LIONS FALL TO DEFEAT AS RAMS TAKE THE SPOILS

SWINTON LIONS 10

DEWSBURY RAMS 26

IAN RIGG at Heywood Road

Dewsbury Rams produced a good team performance to send the Lions to their first defeat of the season. The Lions could have opened the scores in the third minute when Adam Sidlow kicked for the right corner, but Rams defence got to the ball ahead of the chasing Reagan Sumner. Keenen Tomlinson then made a strong run for the Rams only to lose the ball in the Lions twenty. The visitors did take the lead on fifteen minutes when Dale Ferguson made a strong run near the posts and from the play the ball hooker Jack McShane darted over with Jacob Hookem converting. The Lions then tried to fight back and on three consecutive tackles they had three players held up with Aaron Lynch, Gav Rodden and Adam Sidlow all going close. Rams were causing the Lions all sorts of problems with their attack and they kicked a forty-twenty just after the half hour and from this came another chance, but this time Jack McShane was tackled just short. They scored their second five minutes from the break when Tom Delaney managed to crash in at the corner after a good passing movement and again Hookem converted. Try scorer Delaney was then shown a yellow card for dissent two minutes from the break but it was the Rams who went further ahead on the half time hooter when Hookem kicked a thirty-metre penalty.

The Rams almost scored with their first attack on the second half but some great defence on the left held them out. The Lions opened their account five minutes into the half when Gav Rodden span his way over on the left and Dan Abram converted. Rams again would not lie down and put more pressure on the line, but good defence held them out. Reece Briers and Sidlow then both had chances for the Lions, but two ankle tackles stopped them. Hookem put his side further ahead when he darted over by the posts and added the conversion, but the Lions hit back quickly when Frank Sergent broke down the left to feed Rodden for his second and his fiftieth point for the club, but Abram was unable to convert. Rodden was then held up seven minutes from time and Rams made the game safe a minute later when Ferguson broke down the middle to feed the supporting Louis Collinson and he scored under then posts with Hookem again converting to secure the victory.

MATCHFACTS

LIONS

1 Louie Roberts

3 Reagan Sumner

2 Ellis Anderson

22 Aaron Lynch

25 Frank Sergent

14 Jordan Paga

19 Darren Abram

8 Adam Sidlow

21 Ben Hartill

33 Alfie Sinclair