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Blaydon 16 (Try: Keni. Con: Clappison. Pens: Clappison 3.)
Darlington 12 (Tries: Lewis, Penalty try. Con: Haswell.)
Blaydon were victors in this North East derby in a low scoring close game.
The home side were first on the scoreboard when flanker Peti Keni went over for a 16th minute try which Tim Clappison converted for a 7—0 lead. By half time though the visitors were ahead after back row man Anthony Lewis went over for a try on 32 minutes and then in injury time they were awarded a penalty try which David Haswell converted for a 12-7 lead.
In the second half it was the boot of Clappison that proved the difference with three penalty goals on 48, 52 and 58 minutes.
Darlington Mowden Park 34 (Tries: Kerr, Gesinde, Brown, Salahshouri, Hufanga. Cons: Richardson, Bedworth 2. Pen: Richardson.)
Tynedale 20 (Tries: Dungait, Murray. Cons: Belgian 2. Pens: Belgian 2.)
Another North East derby with DMP take the honours after a strong last quarter which saw them pull away from a 20 all score line.
DMP were first on the scoreboard when centre Gareth Kerr went over after seven minutes and David Richardson converted. Phil Belgian kept the visitors in it with a couple of penalty goal before the home side got a second try. It came from second row Eniola Gesinde and Richardson missed the conversion but did add a penalty goal for 15-6 at the break.
Early in the second half Tynedale scrum Keith Dungait went over and Belgian converted to get back within two. Prop Dan Brown though took the home side seven points clear with a 51st minute try. The visitors drew level on the honour mark with No 8 Andrew Murray going over and Belgian converting.
DMP were ahead again two minutes later with replacement winger Pedram Salahshouri going in for a try and full back Mark Bedworth converted. The win was sealed in the 73rd minute when centre Suga Hufanga went in for a try and again Bedworth was on target.
Fylde 40 (Tries: Long 2, McIntyre, Wiseman. Cons: Scott 4. Pens: Scott 4.)
Kendal 3 (Pen: Park.)
Big home win for Fylde scoring four tries to nil to guarantee sixth lace in National Three North.
The boot of Mike Scott put them ahead on seven minutes but Chris Park responded for the visitors two minutes later. Scott kicked his second penalty on 14 minutes to put Fylde ahead again. Centre Karl Long then took centre stage with a brace of tries both of which were converted by Scott and they were 20-3 ahead after half an hour. Before the break Scott added a third penalty goal for a 20 point lead.
In the second half Fylde took just three minutes to increase their lead with hooker Craig McIntyre going over and again Scott adding the extras. Scott kicked a fourth penalty goal and then on 80 minutes winger David Wiseman went over for the fourth try and Scott made it eight kicks out of eight on the day with the conversion.
Halifax 24 (Tries: Canning, Cooper. Con: Sanft. Pens: Sanft 3. DG: Bloem.)
Waterloo 20 (Tries: Davies, Payne. Cons: Handley 2. Pens: Handley 2.)
Well still all to play for as Halifax come up with the goods to end Waterloo’s unbeaten start to the season and put a bit of doubt into their run in which still involves what could be an interesting match away at Blaydon.
Halifax were 3-0 up on 15 minutes when Douglas Sanft slotted over a penalty goal. They were 10-0 ahead on 21 minutes with their talented winger Aaron Canning crossing the Waterloo line and Sanft added the extras. Tony Handley then got the visitors off the mark with a 23rd minute penalty goal. Halifax though went 10 points ahead again when Sanft kicked a 34th minute penalty goal. With half time approaching Waterloo were right back in it with centre Gareth Davies going over and Handley added the extras to trail 13-10 at half time.
In the opening minute of the second half Waterloo were ahead for the first time with the other centre Freeman Payne crossing the home line and again Handley converted for a 17-13 lead. The lasted 12 minutes before the other Halifax winger Nick Cooper went over and they were a point ahead. Just after the hour mark Handley put Waterloo ahead again with a second penalty goal.
