Final agony

Lancashire Plate Final
Heaton Moor 21 Littleborough 22

This showed in the first half as Littleborough had a number of scoring chances in the first 20 minutes but only took 2 of them for 10 points. Moor replied with 2 tries of their own; a drive in the centre by Phil Butcher made room for Paul Nixon to force his way over in the corner. The second followed a period of forward pressure near their opponent's line, culminating in a drive over by Johnny Vailini from a close range line out.

Turning round 13 -10 ahead Moor went further ahead thanks to a long range penalty from Zander Claassen. Littleborough replied with a try from a line out to reduce the margin to 16 - 15. A very effective rolling maul sucked in defenders before the ball was quickly moved out to Claassen who scored in the corner to put Moor ahead 21 - 15.

With 2 minutes of normal time remaining Littleborough forced their way over for a converted try to edge them ahead 22-21. In added on time Moor put in a final effort but were thwarted by unpenalised offside by defenders. With the final kick of the game Moor's many supporters saw a drop goal attempt go agonisingly close.

Match Photos can be found here.