisons across the board include the 8.28 seconds it took Lee Blackett to score for Leeds against Newcastle in 2008 and Dafydd Howells running in one after seven seconds for Wales in the 48-19 defeat of Fiji in the U20 Junior World Cup in 2014.
Two things are certain. Full-back Leon Ryan notched 39 points against Horden & Peterlee and Sunderland celebrate their 150th anniversary later this year.
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