Check out the weekend action.
New Brighton 35 (Tries: Brett, Birley, Tupou, Kettle. Cons: Birley 3. Pens: Birley 3.)
Kendal 5 (Try: Bowman.)
Comfortable home win for New Brighton as they battle to finish third in the National Three North league table.
Paul Brett gave the home side the lead with an early try, which Anthony Birley converted for 7-0. Birley scored the second try on 17 minutes and added the conversion for a 14-0 lead. Birley added a penalty on 24 minutes and when replacement Loa Tupou went over on 36 minutes Birley converted for 24-0. He added a penalty for the home side on 40 minutes for a winning 27-0 half time lead.
Birley added a penalty just after the break as New Brighton went further ahead. Both sides scored tries in the final quarter as the home side picked up the points to go within a point of third placed Darlington Mowden Park.
Fylde 6 (Pens: Scott 2.)
Blaydon 15 (Tries: Gandy, Walton. Con: Clappison. Pen: Clappison.)
Excellent away win for Blaydon after some recent disappointing results. Nick Gandy gave the visitors the lead from full back with a fourth minute try which Tim Clappison could not convert but in the 34th minute he made it 8-0 with a penalty goal.
Fylde got on the scoreboard just before half time with a penalty goal from Mike Scott.
In the second half Hooker Sam Walton got the second try of the match as Blaydon extended their lead and with Clappison converting they were 15-3 ahead.
Scott kicked a 66th minute penalty goal but it was the visitors who got the win to move within a point of Darlington Mowden park in third place.
Halifax 28 (Tries: Emmerson, Bloem, Chivers, Lewis. Cons: Sanft 4.)
Macclesfield 0 ()
Leaders Halifax were comfortable home winners against Macclesfield and kept a clean sheet in the process.
Three first half tries saw Halifax build up a 21-0 lead with centres Jamie Bloem and Craig Emmerson and hooker Mark Chivers crossing the Macclesfield line and Douglas Sanft converted all three.
In the second half flanker Gareth Lewis got the only score of the half with a 68th minute try, which Sanft again converted.
Liverpool St Helens 10 (Tries: Nugent, Cunliffe.)
Tynedale 24 (Tries: Penalty try, Beaumont. Con: Belgian. Pens: Belgian 4.)
This was a must win for Liverpool St Helens and they failed to deliver as Tynedale left with the points.
After Tynedale missed an early penalty attempt the home side took the lead with a try on six minutes from Mike Nugent bit Worsley could not add the conversion and the home side were 5-0 ahead.
The visitors got on the scoreboard on nine minutes with a Phil Belgian penalty goal. With two more penalties on 16 and 18 minutes the visitors went 9-5 ahead before crossing the Liverpool line. They were awarded a penalty try and Belgian converted for a 16-5 lead on 22 minutes. With half time approaching Belgian was again on target and Tynedale went in 19-5 ahead.
Five minutes into the second half left wing Dave Cunliffe got the second LSH try but again it was unconverted.
Tynedale sealed the win in the 64th minute with full back Gary Beaumont going over for a try and a 24-10 lead. .
Waterloo 43 (Tries: Kerfoot 2, Aikman, Van Deventer, Blyth, Wolfenden, Davies. Cons: Handley 4.)
Dudley Kingswinford 12 (Tries: Stuart Homer, W Port. Con: Swingwood.)
Another win for Waterloo as they keep their 100% record as they march on to the National Three North league title.
Waterloo took the lead on four minutes with Craig Aikman crossing the Dudley line, Aikman was playing on the wing with John Broxson starting at scrum half. Anthony Handley converted for a 7-0 lead. In the 1oth minute DK were on level terms with prop Stuart Homer going over and Michael Swingwood converting. DK then went ahead with centre Warren Port crossing the home line on 20 minutes and a 12-7 lead.
By half time Waterloo has taken control with full back Jay Van Deventer and then a brace from winger Neil Kerfoot scoring tries for a 26-12 half time lead.
