YORK RI

Northallerton 1st team entertained mid table York RI, keen on continuing their recent league form and produced their 3rd league win in 4 games by beating RI 31-7.
North again produced a inconsistent performance but did more than enough to defeat a weary looking York team. Reece Kilbride was again looking dangerous on the wing and got the opening try following good work from Nathan Cannel, who was using all his experience and guile at the back of the scrums. Richard Lonsdale and Martin Dennison also got onto the score sheet with 2 forward orientated tries before half time, with York only managing the one breakaway try. Doug Mulholland had a indifferent day at full back but still kicked 2 out of 3 conversions. HALF TIME 17-7.
North started the second half sluggishly and looked like they were going to allow York back into the game. Then after 10 minutes of the restart, Dennison stole the ball from a RI lineout and set the platform for a 20 yard rolling maul finished off by Don Stone, Mulholland again converting. The remainder of the half was fairly quiet with neither team managing to make any clean breaks but both managing to make plenty of errors. Just before the end, with the crowd feeling the cold, North gave the crowd something to cheer about. More good work from Cannel in his own 22, sent the ball rocketing out to Jo Terry, who in turn fed Kilbride for him to race 40 yards before being tackled at RI's 22. With Nic Bainbridge leading the charge and being first in support, he recycled the ball to Ed Bulman who skipped past 3 opposite players to score under the posts. Mulholland converted to make the final score 31-7. Man of the match was awarded to Nathan Cannel who just edged out Martin Dennison.
This win moves North up to 10th in the table and hopefully clear of any relegation worries.

Next week North travel to table toppers and unbeaten league leaders Wath on Dearne, while the 2nd team host York 3rd and hopefully a 3rd team will be raised to travel to play York 4ths.