Leigh Miners Rangers 10 v 12 Wigan St Judes
Leigh Miners u18s missed out on cup final glory this afternoon after a narrow 12-10 defeat against Wigan St Judes in the North West Counties Cup Final at Edge Hill University. On a windy afternoon in Ormskirk miners played with the wind in the first half and as both teams battled it out to take advantage in a nip and tuck first half they could not be seperated with st judes opening the scoring before winger Jonathan Grimshaw replied for miners to send the teams in level at half time at four a peice.
Miners took the lead early in the second half with a penalty goal from centre Sam Shepard giving them a 6-4 advantage. St Judes took the lead midway through the second half with a try out wide, followed by a further try judes had a six point cushion to lead the game 12-6. With time ticking away miners had to chance there arm and they got themselves within two points forcing judes into an error in there own half, Sam Shepard reacting quickest to score out wide, Shepard narrowly missing the conversion bringing the score to 12-10. In the final minutes of the game miners had chances but the judes defence held on to take the cup back to Wigan with a 12-10 victory after a very tight cup final contested by two evenly matched sides.
u16s 18 v 22 burtonwood bulldogs
u13s 56 v 0 golborne
WELL DONE TO THE U12S