SWINTON LIONS 28 MIDLANDS HURRICANES 10 IAN RIGG Heywood Road Sunday The Lions secured their first victory of the season running in five tries to defeat the Hurricanes in a pulsating end to end game. It had everything with some great defence on show also from the Lions holding out the visitor’s time after time....
MANCHESTER SWINTON LIONESSES GO TO RFL NINES FINAL BUT JUST FALL SHORT FINISHING SECOND IN THE FESTIVAL
Women’s Nines Festival. Alan Dixon at Edge Hill University It was a long day for the Manchester Swinton Lionesses as they played in the first and last games of the tournament. They can be very proud of their performances in getting all the way through to the Challenge Grade Grand Final. They kicked off the...
LIONS DRAW AS VICTORY SNATCHED AWAY IN DYING SECONDS
SWINTON LIONS 22 KEIGHLEY COUGARS 22 IAN RIGG Heywood Road Sunday A hat trick try from Cougars centre Oli Whitford with seconds left in the game snatched an unlikely draw for his side. The Lions went ahead in the second minute when a looping pass from Reece Briers found his winger Connor Parkinson who flew...
MANCHESTER SWINTON LIONESSES START THE SEASON WITH A WIN
Manchester Swinton Lionesses 32 Sheffield Eagles 10 Alan Dixon at Heywood Road At the second time of asking, the Lionesses league campaign kicked off with a battling victory over Sheffield Eagles. The Lionesses got off to a bad start when they lost Olivia Harborow to a serious knee injury in the second minute. This set...
WHEELCHAIR CLAIM VICTORY OVER SAINTS IN EXCITING MATCH
Swinton Lions Wheelchair 32 St. Helens Wheelchair 14 Alan Dixon at Star Salford Academy The Lions Wheelchair team continued their build up to the start of the league season with an emphatic second half performance to overcome St. Helens. The Lions went on the attack straight from the kick off. Their first chance came in...
MANCHESTER SWINTON LIONESSES IMPRESS IN SHORTENED FRIENDLY
Oldham 0 Manchester Swinton Lionesses 40 Alan Dixon at Netpar Training Facilities John Whalley rang the changes for this friendly game against Oldham. Some players were rested as he tried to give all the squad a run out. It only took two minutes for the Lionesses to score. After attacking from deep, Eve Ashcroft chipped...
MANCHESTER SWINTON LIONESSES CLIP EAGLES WINGS TO MOVE ON TO SEMI-FINAL
All out attack – Photo credit Kingspix Grace Pritchard touches down – photo credit Kingspix Manchester Swinton Lionesses 36 Sheffield Eagles 6 Alan Dixon at Ince Rose Bridge ARLFC An historic day for the Manchester Swinton Lionesses as they took to the field for their first competitive game. They progressed to the semi-finals of the...
A GREAT DAY OF WHEELCHAIR RUGBY IN LIVERPOOL
Swinton Lions at Wheelchair 4s Tournament Alan Dixon at Liverpool John Moores University The Lions wheelchair team created more club history by sending two teams to the Wheelchair 4s tournament. Each game lasted 20 minutes. First game on pitch one, the Lions faced local rivals Salford. The Lions turned the ball over which allowed Salford...
FOUR CARDS AS LIONS EDGED OUT IN THE DERBY
SWINTON LIONS 10 SALFORD 20 IAN RIGG Heywood Road Sunday Just a few days off thirty-four years since these two teams met in a league derby match and in this one the fans were treated to an end-to-end battle with three sinbins and a red card. Before the kick-off there was an impeccable minute’s silence...
LIONS SUFFER HEAVY DEFEAT AT DONCASTER
**** Photo credit – Craig Hawkhead **** DONCASTER 74 SWINTON LIONS 6 IAN RIGG Eco-Power Stadium, Sunday Doncaster kept up the pressure at the top with an emphatic victory over the luckless Lions. Tom Holmes opened the scoring in the second minute after an early error from the Lions and Connor Robinson converted. There was...