A HARD fought game played by two excellent teams saw Rylands just come out on top.

The try scorers were Daniel Phillips, three, Chris Meacock, Jamie Howard, Connor Dean and Jason Brookes.

Team: Jamie Thompson, Chris Meacock, Daniel Phillips, Jamie Howard, Jonathan Digby, Phillip Nicholls, Louis Walsh, Connor Dean, Jason Brookes, Joe Clarke, Mike Lagar, Tom Hardman.

Haydock u8 12

Rylands Sharks u8 20

AN excellent game of rugby with good team work in defence by Rylands.

Tries were scored by Dan Oakes, Matt Lomax, Lee Beswick, Jack Reid and man of the match Tom Major.

Top tackler was James Mendeika and the special award went to Matt Goss.

Team: Jordan Burke, Jordan Rowes, James Mendeika, Matt Goss, Jack Reid, Tom Major, Dan Bolton, Dan Oakes, Sam Brinksman, Matt Lomax, Joe Moore, Lee Beswick, Andrew Metcalf.

Wigan St. Cuthberts u9 30

Rylands Sharks u9 34

AN impressive team display earned Rylands their first victory over St. Cuthberts.

Man of the match Duffy defended strongly as well as scoring a hat-trick of tries. James was outstanding in defence to take the top tackler and Cooper received the special award.

Team: L. Bate, M. Cooper, C. Dean, L. Duffy, H. James, M. Morrow, P. Risley, J. Roberts, L. Thursfield, D. Walker, N. Woodward.

Crosfields u9 24

Portico u9 16

A TIGHT game was only decided in the dying minutes by birthday boy Andrew Dixon's long range try.

D. Brown, J. Dolphin, B. Atherton and man of the match A. Thompson starred for Soap. Tries were scored by D. Brown, A. Dixon, two and A. Thompson. Goals by A. Dixon, J. Anwyll, J. Marshall, B. Atherton.

Team: B. Atherton, J. Anwyll, Z. Taylor, J. Dolphin, A. Allen, J. Giblin, J. Marshall, K. Yates, D. Brown, A. Dixon, C. Eland, A. Thompson, M. Noonan.

St. Helens Crusaders u10 24

Latchford Albion Unicorns u10 6

LATCHFORD showed great determination in a game in which the final score did not reflect the play.

Latchford's try was a barnstorming effort from Ben Mellor, converted by Mike Linaker. Best for Latchford were Dean Worrall, Linaker, Chris Payton and Joe Gandy. Man of the match was Mellor, best tackler was Lee Mitchell and the coaches' award went to Jack Price.

Team: M. Linaker, D. Worrall, D. Jones, J. Price, L. Mitchell, D. O'Brien, B. Mellor, C. Payton, S. Linaker, J. Gandy, A. Alderman.

Crosfields u10 18

Longshaw Street u10 24

TRIES by G. Mercer and A. Bainczyk put Crosfields 12-6 ahead early on in this seesaw match.

Longshaw Street forced their way to a 18-12 lead before Soap pulled it back level through a K. Jarvis try. But the visitors claimed the winning try five minutes from time.

G. Mercer kicked three goals. Man of the match was A. Bainczyk, top tackler was J. Smith and the coaches' award went to T. Caswell.

Team: J. Woods, K. Jarvis, A. Bainczyk, I. Thomas, A. Howard, C. Patterson, G. Mercer, T. Caswell, J. Smith, S. Edwards, J. Fleming, S. Pickles.

Woolston Rovers u11 36

Royton Tigers u11 4

SOME superb rugby skills were shown in this excellent victory which the whole team contributed to.

Tries were scored by B. Ogden, R. Cosgrove, J. Sherratt, two, A. Guest, S. McEvoy, P. Reynolds, two and P. Airey, two. Goals were kicked by J. Sherratt, two, P. Airey, three, R. Cosgrove and A. Guest.

Man of the match was shared between M. Dolley and J. Sherratt.

Team: A. Stringer, D. Thompson, B. Ogden, A. Warburton, R. Cosgrove, J. Sherratt, A. Guest, S. McEvoy, M. Dolley, P. Reynolds, P. Airey, S. Woods, J. Cooper.

Wigan St. Cuthberts u11 28

Rylands Sharks u11 10

A HARD fought game in which Rylands always struggled.

Tries came from M. Wright and R. Douglas. C. Forster kicked one conversion.

Team: R. Douglas, L. Caldwell, C. Forster, D. Forster, C. White, B. Spiers, P. Shawcross, A. Crosby, P. Keenan, R. Jones, J. Peasnell, M. Wright, C. Wilcock, J. Goulden.

