RL CONFERENCE - NORTH WEST PREMIER DIVISION

NEW BROUGHTON 16 LYMM RL 24 - 20/06/09

A second-half fight back saw Lymm RL move into second place in the Rugby League Conference North West Premier Division with a fine away day victory at the high flying New Broughton Rangers.

With many players away on holiday, Lymm's team was much changed from the one that had defeated Blackpool, a week earlier, with Craig Millington and Frankie Bird both making their debuts for the club.

With a powerful forward park, Lymm laid good early foundations and were rewarded when Mike Cadd crashed over under the sticks and Sean Hughes goaled.

However, Lymm failed to build on their early promise and with Millington in the sin-bin, Broughton went onto score three tries, two of which were converted to give them a 16-6 interval advantage.

With the words of Coach Anthony Sullivan in their ears, Lymm responded early into the second-half as Cadd crossed again to complete a brace of touchdowns and when Pete Cannon went over, the Lymm comeback was gathering momentum.

Zak Lythgoe then gave the visitors the lead as he stretched out to score and with Hughes goaling, Lymm were up by four points.

A nervous final five minutes followed as Broughton went within inches of registering a match winner, however as they tried to over play on their own line, Richie Bancroft soon collected a spilled ball to seal a memorable victory.

Lymm: Lloyd, Hughes, Millington, Ashall, Dane Evans, Flannery, Cannon, Cadd, Stuart, Nat Ashurst, Bancroft, Ward, Bagley. Subs: Fitton, Bird, Stevenson, Hobbs, Lythgoe.

Tries: Cadd (2), Cannon, Lythgoe, Bancroft.
Goals: Hughes (2).