W 38-19

By Charlie Hopper

Matty Jones’ side booked their place in the Yorkshire Cup Semi-final after battling past Morley at Silver Royd on Saturday afternoon.

Jones’ side made a really promising start to the match and opened the scoring in the 12th minute through Jake Lyon. He managed to twist through the tackles and scored to the right of the posts. Tom Harrison kicked the penalty for 7-0. The visitors, who put 66 points past Scarborough when they were last at Silver Royd, responded well and levelled the game at 7-7 in the 17th minute. Centre Jamie Silkstone going over in the corner, with Noah Hawkins adding a difficult conversion. The Maroons then took the lead in the 24th minute when Frazer Cass went over in the corner. On the half hour mark, Scarborough retook the lead courtesy of Luke Brown. He collected the ball and powered his way through the defence to score under the posts for 14-12 at the break.

The second-half got off the too the worst possible start for Scarborough as they found themselves 19-14 behind in the 44th minute. Kiru Brown intercepted a pass and ran from halfway to score.. Morley then watched the game slip from under their grasp as tries from James Long and Jack Holt helped wrestle back the momentum. Long made a run deep run to smash over before Holt weaved through the tackles to score. Tom Harrison kicked a penalty for 31-19 in the 70th minute before Drew Govier rounded off a dominant performance. He received a pass and managed to stretch for the line to score for 38-19.

Scarborough have been drawn at home to Driffield in the semi-final of the Yorkshire Cup, with the game being played on Saturday 9th March.