{"id":59211,"date":"2021-04-17T01:31:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T01:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=59211"},"modified":"2021-04-17T06:58:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T06:58:17","slug":"league-world-stunned-by-quickest-try-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=59211","title":{"rendered":"League world stunned by quickest try ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rugby league world has been left stunned after Hull Kingston Rovers scored what could be the fastest try in top-flight rugby league history.<\/p>\n<p>It took only seven seconds for Rovers centre Ben Crooks to cross the line against Huddersfield Giants with what was the fastest try in the competition&#x27;s history.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants made the regretful decision to let the ball bounce after the opening kick-off from Jordan Abdull and Crooks was quickest to the ball, regathered and crossed the line in a shock start to the match.<\/p>\n<p>While the Rovers got off to a flyer, the match went to the wire when Abdull kicked a 78th-minute field goal to secure a 25-24 win.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGameCaller\/status\/1383134631407595521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGameCaller\/status\/1383134631407595521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The seven-second effort surpassed the previous Super League record of 14 seconds held by St Helen&#x27;s Tim Jonkers against Wakefield Trinity in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>It also beat the fastest try in the NRL, scored by Kirisome Auva&#x27;a in just 11 seconds for the Eels against the Broncosin 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Auva&#x27;a&#x27;s 11-second try beat the previous record held by former NRL star Reece Robinson, who scored for the Raiders in 33 seconds against the Panthers back in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Three other players have recorded 34-second efforts in the NRL.<\/p>\n<p>Clint Gutherson in 2017, Sisa Waqa in 2012 and Albert Torrens back in 2004 all crossed the white line in just over half a minute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The rugby league world has been left stunned after Hull Kingston Rovers scored what could be the fastest try in top-flight rugby league history. It <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=59211\" title=\"League world stunned by quickest try ever\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59212,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59211\/revisions\/59212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}