London Pulse head coach Sam Bird was impressed with Alicia Scholes performance during their convincing 65-44 victory over NIC Leeds Rhinos at Stratford’s Copper Box Arena last Sunday.
The 24-year-old wing attack, the daughter of Manchester United footballing legend and now Sky Sports pundit Paul Scholes, deservedly bagged the Kissimmee Player of the Match Award after creating 42 feeds and receiving 19 centre passes during the 60 minutes of play.
She also on numerous occasions made assists to Pulse’s main shooters with Kamogelo Maseko top scoring with 23 goals while Liv Tchine returned to action after injury with 19 goals.
“Alicia Scholes was outstanding,” Bird said. “She mixed her feet up and produced bonds from the halfway line.
“She was technically brilliant from close to the circle edge. She really showed her vision and her skill level shown.
"Her stats in the game was a massive number in terms of contributing to the overall score. I’m really pleased she’s having a really strong season and she’s putting her hand up for Commonwealth Games selection so that’s really good.”
And Bird was pleased with the manner of Pulse’s victory.
“It was four strong quarter performances all throughout the game,” she continues. “I was really happy with the way we applied ourselves against the opposition.”
The glamorous pink and blacks remain second after round eight of Netball Super League with 21 points, three behind leaders Loughborough Lightning (24 points) who defeated London Mavericks 73-56.
This Saturday (April 25, first pass: 6pm, Live on Sky Sports Plus) Sam Bird’s troops travel to Worcester where they face NSL bottom side Birmingham Panthers who fell to Nottingham Forest 70-54 in round eight.
“We need to make sure we stay strong on our away form as we are strong at home,” Bird added. “So we’re looking for another confident win against Panthers and just to keep putting on the pressure on Lightning who sit three points above us.”
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