1st XV
W 54-14
League
17-01-2026
Old Crossleyans
By Charlie Hopper
Scarborough RUFC moved seven points clear at the top of the Regional Two North East table after a commanding 54-14 win over Old Crossleyans at Silver Royd on Saturday.
Ben Foden’s side made a strong start to the game and found themselves with a man advantage, in the seventh minute, when an Old Crossleyans player was shown the game’s only yellow card for a no arms tackle. Scarborough made the advantage count and took the lead just three minutes later when Jordan Wakeham capitalised on a mistake at the line-out to score. The lead was stretched to 14-0 in the 14th minute when Harry Domett smashed through the tackles and broke clear before offloading for Joe Davies to finish close to the posts. The home side continued on the front foot and ran in another two tries before the 30 minute mark. First Seb Holloway touched down after charging down a clearance kick before Sam Dawson offloaded for Nat Parker to finish close to the corner. Old Crossleyans then enjoyed a period of possession in the Scarborough half and made their dominance count when they scored close to the posts to make it 26-7 at the break.
Any questions of an Old Crossleyans fightback were squashed early in the second-half as Kahu Craig-TeRanga raced onto a loose ball and finished to the right of the posts. The lead soon stretched to 40-7 when Davies doubled his tally in the 52nd minute. Jonty Holloway and Drew Govier scored Scarborough’s seventh and eighth try to extend the lead to 54-7 before Old Crosslayans scored in the corner to bring to an end an entertaining game of rugby.
With Pocklington losing at Selby, Scarborough now have a commanding lead at the top of the Regional Two North East table and are set to travel to Morley next weekend.