Gateshead
League Leaders

By the Marra
Date: 16/1/2002

Whitehaven travelled to the international Stadium Gateshead and took the points from a hard fought game. Coach Paul Cullen has expressed his delight at Whitehaven's achievement in going joint top of the Northern Ford Premiership after the 24-2 win at Gateshead.

A much improved Gateshead Thunder made Whitehaven work hard in a first half where defences were on top it was Whitehaven who scored two tries from Chris McKinney and David Seeds plus 2 Paul O'Neill goals to establish a 12-2 half time lead.

Two further tries in the second half from Steven Kirkbride and Mark Wallace plus another 2 goals from Paul O'Neill confirmed the Cumbrians superiority and sealed the victory, that lifts them to second place in the League.
Coach Paul Cullen has expressed his delight at Whitehaven's achievement in going joint top of the Northern Ford Premiership after the 24-2 win at Gateshead.
"This time last year we were bottom so to go full circle in 12 months is quite dramatic.
The beauty of it is we've done this with a locally-produced squad, full of young players who want to have a go for the club."