In the second half Waterloo pulled further ahead with three more tries for a comfortable win and two more important points.
Darlington 17 (Tries: Miller, Penalty try. Cons: Butler, C Lee. Pen: Butler.)
Darlington MP 10 (Try: Hufanga. Con: Bedworth. Pen: Bedworth.)
Darlington are up to eighth after this win against local rivals Mowden Park.
Mark Butler kicked the home side ahead with a 6th minute penalty goal. The visitors though were ahead on 18 minutes with a try form debutant winger Hufanga that Mark Bedworth converted for a 7-3 lead.
Prop Dan Miler then got a try at the end of the first half and with Butler converting the home side went in 10-7 ahead.
10 minutes into the second half Bedworth slotted over a penalty to level the scores.
The match was settled when the home side were awarded a penalty try on 80 minutes and Craig Lee converted to seal the win.
Longton 10 (Tries: Lochee Bayne, Turner.)
Preston Grasshoppers 27 (Tries: Flynn 2, Monaghan, O’Toole. Cons: Tuihalamaka 2. Pen: Tuihalamaka.)
Report courtesy of Preston as still awaiting Official Match Result Card from Longton.
Hoppers first ever visit to Longton was bedevilled by the vicious wind which blew diagonally across the pitch. Rugby was thus something of a lottery but it was Hoppers who held the winning tickets.
The adapted to the conditions better than their hosts. Using the elements in the first half to build up a lead they then contained Longton after the break with sensible, controlled rugby.
In a fine team performance No 8 Richard Morton, badly missed with along term injury this season, was outstanding and he had excellent support from his two experienced colleagues, flanker Paul Manley and the abrasive Chris O'Toole at scrum half.
This streetwise trio were complemented by the younger element. Andrew Dockray, benefiting from playing alongside Manley and Morton, completed a dominant back row. Sam Houston at centre was always alert and causing problems whilst prop John Peterson celebrated his 18th birthday with a competent debut against an opponent whose greater years and build were no advantage.
Hoppers took the game to Longton from the start. A charged down kick almost brought a try to Russell Flynn who was edged into touch and over promising moves were halted by a knock on and offside.
Longton's first incursion into Hoppers half was repulsed and a long downfield kick by O'Toole led to the first score. Oliver Viney, who made a telling contribution with his sorties from fullback followed up and as the ball ran loose he gained possession to send Gary Monaghan round under the posts for try converted by Sengili Tuihalamaka to make it 7-0 after 12 minutes.
A fine break by O'Toole and a chip ahead by Viney taken on by Monaghan and Paul Bailey looked promising and as the pack were gaining the upper hand in the scrums Longton were on the backfoot.
A grubber kick by O'Toole was thwarted by the minimal ingoal area but advantage brought play back for a Hoppers penalty, which Tuihalamaka kicked from short range on 28 minutes.
Two minutes later Hoppers scored again when O'Toole, Manley and Viney had a hand in setting up an unconverted try for Flynn.
Longton flanker Paul Sheldon was shown a yellow card and as Hoppers pressed O'Toole and Manley were held up near the line. A pushover try for O'Toole after electing a scrum instead of a penalty and a fine conversion from wide out by Tuihalamaka gave Hoppers a 22-0 lead at half time.
If Hoppers expected an onslaught against the wind on the restart they were not disappointed and with two minutes Longton had breached their defence with an unconverted try by Ed Lochee-Bayne.
Hoppers the shut up shop and excellent tackling denied Longton who were forced into error. Resultant scrums enabled close control as Morton time and again picked up drive forward.
Five minutes fro the end Longton did score again when they ran a penalty on the 22 to get lock Gary Turner over in the corner for 5 points.
Hoppers were not finished and as another Longton attack was disrupted O'Toole put up a high kick, which floated across the pitch, and it was Houston who claimed possession. He set up a flowing move involving Tuihalamaka, Viney and Bailey to give Monaghan his second try to set the seal on a well deserved victory. |
