Title beckons for Anselmians

WINNINGTON PARK 7 – ANSELMIANS 19

Saints made the short trip to Northwich, home of Winnington Park, this week. Fair conditions and a stiff breeze, a decent dry pitch meant everything was set for a very competitive match.

Saints chose to rest a couple of players with injury niggles with the Cheshire cup final getting near. Buoyed by a large crowd, Winnington pressed hard in a bad-tempered game.

Twenty minutes in, the referee sent four players to the bin for minor handbagging. With more space now available, it was Saints winger James Whitehouse who skimmed a couple of players to touch down. Unfortunately, the try was not converted.

Just before half time, another break by Tommy Banks, the flying winger, broke another tackle to touch down under the posts; converted by Morley.

During the second half, Winnington piled on the pressure and scored a converted try of their own. The second half continued with some bad-tempered exchanges, resulting in another two players – one from each side – having a 10-minute rest.

Saints, who were on the wrong side of the penalty count throughout the whole of the game, started to click and ever-youthful James Otutaha crashed over to leave Morley an easy conversion and a 7-19 win.

Man of the Match performance from Saints captain, Will Grabe. Saints are now one game from the title, with the fixture with Leigh on 30 April.

Anselmians 1st XV’s next game is home to Leigh on Saturday 30 April.

Image credit: Derek Salisbury Snr

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