Wolverhampton 0 Grimsby 38
Grimsby got their Powergen Cup campaign off to a successful start with the defeat of the confident and cosmopolitan Wolverhampton .
Grimsby made the long trip down to the west midlands to play the fixture at Castlecroft, the home of England youth rugby and where the full national side train.
The blues started at a flying pace with the slight breeze at their backs and the sun in their favour. Within moments Grimsby had put pressure on the home team and they infringed resulting in two penalties converted by Daly. Wolverhampton then came back at the blues but it was obvious that they were not used to Grimsby 's style of hard nosed defence.
A scrum deep inside the home half saw a well worked move down the blindside from Barker and Pharaoh that resulted in a well finished try for Lowery. Daly pushed the conversion wide.
Half time came with the visitors 11-0 up and the game still there for the tacking for both sides.
Grimsby started the second half the same way as the first and within thirty seconds a rangey pass from Bradley found Kempthorne who drew his man and passed to winger Daly. The nippy winger then sidestepped the home defence to clinically finish a well worked move. Daly converted his own try.
The next try was a fabulous solo effort from scrum half Pharaoh. The ball was stolen in the midfield by Barker and Cairns . From the ruck Pharaoh dummied and went. He raced away the 60 yards, beat the fullback and scored under the posts. Bradley converted.
The final score came from a wonderful all round team effort. Several phases of play saw the ball end up with Bradley who neatly chipped to the corner for winger Martin to gather and crash through the home defence whose heads had now dropped. Saunders failed to convert but soon added a penalty just before the final whistle