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Rolling along!

THREE fine tries were the highlight as Huddersfield extended their unbeaten sequence to seven with a comfortable 22-3 North I victory at Darlington. Read

Paying the price for bad start

YMCA’s recent resurgence came to a shuddering halt with the arrival of in-form Ilkley to Laund Hill on Saturday. Read

Friendly is unfriendly

HUDDERSFIELD RUFC Under 17s narrowly lost 20-15 in Sheffield in what was intended to be a league fixture but changed to a friendly due to the absence of a Yorkshire referee. Read

A man alone with his views!

HE’S a man alone! Read

Revenge bid fails as Ladies lose leadership

TOWN Ladies suffered a first North-East Premier League defeat of the season – 4-1 at Morley Spurs. Read

YM hit form in Vase win

HUDDERSFIELD YMCA are through to the third round of the EDF Senior Vase after an excellent 17-0 victory at Sefton. Read

Put it all down to the missus

IT is no coincidence Huddersfield’s five-game winning start to the season has followed the arrival of giant new forward Dr Gavin Rhodes to Lockwood Park. Read

YMCA looking to youth for future success

YMCA’s burgeoning Colts side have not only made a useful start to their own season, but are now also contributing to the club’s First XV! Read

Changing times for Cup clash

HUDDERSFIELD rugby director Mark Sowerby is set to make a couple of experimental changes for the visit of Cambridge outfit Shelford in the first round of the EDF National Cup at Lockwood Park tomorrow (3.00). Read

We’re backing England to book a place in the final

HUDDERSFIELD’S two rugby union clubs are united in their backing for England this Saturday. Read

Second-half show decisive for YM

IF rugby matches consisted of second halves only, then YMCA would find victories easier to come by and their supporters would not have nerves shredded on a weekly basis. Read

Late scares but Field march on!

Late scares but Field march on!

A STRONG first-half performance saw Huddersfield extend their winning start to this season’s North I campaign to five on the bounce – but again, not without a few late scares. Read

Sowerby’s sights set on National Cup glory

DIRECTOR of rugby Mark Sowerby is relishing a change of focus next week when he takes his unbeaten side into National Cup action, which brings with it a welcome break from the highly intense pressure of the North I League programme. Read

YMCA going well

HUDDERSFIELD YMCA’S junior sides were all in action against teams from Cleckheaton when most of the victories went the way of the Laund Hill club. Read

Remembering Alex

LOCKWOOD Park are staging the second annual Alex Prosser Memorial game on Sunday in memory of the 27-year-old, who was tragically killed in 2005. Read

Let’s make it five from five!

HUDDERSFIELD will be aiming to go nap tomorrow when they welcome Middlesbrough to Lockwood Park (3.00) with a view to extending their unbeaten start to the new North I season. Read

Thewlis calls for more of the same

The Laund Hill side scored 36 unanswered second-half points against Keighley, and Thewlis wants to see another free-flowing display as they bid to move up the table after a poor start to the new campaign. Read

Johnson puts the boot in for win

CHRIS JOHNSON’S cultured boot kept Huddersfield’s unbeaten start to the North Division I season intact with a late drop goal sealing the points against neighbouring Cleckheaton. Read

Thewlis rocket does the trick as YM roar home

Thewlis rocket does the trick as YM roar home

A STIFF half-time talk from coach Carl Thewlis proved very effective as YMCA turned a 12-point deficit into their first Yorkshire I victory of the season. Read

Quinn’s step up England ladder

FORMER Huddersfield Rugby Union prospect Joe Quinn has taken the next step on the England ladder, having been accepted onto the Under 18 squad. Read

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