But Ashton said he drew inspiration from the example of fellow England striker Michael Owen, who made a scoring return against Estonia after almost a year out with a knee ligament injury.
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Hull however had the last say when winger Matt Daylight made a try-scoring return after a six-week absence with a broken jaw.
Graham made a try-scoring international debut against New Zealand at St Helens in 2006.
Burgess became Great Britain's youngest forward since Andy Farrell when he made a try-scoring debut in the home series against New Zealand in 2007.
Schofield was fast-tracked as a bowling all-rounder and made a good start, scoring 57 in his second Test against Zimbabwe.
In the vote she beat off the challenge of fellow Delhi gold medallists Kyle Pettey from Canada, Nigeria's Kate Nwaka Oputa and Kurt Fearnley of Australia as well as GB wheelchair basketball player Dan Highcock, who made headlines after scoring a basket from well inside his own half during a Spanish league game.
Cardiff Blues made a scintillating start with Spice scoring their opening try of the evening within four minutes.
The Scots then made their presence felt by scoring a breakaway try from Walker which Charlie Hore converted for a 17-7 deficit.
Ferris made his first Lions appearance as a scoring substitute in the 74-10 win over the Golden Lions in the second tour match and furthered his chances of a Test jersey when he impressed - and scored again - as a starter in the 26-24 victory over the Free State Cheetahs on Saturday.
Gilks then had to make a double save from Gutierrez and Lovenkrands, and later made an incredible stop to prevent the Danish striker scoring with a header.
Deon Burton made a heroic return for Derby County, scoring the winning goal as the Rams came from behind to beat Sheffield United at Pride Park.
He has made 33 appearances this season, scoring a crucial goal in the Uefa Cup win against Litex Lovech in Bulgaria, and he refutes the suggestion that the Villa squad is too small.
The wing also remains the most capped player in the history of Women's rugby, having made her 109th Wales appearance while scoring a try in their 56-7 win over Sweden Women at St Helen's on November 28.
But after Giteau was harshly penalised for a forward pass, the Boks made the most of their superb field position to open the scoring with a close-range try from Van Heerden.
Henrique made it 5-1, scoring on a power play for his ninth of the season.
Chris, who has a highest score for Penwortham of 104 not out, was a regular for the club during the 2007 and 2008 season but did not figure in 2009 and made just one appearance last season, scoring a solitary single before he was bowled.
Fans' favourite Britton admitted it was a "huge wrench" to leave Swansea where he made 335 league and cup appearances, scoring 15 goals, but he felt he needed a fresh challenge.
The 31-year-old former World Player of the Year has made a record-breaking 110 appearances for his country scoring 31 international goals.
Burns made a total of 352 league appearances for Celtic, scoring 52 goals.
Two minutes later, Accies were reduced to 10 men when Canning was sent off for denying McGowan a goal-scoring opportunity and Higdon made no mistake from the spot.
After McGary started the scoring with a layup, Stauskas made a behind-the-back pass to McGary for a slam before making his first 3-pointer less than a half-minute after that.
He made his first-team debut last season, scoring a hat trick in the final league game of the campaign against Murcia.
He made an immediate splash, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 U.S. win, becoming the youngest player ever to score for the senior side.
Halifax-born Hodgson made his England debut in 2001 against Romania, scoring a record-breaking 44 points in a 134-0 victory, but injury has limited his international appearances since.
O'Meara then hit a penalty to extend Leinster's advantage to 15 points but he then made a mistake which enabled Henson to continue his solo-scoring for Swansea.
Balotelli has made an instant impact on his return to Serie A, scoring four goals in four games as Milan climbed above Inter in the table and into fourth place.
The arrival of Chanderpaul - who made 46 off just 30 balls - triggered a fast-scoring period, but West Indies were again stalled when Simmons finally fell, to the spin of Batty - James Anderson holding the catch at deep square leg.
In May 2003 they made 418-7, current batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan scoring a century, to beat the all-conquering Australians featuring Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee, but lost that series, and should they fail to force victory here it would be a fifth successive series defeat against the baggy greens.
Robson joined Hartlepool as a trainee and made over 150 appearances for the club, scoring 10 times in seven seasons.
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