CROSS CONFERENCE FRIENDLY

CROSFIELDS 26 LYMM RL 10 - 15/07/09

Summer met winter at Hood Lane as Lymm RL took the opportunity to travel to Crosfields for a much anticipated friendly match.

With Lymm struggling to find games in recent weeks, Crosfields from the Fraser Eagle National Conference League were seen as the ideal opponents as Lymm embark on their assault on the Minor Premiership in the Co-Operative Rugby League Conference North West and the end of season play-off series.

Ahead of the game a number of regular squad player made themselves unavailable for the contest meaning that the club had to draft in numerous trialist players from around the amateur game in the town, who all took the opportunity to represent the Crouchley Lane outfit. Crosfields meanwhile had a strong line-up with many of their Conference players for the up and coming season on show.

Crunching exchanges between both sets of forwards dictated the pattern of play in a tight and entertaining first-half, Lymm hitting the front as the Crosfields defence fell for a wild dummy from wingman Mark Fitton who went over in the corner.

Lymm threatened again soon after with Matt Mahoney desperately unlucky not to cross against his old side and with Soap going on to touchdown twice it was they who held a 10-4 half-time advantage.

Lymm looked to have got back into the game early into the second-half when Neil Evans went within inches of scoring. As it was Crosfields greater power proved the difference in the closing stages as they took the game out of Lymm's sights who continued to battle bravely and were rewarded with a try from a powerful trialist forward that Pete Leonard goaled.

Lymm: Lloyd, Fitton, Matt Mahoney, Bird, Mullins, Neil Evans, Leonard, Nat Ashurst, Stuart, Neil Ashurst, Ward, Dudley, Cannon. Subs: Forster, Bagley. Trialists not listed.

Tries: Fitton, Trialist.
Goals: Leonard.