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  • Grovians win game of six yellow cards and one red

    SSE Yorkshire Division ThreeOld Grovians 37Rotherham Phoenix 36OLD Grovians won a game of 73 points, six yellow cards and one red by a point but it wasn't quite that close as the visitors scored a late penalty try that triggered the dismissal of the

  • Depleted Greens lose out on bonus point in dying seconds

    SSE National League OneCinderford 27Wharfedale 17A DEPLETED Wharfedale side travelled to Cinderford and, although they put up a spirited performance, they came away empty handed.After the early exchanges of solid scrums and good positional kicking, Wharfedale

  • Bees go close to rare away win

    SSE North One EastAlnwick 18Bradford & Bingley 14BRADFORD & Bingley have now lost five of their six trips this season in SSE North One East, and their other match was a 21-21 draw at Northern.However, Bees coach Stuart Dixon was not too despondent afterwards

  • Hayden inspires much-changed Cleck

    SSE National League Three North Cleckheaton 24 Billingham 18 Cleckheaton maintained their 100 per cent home record with probably their most satisfying performance of their SSE National League Three North season so far. Hindered by enforced

  • Otley's great start nullified by 14-man hosts

    SSE National League Two NorthBroadstreet 37Otley 27AHEAD 17-3 after 12 minutes and looking in complete command, Otley contrived to lose this match having bossed scrum and line-out.Curiously, the visitors conceded 17 points during the 20 minutes Broadstreet

  • Vics go batty as Hattie clinches win

    Victoria Rangers 38, Sharlston Rovers A 36A SECOND-half penalty from ace Victoria Rangers marksman Josh Hattie proved the deciding factor in a high-scoring Pennine League Division One tit-for-tat clash at Eccleshill Sports Club.The Vics opened the scoring

  • Coach trip pays big dividends for Wibsey

    SSE Yorkshire Division Five Thirsk 3 Wibsey 38 WIBSEY notched their biggest SSE Yorkshire Division Five victory for two seasons and their biggest away win for over five years with this six-try display. They took 19 players on their

  • Tense win puts Salem further ahead

    SSE Yorkshire Division Two Bradford Salem 26 Barnsley 25 BRADFORD Salem increased their lead at the top of SSE Yorkshire Division Two after overcoming third-placed Barnsley in a nail-biting encounter at Shay Lane. The visitors made

  • Baildon halt Bramley charge

    SSE Yorkshire Division Three Baildon 32 Bramley Phoenix 14 BAILDON ended Bramley's Phoenix's six-game winning streak and put some distance between themselves and the relegation zone ahead of matches against bottom two Hemsworth and Aireborough

  • Defeat plunges Bradford Park Avenue closer to relegation zone

    Brackley Town 2 Bradford Park Avenue 1 BATTLING Avenue were thwarted by a mixture of good defending and poor finishing at fellow strugglers Brackley. John Deacey's men slipped to a narrow defeat which plunged them closer to the Vanarama Conference

  • Keighley left empty-handed after great effort

    SSE Yorkshire Division TwoKeighley 15West Park Leeds 23KEIGHLEY'S players trooped off to hearty applause that may not have been matched sometimes when they had won.Both coaches, while agreeing that the best team triumphed, also agreed that Keighley's

  • Priestley powers Farsley to maximum points

    FARSLEY are back in the Division One North play-off places after an impressive 3-1 Evo-Stik League win at Burscough. Adam Priestley was the hat-trick hero on his return from international duty. The striker was involved with Gibraltar in their Euro

  • Guiseley fall just short after gutsy fightback

    Guiseley 2, Barrow 3 GUISELEY lost the big game at the Vanarama Conference North summit but only after a monumental second-half effort almost saw them gain a deserved draw. Having trailed 3-0 at the interval, the Lions pulled two goals back

  • Motorist suffers a neck injury in four-car pile-up in Bradford

    A MOTORIST suffered a neck injury in an early-morning four-car pile-up in Bradford.The woman, who was aged about 40, was cut from her vehicle by firefighters and taken to hospital by ambulance for treatment.The smash happened on Cote Lane, Allerton, at

  • Basi red card leaves Albion Sports too much to do

    ALBION Sports remain the highest of the area's sides in the Toolstation Northern Counties East League but they dropped to ninth in the Premier Division after their ten men slipped to a 4-2 defeat at Staveley MW. The visitors were under-strength

  • Silsden storm back to end barren run

    Stockport Sports 1, Silsden 3 SILSDEN registered their first North West Counties League victory since September with a comfortable Premier Division success at struggling Stockport Sports. The Cobbydalers were third in the table after that last

  • Leeds United boss sees Red over Varney penalty

    Blackburn Rovers 2 Leeds United 1 Leeds head coach Neil Redfearn accused Luke Varney of diving as his side's poor away form continued with a defeat at ten-man Rovers. The visitors looked on course for a much-needed away win through Souleymane