LANCASHIRE Lynx slumped to another crushing defeat at mid-table Batley which leaves them anchored at the foot of the Northern Ford Premiership.

Leading 16-6 at the interval, the Yorkshiremen went on to run in a total of six tries as the Lynx went down 34-16, a result which leaves them two points adrift of Sheffield at the bottom.

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