2 weeks Ago
Dalton move into the Premier Division of the North West Men’s League finishing champions of Division One. They followed up with a 28-16 victory over Westhoughton Lions in Saturday's top-four final. Tries came from Zac Steel, Elliot Bibby, Cavan Armstrong, Isaac Barber, and Roly Seward with Pat Kelly adding four goals.
Joe Crarey was named man-of-the-match for the second week running. Hindpool move into Division One after finishing Division Two champions and Saturday's play-off winners against West Bank Bulls to the tune of 34-10. The Tigers had an early start leaving at 7.
30am for the 11.30am kick-off, while the Banks had only a 10-minute journey. The deadlock was broken on 25 minutes when Daryl Archer stepped round his marker to score with Ryan Kyte converting 6-0.
On the back of penalties, the Tigers moved downfield for Finley Goodings to score and make it 10-0 at the break. The Bank came out strong in the second half, but a loose ball enabled Paul Rickleton to power in to dot the ball down, Grant Burns converting 16-0. And it was Burns who turned the clock back over the years to cross for a typical Burns try 20-0.
He missed the conversion, but soon added a penalty goal 22-0. The Bank came back strong with a converted try for 22-6 only for the Tigers to hit back when Cameron McDermott sent Goodings in for his second try, Kyte adding the goal from the touchline 28-6. Smart attacking play saw Archer send a neat pass out of the backdoor for Jack Osman to score, Kyte adding the goal 34-6.
The Bank closed the scoring with an unconverted try as the Tigers celebrated an historic season..
