LIONS RUN IN ELEVEN TRIES TO SEND CRUSADERS TO HEAVY DEFEAT

SWINTON LIONS 60

NORTH WALES CRUSADERS 10

IAN RIGG Heywood Road Sunday

The Lions turned in an eleven try performance to take victory over a Crusaders side that neve gave up right to the end and in fact scoring the last try of the game. Aaron Lynch put the Lions ahead in the very first minute when he scored in the left corner and Jack Stevens converted. Lynch, Jordan Brown were both held up in the next few plays as the Lions laid siege to the Crusaders line, The first Crusaders chance came on nineteen minutes when Lewis Holgate was held up, but it was the Lions who broke the line again when Reece Briers broke tackles to score by the posts and Stevens tagged on the conversion, Try of the match came on twenty-three minutes when Charlie McCurrie raced half the length on the field before putting Josh Eaves in by the posts and Stevens converted again. Trent Ruddy was held up for Crusaders just before the half hour. An incident was placed on report a few minutes later for a tackle on Louie Roberts and he left the field with a leg injury. More pressure on the Crusaders defence saw Pat AhVan score in the left corner from a big overlap, but Stevens was unable to convert. Then with seconds left in the half Lynch crossed on the left but again the conversion was missed but the Lions already had a big lead. The Lions made a great start to the second half when firstly Harry Higham scored in the right corner after a Tom Ratchford kick and Stevens converted. Four minutes in Ah Van put in a nice kick for Stevens to score and add the conversion. Crusaders the had a couple of chanced before they made one count when Connor Terrill took a couple of defenders over the line to score and Ben Fisher converted. Adam Jones stretched the Lions lead on fifty-nine minutes when Trent Kelly-Duffy made the initial break and Stevens converted, Matty Welham was sent to the sinbin on the hour for a late hit on Eaves and within a minute Gav Rodden stretched the lead further scoring in the right corner but no conversion. Eaves added his second ten minutes from the end being sent in by Briers after a break and Stevens converted. There was more Crusaders pressure before Jones grabbed his second after more good attack by McCurrie and Stevens converted again. With about thirty seconds to go to the final hooter Rodden was sent to the sinbin for a late tackle, And Crusaders made the most of it when Bailey Dawson went over from a quick play the ball, but Fisher could not convert after the final hooter.

MATCHFACTS

LIONS

1 Louie Roberts

3 Ellis Anderson

4 Aaron Lynch

20 Adam Jones

5 Harry Higham

6 Reece Briers

7 Jack Stevens

22 Jordan Brown

9 Josh Eaves

10 Ben Killan