National League Three North: Stockport 0 Cleckheaton 62
CLECKHEATON not only posted an emphatic demolition of Stockport at the Headlands Memorial Ground but also went in for symmetry, scoring five tries and 31 points in each half.
The first try came from a forward drive following a line-out, with Ryan Piercy getting the ball down, and shortly afterwards James Wilson went in as a result of determined support work.
Back-rower Tom Austin then posted Cleckheaton's third try before winger Josh Hall finished off a sweeping attack to register the four-try bonus point on the half-hour.
To put the game to bed in the first half, Neil Chivers scooted over from the back of a ruck, Ronan Evans converting three to give a score of 31-0 as the sides changed ends.
There was to be no let up from Cleckheaton though, and shortly after the restart, skipper Richard Piper went on a barnstorming 40-metre run, dragging a couple of would-be tacklers over the line wth him for a memorable try.
Mark Hayward then took the field from the bench and made an instant and massive impact, going in for three tries in succession.
The try-scoring in the second half was then finished off by a superb team try, which was a fair reflection of Cleckheaton's performance, the ball going through many pairs of hands and across the field and back again before Neil Chivers ran in for the try.
Evans, as in the first half, converted three of the five tries.
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