Rochdale
L 34-19
League
01-02-2025
Scarborough - 1st XV
By Charlie Hopper
Scarborough RUFC slipped to only their fourth defeat of the season as they lost, 34-19, on the road at Rochdale on Saturday afternoon.
The home side made a fast start to the game and took the lead through Ben Sunderland, who broke through the tackles to score to the right of the posts. Steven Collins added the conversion. Collins was called into action just minutes later, kicking a straightforward penalty in the 11th minute. Matty Jones’ side then hit straight back with their first try of the afternoon. Winger Harry Domett found space out wide and scored in the corner. Ollie Carroll added the extras for 10-7. Scarborough then took the lead in the 16th minute through Jake Lyon. The Hooker broke from the back of the maul and battled through the tackles to score for 14-10. The league leaders then responded with two quick fire tries. First Josh Schofield scored before a try from Bradley extended his sides lead to 24-14. The final action of an end-to-end game came in form of a penalty from Collins to give his side a 27-14 lead at the break.
The second-half started in similar fashion, with Rochdale extending their lead to 34-14 through Clifford Howard. The home side were then reduced to 14 men in the 53rd minute when Poole was shown a yellow card for preventing Jordan Wakeham from scoring from a quick penalty. Scarborough spent the next 15 minutes camped inside the Rochdale half and finally scored their third try through Seb Holloway. Scarborough toiled hard late on in search of a loosing bonus point but it was to no avail.
Scarborough are on the road next weekend as they travel to Old Crossleyans.