Mayfield Rugby League

last wekends games

NATIONAL CONFERENCE LEAGUE DIVISION 1

Myton warriors 20 – 10 Rochdale Mayfield

 

It took a last minute Myton try to finally put paid to Mayfield victory hopes away in hull on Saturday. The two sides were evenly matched for much of the game and myton were hanging on to a slender 6 point lead at the time.

Mayfield were hit a by couple of late withdrawals and illness on the bus which forced star hooker todd o’brien out of the game, and this showed as in the first 20 minutes poor Mayfield marking on the right wing gave fifth in the league Myton a 14 nil lead. An andy lee try which was goaled by aidan Gleeson got Mayfield back in the game with a half time scoreline of 14 – 6.

7 minutes into the second half lee Atkinson got reward for his massive efforts all afternoon by scoring a try which Gleeson couldn’t convert to put Mayfield within sight of a victory. Matty moores drove Mayfield on but try as they might Mayfield lacked the necessary composure to finish sets and create pressure and Myton hung on until that last game winning try.       

 Team; rob Kershaw, sean snape, steve wood, komai namulnatua, paul lane, ian Sampson, lee Atkinson, benn coombes, todd o’brien, chris brett, Andrew moroney, matty moore, aidan Gleeson, Stephan howard, andy lee, simon moore, ben simpson.

NORTH WEST COUNTIES DIVISION 4 – MAYFIELD NWC 12 – 54 IRLAM HORNETS

Mayfield NWC played host to Irlam Hornets on Sat at the Mayfield sports centre and were well beaten by a team that were probably the best they had faced all season. Irlam started strongly with two tries in the opening six minutes so it was obvious from the start that this was going to be a tough day at the office. True to form Mayfield stuck to the task and scored two late tries to make the scoreline a little more respectable. The visitors were bigger, stronger and faster in every department and it was a real test of character and indeed testament to the never say die attitude of the team, that they got on the score sheet at all. Veteran Billy Hill scored both the home teams tries both classy individual efforts and this was enough to earn him the M.O.M award from the opposition’s coaches. There were other good performances on the day from the usual faces Ellis, Ayers, Hancock and Yeomans who all worked tirelessly in both attack and defence while young Kristian Duffy once again pushed himself for the full eighty minutes, putting in some fantastic tackles and it’s fair to say without him the scoreline would have been even worse. Others worth a mention were old war horse Tony Hilton who did his best to encourage his young team mates, and Craig White. Coach Leon Ashworth was almost speechless at the end of the game but praised the lads for the effort they had put in and just asked that they maintain the same focus and dedication for the rest of the season, if they do they will surely beat some of the lesser teams.