Somerset Rebels 63, Sheffield Tigers 28 (From This is The West Country)

Somerset Rebels 63, Sheffield Tigers 28

1:00pm Tuesday 11th September 2012 in Sport

Premier League

Somerset Rebels 63, Sheffield Tigers 28

THE Rebels showed no let-up in their quest for the Premier League title when they mauled the Sheffield Tigers at the Oak Tree Arena on Friday.

The Tigers have had a poor season by their standards but arrived in Somerset on the back of a superb win against one of the Rebels’ main title race rivals, Newcastle, so no-one connected with the Rebels was taking the Tigers lightly.

Alex Davies was on the gas right from the start, though, and powered the Rebels into a 5-1 lead after heat one.

Heat two was tied 3-3 but James Wright and Jesper Monberg ensured the lead was extended with a 5-1 win in heat three.

It then became a Rebels assault as maximum wins in heats five and six put the home side 26-10 in front, thanks to further wins for Wright and Davies.

Sheffield won heat eight 4-3 with a tactical ride but the Rebels responded with 5-1 wins in heats nine and ten with Monberg and Jason Doyle doing the damage.

And the match win was a certainty when Monberg and Doyle ran in three more first place finishes between them to wrap up a commanding 63-28 win.

The Rebels will close out their regular league season on Friday at the Oak Tree Arena against the Workington Comets.