Five-star Phillips leads the try spree

Fleetwood RU 82 Blackburn 0

LAST season’s top scorer Kris Phillips is bidding for the title again after notching five in this emphatic opener.
Steve Preston scored within two minutes and Jamie Railton soon scampered over for the second.
Phillips soon opened his account and scrum-half Tom Evans scored from halfway.
Joe Birks dived in next and Philips had a hat-trick by half-time, with the first-half scoring completed by Alex Maddern.
Phillips’ fourth followed a great run from prop Jack Foden, and his fifth wasn’t long in coming.
Man of the match Ben Ruddlesdin’s fine tackle led to a try by Kieran Teale, followed by a deserved try from Adam Dawson.
Debutant Henry Turner completed the rout, with Evans kicking the goals.
Confidence couldn’t be higher for this weekend’s Lancashire Cup first-round tie at Aldwinians.
Fleetwood Squad: Birks, Cowie, Dawson, Evans, Foden, Macdonald-Hall, Maddern, Maher, Morgan, Phillips, Preston, Railton, Riley, Ruddlesdin, Speed, Street, Teale, Turner, Webster, White,Worthington.

Hot reception for Chileans

ARNOLD School rugby players followed their summer tour of Chile by welcoming one of the schools they played there, St John’s from the city of Concepcion, to the Fylde for a match.
The tourists enjoyed their visit but not the match, which Arnold won 63-0. Adam Jackson crossed for four stunning tries and Tom Hart bagged a brace.
Josh Bentley, Tom Horam, Freddie Priestley, David Reed and Tim Maguire all scored too.
Arnold teams continued their fine start to the season at Birkenhead.
The first XV were 23-0 winners thanks to two Nick Costello tries, separated by one from skipper Josh Bentley.
Costello’s tries followed good work by John Embelton and David Reed, who also kicked a penalty.
The Second XV Spartans were runaway 38-0 winners as speedy Julian Richardson ran in a hat-trick. Daniel Preston, Wilf Whittle and Chris West also scored tries.

The Under-15A were outgunned 50-3, but Chris Heaton and Alex Williams scored for the B team’s 34-12.
Captain Jacob Nickson and James Aird both scored hat-tricks in the Under-14 A team’s 50-8 victory, with David Mitchell and James Haythornthwaite also touching down. The B team’s win included tries for Ben Manley (2), Wesley Crowther, Tom Jepson and Luke Sherwin.
The Under-13A lost 21-7, with Alex Casey the sole scorer.
The Under-16s lost 15-7 at Sedbergh despite Hussam Ahmed’s fine try and an outstanding display by Jack Procter.
The Under-13A worked hard for a 25-12 win at Hutton GS, where Louis Mottley and Charles Laycock both scored twice. Alex Evans scored the other. The Under-15B lost out 15-10 despite two Oliver Mills tries.

Kirkham prove they’re the kings

KIRKHAM Grammar School claimed the bragging rights from their south Fylde derbies against King Edward VII and Queen Mary School.
KEQMS opened the scoring in the first XV game but were ultimately on the wrong end of a 54-3 scoreline.
Centre Alex Spratt scored Kirkham’s first try and prop Kieran Brookes added the second before half-time .
Kirkham unleashed their backs after the break as debutant full-back Wazim Riley and wingers Tommy Banks and Tom Bowden all scored, while Brooks completed a hat-trick and Jonathan Edwards also touched down. Joe Brown kicked seven goals from eight attempts.
Kirkham’s Second XV won 49-3 thanks to tries by Parkinson, who also kicked two goals, Spencer, Moncrieff, Ellis, Fulford-Brown, Sanders, Fagan, Kos and Cheung.
The Under-15s’ 47-0 win included two tries from James Lau and Lyman Choi. The others were scored by Stanley Graham, Ben Jones and Joshua Keay.
Precious Nwaokomah scored four tries Sam Hall two as the Under-14s won 41-5.
And Ben Rhodes-Powers led the way with a hat-trick for the Under-13s in a 64-0 triumph which saw two tries apiece from Ryan Wilkinson and Ben Swift. The other scorers were Alex Kiziltas, Matt Beatie, Isaac Yuen, Jack Smith and Callum Wilkinson. Sam Gale added the goals.

Lesson for the new boys

Blackpool’s new Under-13 side emerged with two defeats but plenty of positives from their triangular tournament against Fylde and Preston Grasshoppers.
Anthony O’Brian and Crawford Barbar were outstanding against Fylde, while Sam Whiston went close to scoring.
Barber was again in fine form against Hoppers and it O’Brian who scored Blackpool’s first try of the season, converted by Liam Scott.

Rampant Scorpions roll over the Rhinos

Shaw Rhinos 4 Blackpool Scorpions RL (Under-15) 64

Scorpions made a fine start when Joe Bullock scored but too much one-man rugby delayed their second try until scrum-half Anthony Livingstone broke through.
Livingstone adred his second before Omar Frederick charged over to make it 22-0 at half-time.
Frederick’s second was followed by Joe Williams’ first ever Scorpions try.
The home side were boosted by a try from of own but Scorpions responded with tries by Dimitri Solomi – also his first for the club – and Liam Wilkinson.
Fine distribution by stand-off Wilkinson resulted in a hat-trick try for Frederick and Bullock’s second.
Tom Anderson is mastering the loose forward role and Zach Ward capped his fine performance with a try before Bullock completed the second hat-trick of the game.

Blackpool Scorpions (U13) 10 Crosfield Cardinals 34

THE Warrington side took an early 10-point lead from two quick tries and were always in front from that point.
Scorpions were against the wind in the first half and a further Crosfield try made it 16-0 at half-time.
Scorpions started to make good ground after the break and Oliver Winter dived over to get them on the scoreboard – his first try for the club in only his second game.
Then Joe Phelps sidestepped two defenders to score under the posts and Jordan Tierney’s conversion left Scorpions right back in the game at 16-10.
But then the match slipped away as three converted tries pulled Crosfields clear.
Positives for Scorpions included Joe Roberts’ distribution, Phelps’ tackling and the all-round efforts of man of the match Scott Butler.