Royton Tigers u12 0

Woolston Rovers u12 30

WOOLSTON'S team effort of skillful handling and solid defence proved too much for their opponents.

Tries came courtesy of Simpson-Adkins, Cornelia, Yii, two, Fawcett and Braide. Goals by Cornelia, two and Molphy.

Team: Bagley, Beckett, Berry, Braide, Bright, Cornelia, Cunniffe, Dobson, Fawcett, Hinton, Maddock, Molphy, Simpson-Adkins, Walker, Yii.

Crosfields u13 6

Westbank u13 0

BOTH defences kept the game tight until halfway through the second half when strong running from Danny Inman brought a try converted by John Andrews.

Both sides kept up pressure but hard tackling stopped any further scoring. Best for Crosfields was R. Smith, P. Berry and M. Bryers.

Team: P. Berry, C. Wilkes, A. Jerram, J. Andrews, R. Smith, P. Twigg, M. Bramham, D. Inman, C. Shove, S. Pickersgill, R. Jarvis, M. Bryers, D. Whaley, M. Johnson, J. Jackson, M. Ishwerwood, L. Payton, D. Saxon.

Woolston u14 8

Crosfields u14 22

A FIERCELY contested 'derby' ended with Crosfields inflicting Woolston's first league defeat of the season.

Crosfields produced some enterprising attacking rugby to lead 14-4 at half-time and pressed home their advantage in the second half with Brown and Fairhurst leading by example.

Tries were scored by Brown, two, Moore, Elston and Pennington with Gooch adding one goal. Man of the match was shared between Gooch and Brown with Pitt and Healy outstanding in defence.

Crosfields u14 34

Wigan St. Judes u14 0

SOAP turned in a tremendous team performance to defeat a team that they had never previously beaten.

A welcome return to action was made by Zak Elston after a lengthy lay off. Crosfields displayed good handling skills to score some fine tries.

Grappenhall Griffins u15 22

Leigh East u15 26

GRAPPENHALL lifted their game to push Leigh East to the final whistle.

Good attacking play from Stout, Lester, Flint, Cunliffe and Hutchinson. Best in the backs were Cunliffe, Hutchinson, Farrell.

Tries were scored by Stout, Farrell, Lester and Povey. Hutchinson kicked three goals.

Team: Buckley, Farrell, Peers, Flint, Garvey, Farrell, Hutchinson, Lester, Cunliffe, Tobin, Crichley, Povey, Stout, Vance.

Woolston Rovers u15 36

Newtown Knights u15 12

ROVERS quickly recovered from the shock of an early Knights try to power to a half-time lead.

After the interval Woolston were rarely troubled and went on to run in eight tries through Johnson, Berry, Jones, Heaton, two, Gandy, McKay and Fitzpatrick. Goals by Heaton, Neil, two and Fitzpatrick secured a comfortable victory.

Team: Neil, Berry, Fitzpatrick, Jones, Heaton, Speight, Johnson, Gandy, McHugh, Clarke, McKay, Davidson, Bell, Coleman, Corker, Sears, Musson.

Lunts Heath Lions u15 6

Crosfields u15 16

CROSFIELDS were made to work hard all the way for this victory against strong Widnes opposition.

Tries by Richard Hough, Ian Stephenson and Chris Gordon plus goals from Stephenson and Paul Oultram gave Soap the edge. Daniel Mutton and George Smith worked hard in defence while Daniel Archer looked lively in attack.

Crosfields u16 36

Hindley u16 20

CROSFIELDS got back to winning ways with a solid defensive display by Banner.

Kilshaw and Mellor put Leather through for an early try. Further tries came from Alcock, Pickett and Rowan. C. Mellor kicked four goals.

Team: D. Banner, A. Simpson, S. Leather, C. Mellor, B. Rowan, A. Kilshaw, S. Pickett, C. Noone, C. Bennion, P. Alcock, M. Owens, J. Dillon, G. Giogley. Subs: D. Stringer, L. Forbes, J. Young, C. Monks.

Bewsey Bulls u18 48

Haydock u18 4

HAYDOCK kept the Bulls under pressure to limit the half-time score to 16-4 but tired in the second half.

Tries came from Cragg, five, Withnall, Ross, Heaton and man of the match Hanna. Conversions were added by Taylor, four, Leonard and Houghton.

Team: Croughton, Withnall, Savage, Ryder, Duckers, Heaton, Cragg, Taylor, Barber, Hanna, Ross, McCarthy, Leonard, Houghton, McKay.

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