HUNSLET OVERCOME EAGER HORNETS
ROCHDALE HORNETS 22 HUNSLET 35
SIMON JONES
Crown Oil Arena, Sunday
HUNSLET followed up their eye-catching home victory over table-topping Dewsbury by battling their way to a seventh straight win, courtesy of a late points flurry that dented spirited Rochdale’s hopes of making the play-offs.
Both coaches, Hunslet’s Alan Kilshaw and Rochdale’s Gary Thornton, were facing a club they have previously coached, and the former came out on top for the second time this season, with the South Leeds side having won 36-18 at home in May.