1895 Cup Final Highlights | Sheffield Eagles 36 18 Widnes Vikings

Описание: Aaron Brown scored a hat-trick of tries as Sheffield Eagles won the inaugural AB Sundecks 1895 Cup with a 36-18 victory over Widnes Vikings at Wembley Stadium.

The Eagles trailed 18-12 at half-time but got four tries in the second period and managed to keep the Vikings scoreless to taste victory on their return to the scene of their famous Challenge Cup final win over Wigan Warriors in 1998.

The game was held up for eight minutes early on when Widnes hooker Jordan Johnstone sustained a nasty facial injury.

Widnes put the injury to the back of their minds and went 12-0 up with two tries in three minutes.

The first came after an Eagles error 20 metres from their own tryline presented Widnes with a golden opportunity, as second rower Harrison Hansen profited from a clever offload by winger Patrick Ah Van to open the scoring.

Widnes got another one straight from the kick-off, with Chris Dean going over, and Jack Owens added the extras for the second time.

Sheffield pulled a try back through centre Brown after 22 minutes and levelled the match four minutes later when scrum-half Anthony Thackeray, a former Widnes player, stole the ball in a one-on-one tackle from Owens and raced away to touch down. Pat Walker kicked both conversions.

Sheffield full-back Josh Guzdek had a try disallowed for a forward pass before the Vikings struck six minutes before half-time through scrum-half Tom Gilmore to regain the lead, with Owens kicking his third goal to make it 18-12 at the break.

Sheffield were next to score, inside two minutes of the re-start, when Walker's towering kick wrong-footed Widnes winger Jayden Hatton and second rower Joel Farrell pounced on the loose ball to touch down.

Walker was wide with the conversion attempt to leave his side trailing 18-16 but the Eagles went in front for the first time on 49 minutes when Brown grabbed his second try, following a break by winger Ben Blackmore.

This time Walker added the goal to make it 22-18.

Walker was wide with a penalty that would have stretched the lead but Sheffield maintained the pressure and loose forward Corey Makelim went over for their fourth try on 55 minutes.

Walker kicked his fourth goal to make it 28-18 before missing another penalty.

Widnes made a host of handling errors as they began to chase the game and, from one of them, Brown pounced for his third try five minutes from the end.