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Speedway: Simon Stead and Anders Rowe react to Sheffield's dramatic first leg win against Leicester in play off semifinal.
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00:00Simon, what's your reaction to the Knights Racing here tonight at Owlton?
00:05Still in shock, really.
00:08You know, to be so confident and going so well for so much of the meeting.
00:15To then only be three points up at the close of it.
00:22Just unbelievable, really.
00:24But we have to pick ourselves up.
00:27We've seen how quickly a meeting can turn around.
00:30But unfortunately, when we get to these meetings,
00:33it always seems to be the same story when we're talking about poor refereeing decisions.
00:39Unfortunately, tonight's no different.
00:41Have you ever seen anything like it with the number of heats that had to be rerun this evening?
00:46I think when you get to the playoffs, I think it can happen
00:51because the level of commitment in the first corners and through the meeting
00:55has probably stepped up a notch.
00:58But I just can't believe that we're running three up.
01:04I'm disappointed about that.
01:05But, you know, Monday will be a new meeting and we'll go again.
01:08How surprised were you that Anders was excluded after Heat 14?
01:13Well, I thought it was the wrong decision.
01:16I think Stuart will argue the other way when there was contact between the two.
01:24But arguably, Anders was going for the racing line and had his nose in front.
01:29So, it's disappointing that, you know, that really hurt us because, obviously, the difference between three and eight.
01:40Anders, what were your feelings coming out of the meeting tonight?
01:45Yeah, it's one of them, isn't it?
01:46We started off really well and, yeah, a couple of decisions obviously didn't go my way.
01:51So, yeah, it's one of them things.
01:54But it's all learning and progress and we've still got a three-point lead, I think it is.
01:57So, we just got to carry on pushing and push for Leicester on Monday and try and progress as much as possible and get that win over.
02:06How did you see what happened on the 4-3 run of Heat 14?
02:13Obviously, I've made a good start off a one and me and Kyle sort of touched going into the first turn.
02:17And I'd gone up and he'd obviously followed but I was half a bike down in front at the time and he clipped my dirt deflector on the back.
02:25And, yeah, it's one of them things, it's a racing incident, it could have happened the opposite way around.
02:29And it just shows how much all of us riders from either team want to be into them playoffs.
02:35So, yeah, I hope Kyle's okay and, yeah.
02:38And were you surprised to be excluded on the first bend?
02:43Yeah, quite a lot actually.
02:46But it's racing, it's one of them things and we've just got to come back stronger.
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