50-up Whitehaven show no mercy on hapless Steelers
Last updated 12:45, Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Whitehaven chalked-up 50 points as they won at Workington Steelers in the Cumbria League.
With Whitehaven and St Benedict’s likely to force the pace, along with Egremont and Millom it looks as though Copeland may hold the balance of power in the Division.
At the Ellis, Whitehaven made a bright start and were quickly in front when winger Luke Scott raced 60 metres for a well-taken try.
Soon afterwards it was Scott again on a long-distance run to the line, this time going 50 metres for the touchdown.
And the final score of the game came from Scott to complete his hat-trick.
Workington had seasoned forwards Carl Metherell and John Dryden in the side but it was essentially a very young XV and they stuck at it well.
Gosforth Greengarth managed to get the bare 15 players for the trip to Wigton but came away with a hard fought 10-7 victory over the Wanderers.
The first half was almost all played in the Greengarth half with some great defence required to keep Wigton out.
But Greengarth had much more of the attack in the second half and following some excellent forward drives second rower Darren Lingham crashed over for a try.
The conversion by Holmes gave Greengarth a 10-0 lead which, although whittled down, proved to be enough.
Netherhall brought Cockermouth’s good start to the season to an end as they won 23-3 after a very competitive game in very heavy conditions. The Maryport side were worthy winners after starting well.
Millom were 20-16 winners at Creighton but they needed a last minute try to win it. The final whistle sounded after the conversion attempt missed, with centre Peter Moore having dived in for the late winner.
A young Aspatria Eagles side just did enough to beat Moresby 11-5 although they had to withstand some strong pressure in the closing stages.
Outside centre Nicholas Edgar scored the Eagles try when he followed-up a kick through and won the race to the touchdown. Seventeen-year-old full-back Chris Scott kicked two penalties for the Eagles to stretch their lead.
Moresby, a more experienced side, mounted strong pressure and when they scored an unconverted try near the end still looked to have time to win but the Eagles defended very well to keep their line intact.
