SWINTON CLAIM THE DERBY SPOILS
IAN RIGG Heywood Road, Sunday
SWINTON LIONS 18 ROCHDALE HORNETS 12
SWINTON rounded off their home campaign with a hard-fought victory over their local rivals.
There was early pressure from Rochdale with former Lions player Lewis Else pulling the strings in attack, but good defence held them out.
It was Swinton who scored the opener and what a good try it was. Reece Briers set things off and sent Trent Kelly-Duffy through a nice gap to race clear and draw Greg McNally towards the tackle before offloading to Jonny Openshaw, who raced in to notch by the posts. Jack Stevens couldn’t convert, however.