Chris Holder's impressive performance in heat 15 kept Poole Pirates' hopes of winning the Knockout Cup alive as they lost the first leg 49-41 at Eastbourne.

With the Eagles looking to secure a double-figure advantage, Holder superbly passed Matej Zagar to cut the deficit to eight points.

Poole promoter Matt Ford said: "That pass by Chris was something special, and I think that shows his pedigree."

The return leg is being held at Wimbourne Road on Wednesday.

Ford added: "We had our backs to the wall going into that final heat.

"When we lost the toss for gate positions you couldn't help think that they could easily have been bringing a 10-plus lead with them and we know from experience how difficult it is to eat into such a large advantage."

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