Widnes Albion Bulls 24

Rylands 10

A WIN for the Albion even though they gave a stuttering performance in the first-half.

Falling behind to an early Rylands penalty they took the lead when Andy Benson crashed over and a Chris Fenlon penalty stretched the lead.

Shortly after a break by captain Andy Friar saw Tony Mahar race under the posts, Fenlon adding the extras for a 12-2 lead.

A bit of complacency set in and too many penalties were conceded, two of them converted to cut the lead to 12-6 at the interval.

The second-half was scoreless until the 25th minute when Chris Bibby forced his way over direct from a play-the-ball.

Strong running by Wayne Swindley and Mick Donnelly paved the way for Tony Mahar to jink his way over under the posts for a converted try and a 22-6 lead.

With 15 minutes to go the Albion were tackling everything, well led by Ste Lightfoot, and Friar, but the visitors reduced the arrears with a corner-flag try before a late Fenlon penalty sealed the win for the Albion.

The Bulls are away at Portico Panthers for a vital league game, kick-off 2.30pm.

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