Three minutes later and Halifax centre Jamie Bloem dropped a goal to go a point ahead again. Sanft sealed the win in injury time with a penalty goal and a famous win, which just puts a bit of doubt on Waterloo for the coming weeks.
Liverpool St Helens 13 (Tries: Lourens, Cunliffe. Pen: Worsley.)
Preston Grasshoppers 19 (Tries: Dochray, Tuihalamaka, Fletcher. Cons: Tuihalamaka 2.)
Preston went above LSH after this win but both sides will be playing in Powergen North One next season. LSH were first on the scoreboard with Simon Worsley slotting over a penalty goal in the 8th minute.
On the half hour they went 8-0 ahead with prop Jan Lourens going over but Worsley could not convert.
Five minutes later and Hoppers were off the mark with flanker Andrew Dochray going over the LSH line to trail by three at half time.
Two minutes after the break the home side were further ahead with left wing David Cunliffe going over and they were 13-5 ahead.
Preston though fought back and ran in tries on 51 minutes from centre Seni Tuihalamaka and then on 68 minutes the other centre Adam Fletcher scored and Tuihalamaka converted them both for a positive result after a poor season.
Longton 8 (Try: Gadd. Pen: Wheat.)
Dudley Kingswinford 13 (Try: . Con: Swingwood. Pens: Swingwood.)
REPORT FROM Michael Wheat (No other info provided as yet).
Longton fell to another agonisingly close defeat in their latest National 3 North encounter, going down by 13-8 to Dudley Kingswinford. The home side repeated their slow start of the previous week by conceding 10 points in the opening 10 minutes, and although dominating for long periods of the game, couldn't take their chances.
The game was barely 5 minutes old when Dudley’s pacy backs broke through to score a fine converted try for an early 7-0 lead, which soon became 10-0 with a successful penalty. Longton knew they were facing a thrashing if they didn't sharpen up and they came into the game more strongly as the game progressed. Longton took the opportunity to give some of the clubs young players the chance to experience National level rugby and newcomers Marshall Gadd, Matt Davies, Richard Kelly and Calvin Preece all showed that they have the ability to play at this level. The young Longton pack competed well and a number of powerful surges from the likes of Paul Sheldon and Tim Wareham brought several opportunities that unfortunately weren't capitalised on.
Dudley were an ambitious, pacy side but Longton defended mightily when they had to and a couple of charges from scrum half James Gabriel and centre Paul Green almost brought a score.
Turning around 10-0 behind Longton began the second half positively and the forwards continued to drive around the fringes successfully. This pressure eventually led to a penalty that was converted by Tony Wheat. Unfortunately ill discipline saw Dudley convert a penalty of their own for a 13-3 lead.
Young centre Scott Rawlings entered the fray and a couple of barnstorming runs saw Longton firmly on the front foot. The breakthrough eventually came with 15 minutes to go when fly half Tony Wheat chipped the defence for Scott Rawlings to regather and slip a pass to hooker Gadd who powered through 3 defenders on their line for an excellent try.
Trailing 13-8 the home side threw everything at Dudley but unfortunately couldn’t finish the job, conceding defeat for the 8th time this season by less than one score.
New Brighton 37 (Tries: Naylor 3, Sewell, Pennington, Tupou. Cons: Birley 2. Pen: Birley.)
Macclesfield 0 (.)
The race for third spot is still tight with DMP one point ahead of both New Brighton and Blaydon as the season draws to a close.
New Brighton full back Dan Naylor was over for two tries in the first 15 minutes for a 12-0 lead with Anthony Birley kicking one of the conversions. Two more tries in the final 10 minutes saw the home side go in 24-0 ahead with flanker Jon Newell and right wing Matt Pennington crossing the Macclesfield try line.
A minute into the second half Naylor completed a hat trick and four minutes later they got a sixth try through replacement Loa Tupou and a big score looked on the cards. Macc though dug in and that was the end of the tries with Birley just slotting over a penalty goal just after the hour mark. |
