Moorends-Thorne Marauders continued their push for promotion from the Pennine first division with a 48 – 8 home victory against Huddersfield based Lindley Swifts.
Moorends started lively and raced into a quick 10 – 0 lead before Lindley clawed themselves back into the game with two unconverted tries, 10 – 8.
The second quarter seemed to be a twenty minute period where both teams seemed a little confused with a few refereeing decisions around the play the ball, however the Marauders did manage to nudge further in front with a converted try, 16 – 8.
Half-Time Marauders 16 – 8 Swifts
After a stern team talk at half-time the Marauders knuckled down and concentrated on playing the basics in a higher gear, solid defence and quick hands soon saw the score board clicking over as the home side recorded six second-half tries and four conversions, 48 – 8.
The contributed of four tries by Wayne Green on his return to the Marauders earned the big centre the man of the match award closely followed by young prop Kevin Lake and fellow centre Steve Allen.
Full-Time Marauders 48 – 8 Swifts.
Next week the Marauders make the three hour
journey to Workington to take on Cumbrians Glasson Rangers in the BARLA National Cup.