St. Judes travelled to Halifax at the weekend to play Siddal and were unfortunate not to come away with the spoils. The home side drew first blood on seven minutes when weak defence on the right hand side allowed Siddal number three to cross wide out,the conversion was unsuccessful. Judes M.O.M. Paul Pendlebury and scrum half John McMullen were now becoming more prominent spraying out some nice passes resulting in two quick scores from Steven King wide out and Anthony Ridyard by the posts, Scott Robinson goaled the second one. On the stroke of half time Siddal again found space on the right hand side and made the half time score 8-10.

Siddal started the better in the second half and a grubber kick through the defence brought six points to put the hosts ahead, the game was moving the visitors way with Pendlebury and McMullen keeping pressure on the home defence, eventually they cracked and Pendlebury forced his way over Robinson added the extras. Siddal were not going to lie down and once again good approach work found a gap in the line to conclude the scoring. In the final 10 minutes Judes crossed twice but the scores were ruled out by the referee and time eventually ran out. Wigan St Judes 16-18 Siddal  Next Week - Skirlaugh (Hull) - Away

St Pats ended their poor recent run of form with a huge victory over table toppers Hull Dockers, St Pats twice trailed the game by 16 points, being down 16-0 only to score through Mick Daniles and reduce the arrears to 16-6 as Scholfield added the extras, then conceding again just after half time to trail 22-6.  This is where the comeback began in earnest.

Completed sets and dominant defence kept Pats in the game and forced error upon error from the Dockers forwards.  The breakthrough came on 48 minutes with Ian Schofield going in from a Steven Bennett pass, Schofield added the extras, Daniels then forced his way over for his second and Gary Philips went in 8 minutes later with Schofield converting to tie the game up at 22 all.

A piece of Schofield brilliance on the hour mark split the defence and committed the full back to give Steven Bennett an on contested 40 yard sprint to the line and the Schofield conversion gave Pats a 6 point ascendency at 28-22, the game breaking score came on 75 minutes as Hull Dockers laid siege to the Pats line and the defence standing tall a fumbled balled dropped to speedster Danny Mason who had the guile and the pace to go 80 yards and put the game beyond Dockers, Hull crossed for a consellation try but the game was then in the bag.

ST PATS:

Tries:

Mick Daniels (2), Ian Schofield, Gary Philips, Steven Bennett, Danny Mason

Goals:

Ian Schofield (4)

HULL DOCKERS:

Tries:

Danny Ulyatt (2), Martin Johnson, Kristain Birch, Steve Sellars

Goals:

Chris Stevenson (4)

MAN OF THE MATCH:

Steven Bennett (Wigan St Pats)

East Hull continue to build on their double winning form of last year and had enough to overcome a spirited Oulton side that had the champions on the rope with an hour of the match played but fell away in the all important final quarter.

EAST HULL:

Tries:

Lee Roberts, Shaun Painter, Danny Hill, Scott Yeaman

Goals:

Scott Yeaman (4)

OULTON RAIDERS:

Tries:

Dave Wilkin, Mark Holmes

Goals:

Mark Holmes (2)

MAN OF THE MATCH:

Danny Hill (East Hull)

Judes moved in to the top 4 of the NCL Premier divivision with a 46-22 win over Thornhill Trojans.  Judes hit the front on 5 minuets with a Gavin Corfield try goal Scott Robinson.  On 7 minuets it got better for Judes with a Dwayne west try, goal Robinson. Judes were well on top and got more points came with tries from Scott Robinson (2),  Lee Forshaw and Paul Pendlebury with Robinson adding one goal 28-0.   Full credit must go to Thornhill who hit back with tries from Liam Morley and  Anthony Broadhead with James Gravin adding two goals half time 28-12.  Judes got off to the perfect start to the 2nd half with two Paul Pendlebury tries completeing his hat trick goal by Robinson.  The Trojans hit back with a James Graven try on 56 minuets.   Ian Thompson got in on the act with a try for judes, robinson adding the extras. On 60 minuets Thornhill came back with a Tom Marsden try goal by Graven.   Judes had the final say with a Eugene Swift try goal Robinson to take the spoils 46-22.  This was Judes at there best with this display.  Man of the Match for Judes Paul Pendlebury