Ashton Bears 22 Pilkington Recs 40

What can we say about that!!! We was ruthless in attack today against a much bigger side. Hard and direct running took up up the field all game. The big lads were fantastic for us today (and Heidi!) Everyone put a real shift in. Defence was well organised. We was always back with the ref and some solid tackles forced errors. They've finally picked up the win that they very much deserve and on the back of that performance there will be plenty more to come.

Big thanks to both Thomas and Alfie for having a run out for them today as well which helped to keep the game even and fair. They both went fantastic. And well done to Oliver on a great debut. Can be quite daunting your first fame but he didn't look phased or out of place at all.

We have no game next weekend now. Westhoughton Lions have had to cancel on us as they only have one coach with a badge and he has work commitments. Hopefully see you all at training though as there's still plenty to work on.

Super proud of both their performance and attitute today. Every single player gave 100% and we couldn't fault any of them ❤️??

Tries: Sam x 2, Jacob x 3, Ellis, Hayden x 2

Conversions: Sam, Hayden, Ellis, Lucas

Man Of The Match: Jacob

Coaches Award: Heidi

Joint Top Tacklers: Ryan & Adam (7)

Today's Captain: Hayden