Manchester Swinton Lionesses 22 Cardiff Demons 18 Alan Dixon at Heywood Road Manchester Swinton Lionesses secured the National Championship League Leaders title with a hard-fought win over a stubborn Cardiff side. Defences dominated the opening exchanges with neither side threatening the try line. As the game started to open up, the Lionesses came out of...
LIONS CREATE MORE HISTORY WINNING THE CENTENARY CUP AGAINST SALFORD
SALFORD 18 SWINTON LIONS 20 IAN RIGG Brick Community Stadium Saturday Swinton Lions ended a forty-one year wait for victory over their local rivals to win the Centenary Cup in front of a reasonable crowd. The Lions made a bright start forcing Salford into a handling error in their opening set. Deane Meadows was victim...
MANCHESTER SWINTON LIONESSES SECURE THE PANKHURST CUP WITH A RUNAWAY VICTORY IN THE DERBY
Salford 4 Manchester Swinton Lionesses 78 Alan Dixon at CorpAcq Stadium Community Field It was another record-breaking day as the Manchester Swinton Lionesses cemented their place at the top of the table and retained the Pankhurst Cup. Salford were tackled into touch from the kick off. Yasmin Parton Sotomayor and Grace Arrowsmith drove the ball...
BRILLIANT WHEELCHAIR GAME FINISHES IN ONE POINT DEFEAT
Swinton Lions Wheelchair 53 Warrington Wolves Wheelchair 54 Alan Dixon at Beactive, Urmston A last-minute try denied the Lions their second win of the season in an end-to-end game against the Wolves. The Wolves recovered the kick off and immediately went on the attack. Good defence by the Lions kept them out. A Lions turn...
LIONS IMPRESS IN NEWCASTLE AS THUNDER MARCH ON
NEWCASTLE THUNDER 34 SWINTON LIONS 10 IAN RIGG at Crow Trees, Blaydon Saturday Thunder kept up the pressure on London Broncos with a hard-fought win over the Lions in the Northeast. The home side made a strong start with quite a few of their parent club York players playing in the side. The Lions were...
LIONS COMPETE HARD BUT DONCASTER SECURE THE DOUBLE
*** Lions Man of the Match – Trent Kelly-Duffy *** SWINTON LIONS 0 DONCASTER 56 IAN RIGG Heywood Road Sunday Doncaster completed the double over the Lions running in ten tries in a game that swung end to end with the Lions having some great chances and not taking them, but Doncaster were clinical with...
JOY FOR MANCHESTER SWINTON LIONESSES AS THEY WIN CHALLENGE SHIELD FOR SECOND YEAR
Warrington Wolves 10 Manchester Swinton Lionesses 18 Alan Dixon at Edge Hall Road Community Stadium. The Manchester Swinton Lionesses had to fight hard to retain the Women’s Challenge Shield with victory over the Warrington Wolves in the final. Defences dominated the opening exchanges of the game. It was a struggle for the Lionesses to get...
LIONS WHEELCHAIR TEAM WIN THRILLER TO GAIN FIRST LEAGUE WIN
Swinton Lions Wheelchair 82 Hull Kingston Rovers Wheelchair 72 Alan Dixon at Beactive, Urmston History was made by the Swinton Lions Wheelchair team as they won their first ever league game. In doing so, four records were broken. The Lions were soon on the attack with Dan Robinson and Jordan Parker both going close. A...
WHITEHAVEN SNATCH LATE VICTORY IN CUMBRIA SUN
WHITEHAVEN 34 SWINTON LIONS 24 IAN RIGG Ortus-Rec Sunday Two converted Haven tries in the last five minutes of the game took a potential victory away from the Lions. Josh Eaves put the Lions ahead in the eight minutes after a break by Louie Roberts fed him to score with Jordy Gibson converting. They were...
ANOTHER BIG WIN FOR MANCHESTER SWINTON LIONESSES
BRADFORD BULLS 0 MANCHESTER SWINTON LIONESSES 66 At Bradford Dudley Hill Sunday Another big win on the road in heatwave conditions running in twelve tries against a Bulls side struggling in the heat. Kerrie Evans (2), Amber Harmon (2), Maddie Higson (2) and Tamika Bull, Leila D’Symonds, Charlotte Hill, Abbie Singleton, Eve Ashcroft and...