W 45-5

Matty Jones’ side made a shaky start to the first-half and were forced into an early period of defending. The visitors made the early dominance count and went over for their only try of the game in the 12th minute. Winger Josh Milthorpe received the ball out wide and went over to score. Scarborough then slowly worked their way back into the game and had their first attack in the 18th minute which came to no avail. Pontefract were then reduced to 14 men when Lucas Ketteridge was shown a yellow card and Scarborough made the man advantage count by levelling up the game at 5-5. Hooker Jake Lyon crossing over from the driving maul. It wasn’t long before Jones’ side took the lead through Aaron Wilson before a Penalty Try on the stroke of half-time, gave Scarborough a commanding 19-5 lead at the break.

The second-half started in similar fashion, this time Jack Davies went over in the corner for 26-5. The lead was then extended even further when Jonty Holloway collected a pass and went over to score close to the corner. Pontefract continued to be penalised and their frustration boiled over when Andrew Lund was shown a yellow card for an incident at the ruck. Scarborough, once again, made the man advantage count and ran in their sixth and seventh tries. First Joe Marshall crashed over before Drew Govier finished off a smart move to extend his sides lead to 45-5. Despite a late flurry of chances, Jones’ side were unable to add the scoreline.

Scarborough travel to Bradford Salem in two weeks’ time for the final game of the Regional Two North East season, looking to cement second place.