PREMIER DIVISION
By PHIL HODGSON
DEWSBURY MOOR are off the mark!
The Maroons, who held reigning champions Hunslet ARLFC to a 10-8 win on the opening day of the campaign, have toiled ever since, but ended an eleven-match losing run to post a first victory of the season with a 16-14 verdict over THATTO HEATH CRUSADERS, who had prevailed 28-12 in St Helens but who now find themselves in the drop zone.
Luke Adamson and Aiden Ineson crossed for the hosts in the first 16 minutes, Louie Walker adding a conversion, before Thatto posted a Will Tilleke try which Ryan Houghton goaled.
Houghton and Walker traded penalty-goals within eleven minutes of the restart but Houghton’s try and third goal, nine minutes from time, looked like securing a double.
Dewsbury Moor, however, had other ideas and in a dramatic finale, James Samme powered over on 75 minutes for what could turn out to be a hugely-important match-winner.