Rylands Sharks u7 36

Blackbrook u7 12

AN excellent performance from Rylands. Try tat-tricks came from James Mendeika and Daniel Phillips with others from Lee Beswick, Jordon Burke and Jason Brookes. Special award winner was Chris Meacock, top tackler was Jordon Burke and man of the match was Daniel Phillips.

Woolston Rovers u7 20

Chorley Borough 24

END to end rugby thrughout with Chorley winning in the dying seconds of the game. Man of the match was T. Alison.

Woolston Rovers u8 36

Chorley Borough 4

WOOLSTON ran well and tackled hard. Man of the match was M. Collinson who scored a hat-trick of tries. Best support player was M. Garner, top tackler was I. Vaughan and top assistant tackler was L. Ince.

Crosfields u10 30

Leyland Warriors u10 28

SOAP pulled the deficit back to 10-6 with a good try by C. Patterson but were behind 20-6 at half-time. Soap started to play some good rugby and scored further tries by C. Patterson, four in total, and T. Caswell. G. Mercer, the man of the match, kicked five goals

Coaches' man of the match was C. Patterson and top tackler was K. Jarvis.

Latchford Albion u10 28

St. Hels Crusaders u10 16

LATCHFORD took control through the class of their strong running forwards in the second half.

Albion's try scorers were Lee Mitchell, two, Joe Gandy, Ben Mellor, Mike Linaker. Conversions were added by Linaker, Danny O'Brien, Sam Appleby.

Player of the match was Mike Linaker, best tackler was Joe Gandy and the coaches' award went to Joe Mellor on his debut.

Rylands Sharks u10 34

Hindley u10 22

RYLANDS were always in charge but were only assured of the victory when man of the match Craig Howard went over for his fourth try in the closing stages.

Tries: C. Howard 4, D. Hankey 2. Goals: D. Hankey 5. Man of the match was Craig Howard while top tackler was Andrew Campbell and the special award winner was Danny Halliwell.

Leylands Warriors u11 16

Rylands Sharks u11 28

RYLANDS won a hard fought game to go through to the last eight of the North West Counties Cup.

Tries were scored by C. White 3, J. Goulden, C. Forster and R. Douglas. C. White added two goals. Man of the match was C. White while top tackler was J. Goulden and special award winner was D. Forster.

Haydock u11 8

Woolston Rovers u11 20

A FINE victory for Woolston in this cup tie after holding the edge throughout.

Tries were scored by P. Reynolds, A. Warburton, two and P. Airey. Conversions were tagged on by J. Sherratt, P. Airey.

Man of the match was A. Warburton. Best support was shared between A. Stringer and M. Dolley with top tackler being awarded to P. Airey.

Crosfields u12 36

Royton Tigers u12 10

A GOOD display by Crosfields in merry conditions.

Crosfields scored tries through I. Brown, B. Whalley, S. Hill, three, C. Hull and D. Rourke. C. Hill kicked four goals. Man of the match was S. Hill.

Crosfields u13 4

Royton Tigers u13 18

CROSFIELDS gave a good performance in a hard fought game. Their try was scored by C. Shove. Men of the match were A. Jerrams, D. Saxon and R. Jarvis.

Ince St. Williams u14 4

Crosfields u14 16

CROSFIELDS played some good rugby in atrocious conditions. Try scorers were Leather, Gooch and man of the match M. Brown, who also kicked two goals. The team defended well as a unit with special mention due to Pitt and Healy.

Bewsey Bulls u18 36

Blackpool 0

THE Bulls are definitely back on track with another outstanding team performance.

Good communication, ball handling and strong tackling led to the win. Man of the match was Cragg.

Soap scholars

TWO Crosfields under 14 players have been selected to train at Wilderspool on Warrington's under 14 scholarship scheme along with some of the best young players in the north west.

Mike Brown, a strong running loose foward, and Dave Gooch, a fast and elusive prop or second row forward have been rewarded for the hard work they have put in over the last couple of seasons.

Brown has also been selected to train with the Lancashire under 14 squad.

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