THE LATEST FROM NATIONAL TWO (NORTH) UPDATE FROM SATURDAY, 25th FEBRUARY
National Two North: courtesy of the National League The National Two North title race experienced its latest twist as Tynedale emerged with a 32-12 victory over promotion challengers Fylde. The Lancashire club had begun the afternoon one point behind league leaders Sedgley Park but now find themselves six points adrift of the summit ahead of their meeting with The Tigers this coming Saturday. Connor Wilkinson scored a try in each half for the visitors, but they were never in front in the North East. Alex Dryden, Josh Leslie and Rob Parker went over for Tynedale – who arrested a run of three straight losses – while the latter also kicked eight points from the tee. Sedgley Park took full advantage of Fylde’s mishap but were made to work hard for their 35-31 bonus- point success against Wharfedale. Danny Maher grabbed a hat-trick for the table-toppers while a late brace from Dale full-back Louis Verity secured The Greens two points. In terms of the battle to avoid the drop, Preston Grasshoppers were able to collect two bonus points in their 37-31 defeat to Chester. Hoppers displayed their character to come from 19 points down to depart Hare Lane with something to show for their efforts
and they are now 12 points clear of the bottom two. The current occupants of the relegation places are Harrogate and Blaydon who both suffered setbacks in Round 20. After a bright start, the Yorkshire outfit lost 31-13 at Otley while a simply stunning performance from Sheffield’s Elliott Fisher condemned Blaydon to a 64-5 defeat. The scrum-half scored four tries and kicked seven conversions to help the home side to victory while the result leaves the North East club 18 points from safety with six games to play. Meanwhile, Hull Ionians (4th) beat Sheffield Tigers 17-10 at Dore Moor while Kian Stewart scored four of Huddersfield’s five tries in their 39-27 win over Rotherham Titans while brother Finlay grabbed the other at Lockwood Park.
N2N 25th Feb Chester
(4) 37 - 31 (5) (4) 31 - 13 (2) (2) 10 - 17 (2) (10) 64 - 5 (1)
Preston G Harrogate Hull Ionians
Tynedale
(3) 23 - 12 (2) (5) 39 - 27 (3) (5) 35 - 31 (5)
Fylde
Otley
Huddersfield Sedgley Park
Rotherham Wharfedale
Sheffield Tigers
Sheffield
Blaydon
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