match reports

ADELAIDE 10 HUNTER 8 By STEVE MASCORD Adelaide Oval A CROWD of 27,435 for Super League's Adelaide debut last night dwarfed everything else about the Rams' win - including the quality of the football. The attendance figure, the biggest since 28,834 saw the first top-flight game at Adelaide Oval six years ago, marked the new competition's biggest triumph since it…

ST GEORGE skipper Michael Beattie kept the Saints marching towards a possible semi-final berth with an inspirational performance against Balmain in an historic encounter at Adelaide Oval last night. Before a crowd of 28,884 — a record attendance for a Friday night Winfield Cup match — evergreen centre Beattie produced the match sealing try as the Dragons forged a comfortable…