Pilkington helps to plot a Lymm party

By NICK DOYLE

Lymm…………………… 15

Otley…………………….. 14

THERE was cause for great celebration as Lymm savoured their first league win against Otley, with Ste Pilkington the star.

On Otley's first attack, Adam Malthouse was held up over the line, but they were slowly pushed back into their own half.

The visitors were then caught offside in their 22, and a catch and drive by the Lymm pack saw Rob Makin over.

They continued to pressurise the Otley defence, but were well contained. On the half-hour, Otley had the chance to reduce the deficit with a penalty, but the kick went wide.

Tom Shard's run set up a scoring opportunity, but Otley held up the potential scorer.

Having kicked the ball back into Lymm's half, Paddy Jennings ran through the Otley defence to score.

Early in the second half, Cal Morris' dummy gave Shard the space to score.

Eddie Crossland got the game back into the Lymm 22, but failed to release by the posts.

Otley went for a tap and go, Lymm hadn't retreated enough and Jack Reynolds went to the bin.

Crossland got Otley on the scoreboard from close range, followed by Sam Taylor's 30-metre run, Gavin Stead getting both conversions.