Tarleton Senior Colts 28

Rossendale Senior Colts 15

ROSSENDALE Senior Colts travelled to Tarleton with the chance of taking the top league spot and, after the big win of the previous week, hopes were high.

However Dale’s hopes were dashed by a strong, aggressive Tarleton team who wanted it more and made fewer individual errors.

Tarleton were first on the scoreboard when the host’s big prop managed to break through the Dale defence to dive over to score.

But Tarleton went down to 13 players as two players were sent to the sin bin in quick succession and Rossendale started to make the numbers advantage count.

Cole Lanigan went over from a lineout fivemetres out but was adjudged to have received a forward pass from Mark Rutherford-Shaw and the try was disallowed.

Soon afterwards, Rossendale were awarded a penalty in front of the posts. Will Walmsley stepped up to take the kick and despite both touch judges raising their flags, the referee deemed the ball drifted away in the wind and awarded a twenty-two dropout.

However, Dale’s disappointment was short-lived as Jordan Fortune fielded the kick and charged over to score. But with Tarleton back up to full strength they scored a second converted try to lead 14-5 at the break.

Tarleton took control of the match with two quick tries after the break

But Dale were not going to let their heads drop and scored a great try from Callum Pelling quickly followed by another by Oliver Molloy but it proved to be too little, too late.