Rugby

Brighouse Rangers kicked off their new 2018 Yorkshire Men’s League season with a fine 30-10 victory over Kippax Welfare at a sun drenched Russell Way in Saturday.

Old Crossleyans completed their promotion-winning Yorkshire Two season with a 52-24 win at Roundhegians on Saturday.

Heath’s promotion hopes were dashed by a 35-15 home defeat at the hands of Middlesbrough yesterday in their penultimate Yorkshire One match of the season.

Siddal bounced back from last week’s defeat at Kells to register a 37-18 home win over Wigan St Patrick’s in the Premier Division of the National Conference League yesterday.

This season’s final battle for local bragging rights in Yorkshire One takes place at Woodhead on Saturday when Old Brodleians host Old Rishworthians (3.0).

Siddal produced a flat second half display and were beaten 26-18 at Kells in the National Conference League’s top flight on Saturday.

An early onslaught, which yielded 19 unanswered points, wasn’t enough to set up Old Brodleians for an unexpected victory at Middlesbrough on Saturday.

Ovenden added the Pennine Presidents Cup to their Pennine League Championship title success when they beat Sharlston Rovers 26-6 at Featherstone Rovers RLFC yesterday.

Old Crossleyans’ transformation from ugly ducklings to swans was completed yesterday when they clinched promotion to Yorkshire One with a game to spare.

A late penalty from York forced a 25-25 draw and made them Yorkshire One champions, while denying visitors Heath a vital victory in their quest for second spot.

Yesterday’s 55-38 win for Old Rishworthians against Bradford Salem had it all - exciting fast paced rugby, 14 tries and a bonus point for the visitors to ensure they stay in Yorkshire One .

Old Crossleyans maintained their Yorkshire Two promotion drive with a 57-21 win away to Wath Upon Dearne yesterday.

Siddal’s new coaching pair Daz Phillips and Gareth English began their reign with a great 27-24 home win against the club’s 2017 Grand Final conquerors Thatto Heath.

Old Rishworthians’ depleted pack struggled to cope with Selby’s much heavier, more experienced forwards in a 22-18 away defeat yesterday.

In Yorkshire One’s game of promotion monopoly, Heath used their “Get out of Jail” card to secure five points from a 26-19 home win over Wheatley Hills yesterday.

Old Brodleians were unable to throw a spanner into York’s title works at Woodhead yesterday, losing 38-22 to opponents who can clinch the Yorkshire One silverware at home to Heath next Saturday.

Old Brodleians steadied the ship after five successive Yorkshire One defeats with an 18-10 home win over relegation-threatened North Ribblesdale on Saturday.

Heath kept their Yorkshire One promotion hopes alive with a 20-17 home win over Scarborough yesterday in a fixture billed in some quarters as the most important in the division so far this season.