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But Crusaders' determination, and some sloppy defending by Bradford, saw the hosts rack up three tries in the closing seven minutes to give the scoreline a sheen of respectability.
Play had resumed at 4-4 after a first session which saw the two Englishmen rack up seven half-century breaks between them in an absorbing passage of snooker in which neither man was able to establish a substantial lead.