RL CONFERENCE - NORTH WEST PREMIER DIVISION

LYMM RL 18 NEW BROUGHTON 26 - 09/05/09

A much improved performance from Lymm, saw them make a very creditable first home appearance of the season against last years North West Grand Finalists New Broughton.

In a much changed team to the one that had travelled to Wigan, two weeks earlier, five players made their debuts for the club including Sean Hughes, Zak Lythgoe, James Dudley, Oliver Higginson and Mike Cadd.

Elsewhere Dan Foster, Mark Fitton, Matt Rockey and Paul Hennessey all returned to the fold to leave Lymm with a healthy squad of 19 players.

In a first-half that swung from one end to another it was the visitors who held a narrow 12-14 interval advantage with Lymm’s tries coming from Pete Cannon and debutant Sean Hughes whilst scrum-half Pete Leonard added the extras.

The visitors pulled away early into the second-half to take the game out to 12-26 with two converted tries but Lymm responded in kind with Cannon’s second touchdown of the afternoon and Leonard’s third successful goal.

However Lymm couldn't cross again leaving New Broughton to celebrate the victory. Lymm will travel to Runcorn next time out hoping for a repeat of the performance in August when they qualified for the Cheshire Grand Final with a 10-20 victory.

Lymm: Foster, Fitton, Evans, Rockey, Hughes, Flannery, Leonard, Bagley, Stuart, Lythgoe, Dudley, Higginson, Cannon. Subs: Bancroft, Ward, Hennessey, Cadd, Stevenson, Tom Mahoney.

Tries: Cannon (2), Hughes.
Goals: Leonard (3)

NWP Results: Blackpool Sea Eagles 4 Wigan Riversiders 44; Widnes Saints 44 Runcorn 28