MATCH REPORTS

Saturday 27th February 2010

BLACKPOOL STANLEY 18 - ECCLES 30

For the second week running a 13-man side Eccles were the victors in a superb game – but this time away at Blackpool.  Tries from Mike Bolton, Mike Carney and Scott Taylor, all goaled by Carney – matched with 18 points from the home side - gave a half time scoreline of 18 apiece.  In the second period, Eccles dominated totally, and a further try by Bolton plus one from Christian Higgins, with two Carney conversions, saw Eccles come away with a well earned victory. 

 

Man of the Match: Christian Higgins

 

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Saturday 20th February 2010

NORTH WEST COUNTIES - Eccles 48 - Widnes Tigers 12

Eccles ‘A’ put in a tremendous performance to overcome Widnes Tigers by 48pts to 12.

 

13 man Eccles, led by the forwards, took the lead early on with a try by Mike Bolton, goaled by Mike Carney (6-0).  Carney added a further try, which he converted, followed by a penalty goal (14-0).  Simon Brown took a well earned try, again converted by Carney, before Tigers hit back with a converted try to bring the half time score to 20 pts to 6.

 

The second half opened with an Eccles try by Christian Higgins, before Tigers hit back again with a converted try (24-12).   More tries followed from Mark Buckley, Aaron Wood, Christian Higgins and Mike Bolton, with conversions from Carney (3) and Brown, to bring the final score to 48 pts to 12.

 

Man of the match went to prop Adam Taher, with 2nd and 3rd spots going to fullback Higgins and stand-off Danny Lancashire.

 

Team:  Christian Higgins (2T), Scott Taylor, Mark Buckley (T), Simon Brown T, G), Steven Antrobus, Danny Lancashire, Mike Carney (T, 7G), Mike Bolton (2T), Lee Foster, Adam Taher, Mike Grosvenor, Martin Wilcock, Aaron Wood (T).

 

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Saturday 13th February 2010

NORTH WEST COUNTIES - Irlam 23 - Eccles 0

Eccles travelled the few miles to local rivals Irlam Hornets and went down by 23 points to nil.  Although we put in a good performance, their extremely small pitch didn’t suit our type of play.  We look forward to a replay in the return fixture (date to be decided) on a decent pitch.

 

 

SATURDAY 6th FEBRUARY 2010

NORTH WEST COUNTIES - Eccles 32 - Pilks 'A' - 18

A top performance saw Eccles reverse the away defeat, with tries from Christian Higgins, Brad Lonsdale (2), Steve Fernley, Paul Morgan and Robbie Spencer.  Goals were add by Brad Lonsdale (2) and Adam Taher (2).

 

 

Saturday 23rd January 2010

NORTH WEST COUNTIES - Eccles 14 - Bamber Bridge 16

Despite a good performance by Eccles we were unlucky to come away on the end of defeat.    A missed opportunity would have seen the scoreline reversed.

 

 

 

Saturday 5th December 2009

NORTH WEST COUNTIES - Eccles 30 - Leyland Warriors 24

Eccles' A team got a welcome 2 points against a very determined Leyland side, and they can thank the skill of departing Aussie stand off Scott Bowden for giving them an early lead that they just about managed to hang on to.

 

Bowden scored 2 tries and converted one, then also converted an Adam Taher try that gave Eccles an 18-0 advantage, Bradley Lonsdale adding the other conversion, before the visitors pulled back a converted try just before half time.

 

Leyland were a different team in the second half and took the game to Eccles. An early converted try gave them hope but Mike Carney followed up Bowden's break to score a try that Lonsdale converted off the cross bar for a 24-12 lead.  Leyland came back again to move within a converted try of Eccles (24-18) and Eccles had a nervous 10 minutes when Mark Thomas was sin binned with 15 minutes to go, but Taher settled the nerves when he crashed over for his second try and Lonsdale converted (30-18), although there was still time for Leyland to score another converted try to bring the final score to 30-24.