Two second half tries from Oli Trippier (pictured) secured a win on the road for the 1st XV away at Ilkley, 29-24. Hoppers trailed heading into the last quarter but managed to keep their composure to come back and grind out another vital win.
League table and other results
Birkenhead Park 12 – 35 Sandal
Hull 42 – 7 Wirral
Ilkley 24 – 29 Preston Grasshoppers
Kendal 12 – 23 Billingham
Kirkby Lonsdale 50 – 17 Morley
Pocklington 20 – 40 Harrogate
Rossendale 10 – 38 Lymm
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P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Bonus pts | Adjust | |||||||
Preston Grasshoppers | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 290 | 145 | 145 | 42 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
Lymm | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 278 | 90 | 188 | 40 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
Harrogate | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 281 | 200 | 81 | 35 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
Hull | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 269 | 118 | 151 | 33 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
Billingham | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 264 | 157 | 107 | 30 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
Wirral | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 244 | 219 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
Kirkby Lonsdale | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 249 | 172 | 77 | 24 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
Ilkley | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 193 | 200 | -7 | 22 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
Rossendale | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 195 | 248 | -53 | 21 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
Kendal | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 214 | 201 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
Sandal | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 173 | 239 | -66 | 15 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
Pocklington | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 125 | 362 | -237 | 9 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
Birkenhead Park | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 137 | 341 | -204 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Morley | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 109 | 329 | -220 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||