TWO debutants were on target for Warrington Rylands as they fought back to take a point at home on Tuesday night.

Full-back Cole Lonsdale and forward Leslie Adekoya both started at Gorsey Lane having been brought in by new manager Neil Reynolds, who was taking charge of his first Northern Premier League game since replacing Mark Duffy.

Both found the net as Blues fought back from two goals down to draw at home to Mickleover, with Lonsdale's deflected second-half effort securing a point after Adekoya had netted from close range on the stroke of half time.

Those goals came after Rylands conceded twice in the space of a minute early on, with Stuart Beavon lobbing home the opener before Andy Dales finished off a crisp move to double the visitors' lead.

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NEIL Reynolds’ appointment at Warrington Rylands is designed to steer the club into calmer waters.

And in his first league game at the helm, he will certainly have seen plenty he could work with as his new charges rescued what looked to be a pretty desperate situation.

Indeed, this game will have given the new boss a full picture – he saw the issues that have plagued their poor start to the season, but also that the tools to fix it are potentially in place.

In truth, a point was the least Rylands deserved from this game and considering they found themselves 2-0 down inside the first 10 minutes, that is testament to how they recovered.

Mickleover themselves were probably as surprised as anybody that they suddenly found themselves in a position of command, given it had been the hosts who had made the brighter start before Stuart Beavon opened the scoring.

And while the goal that immediately followed it from Andy Dales came about via a superb passing move that can be mitigated for, the way in which the home defence had earlier been beaten by a simple long ball for Beavon to lob in the opener was the kind of wholly preventable goal that was been a running theme for Blues.

Nevertheless, their response was impressive and as the half went on, they assumed control.

By the time Leslie Adekoya – one of two debutants to mark their bows with a goal – had tapped home to half the deficit on the stroke of half time, Mickleover stopper Yusuf Mersin had already made three excellent saves.

And after the break, there had already been a desperate scrambled clearance off the line to deny the hugely impressive Ben Hardcastle before Cole Lonsdale struck the leveller.

There may have been an element of fortune about the goal itself, which beat Mersin via a deflection, but Rylands had more than earned their luck.

Adekoya and Lonsdale are the first two signings of the Reynolds era and there will no doubt be more that the new boss will be hoping for similar impacts from.

A home win in the league still eludes the men from Gorsey Lane, but there were clear signs a corner is close to being turned.