PREMIER DIVISION
By PHIL HODGSON
LEIGH MINERS RANGERS are relegated.
The first major issue of the National Conference League season was resolved on Saturday when the Miners lost at YORK ACORN and Rochdale Mayfield prevailed at Dewsbury Moor.
Those two results mean that even if Rangers were to win their last five fixtures, they would be unable to rise out of the bottom three.
Acorn, who picked up two important points in their own battle to move away from the drop zone, were made to work hard for their 22-4 victory.
They were only 4-0 ahead at the break, Callum Plant having crossed on eight minutes, but the lead was extended to 10-0 five minutes after the restart, when Ant Chilton improved George Hunt’s try.