Scoring in the first minute, Moor got off to a flying start. The kick-off was fumbled by the opposition, allowing Martin Shelley to pick up and break downfield before passing to John Jenks for a touchdown, which Shelley converted for a 7 point lead. The same player quickly extended this to 10 points with a successful penalty kick. As the half progressed, Moor found themselves under pressure in the set-scrums and relied upon line-outs and loose play for their supply of ball. One such incident saw flanker Shane Stone steal possession on ‘Boro’s 10-metre line, before driving downfield. He off-loaded to Chris Sutton who sped around under the posts to leave Shelley with an easy conversion.

Turning around 17 points clear, it took Moor another 5 minutes to extend their lead. Winning a line-out on halfway, the ball went quickly along the backs where Ivan Smetana made a fine run up the touchline to score, Shelley converting. Ten minutes later Moor took their tally to 29 when good inter-passing gave Smetana another opportunity to outpace the defence. To their credit, Littleborough never gave up and were eventually rewarded with a try from a close range line-out as the ball was forced over with a driving maul. Moor had a couple of chances to score in the final quarter, but over-elaboration frustrated them.

With their 3 nearest rivals losing, Moor consolidated their position at the top of the division before this week’s outing to Blackpool.

For the second week running, all 3 senior men’s sides won; the 2^nd XV winning 26-17 away at Aldwinians 3^rds and the 3^rd  XV won 31-7 away to Buxton 3^rds, leaving them both in fourth place in their respective divisions of the Miller Homes League. The Women’s XV travelled all the way to Blaydon and came away with a 5-5 draw that leaves them in second place in the RFUW National Challenge North 1.