AT LAST it has been proved, size does not matter at all!

This huge Kiwi second string were left looking little more than an ill-disciplined rabble by the Rugby League's basement boys.

All credit must go to Peter Roe because the biggest difference between the two teams was the level of coaching, and Roe's men had obviously worked hard on their plan for the game - and stuck to it to perfection.

By contrast the Kiwi's didn't seem to have a plan, relying on size and raw power to see them through, and they came unstuck.

The New Zealand side were their own worst enemies, they conceded 18 penalties to seven and had three sin-binnings, with George Tuakura making his way to the bin twice. He was lucky to get away with just two yellow cards and seemed to sum up the Kiwi's poor attitude.

Jason Ramshaw got the game off to a blistering start, nearly scoring twice. The second attempt came a great run from Matty Firth which saw the Cougar hero stopped just short of the line.

Rammy signed off his clean-cut career with a key role in the minor brawl after London's Robert Jonker was fouled after a run to the Kiwi line.

The resultant penalty from Chris Hough completed the scoreline.

Ramshaw was also an outstanding member of a pretty impressive team that gave an indication of the rising standard of the British game.

The National League II side had been first to break the deadlock with a Hough penalty before New Zealand took a brief lead, Vila Apu'ula racing over out wide after collecting a bobbling kick and showing rare skill to dive over.

The 'Brits' soon asserted themselves, led superbly by Phil Stephenson and man of the match Mitch Stringer, a 19-year-old prop from Sheffield Eagles.

They certainly took the game to the Kiwi pack and were rewarded in the 27th minute when a superb pass from Matt Foster put the Gateshead winger Richie Barnett over in the corner. Hough landed a superb conversion and a second penalty, with Wayne English adding a field goal to make it 11-4 at the break.

The National League side now knew they had nothing to fear, and if anything stepped up a gear after the break.

A cross kick from Firth was fumbled by Apu'ula and snapped up by Dave Foster. Chorley's Mark McCully dived over from acting half to make it 15-4.

Hough added a penalty before rare indisicipline in the British ranks gave the Kiwis a boost, and they came up with the try of the game. A great one-handed pass from Jesse Royal put Jonny Limmer over out wide to pull the score back to 17-8.

At this point the Kiwis could have hit back, but disaster struck. Apu'ula juggled another Firth kick and McCully scooped it up and flicked the ball out to Hough who scooted in for the game-sealing try. The conversion made it 23-8 and two further penalties made certain as the Kiwis got increasingly frustrated.

All six Cougar boys in the team acquitted themselves superbly, with Firth, Stephenson and Simeon Hoyle being the pick of the local guys. Firth controlled the game masterfully and with the maturing Hoyle supporting Stephenson they really took it to the giant Kiwi pack and exploited weaknesses around the ruck.

A decent crowd of 1,526 witnessed something of a shock result, but really the game was as one-sided as anything seen at Cougar Park this season.

Coach Peter Roe said: "We did a superb job, particularly as the lads had only been together twice.

"I expected a tougher game, but we were lucky to have a large number of Keighley players who were still focused and had been on a run of good form at the end of the season. Jason Ramshaw, Matt Firth and Simeon Hoyle had a massive part to play in the win together with all the Keighley lads."