Rugby League: Mayfield 30 - 12 Walney

Within a minute of this game starting Mayfield signalled their intention to win the game - and they went on to beat the league leaders comfortably.

Ieaun Higgs stepped through a bemused Walney defence for a brilliant individual try, which he then converted.

A good start was important, Walney are a quality side who top of the league for nothing but Mayfield paid their reputation no heed as they played some of their best rugby of the season.

Their defence was superb with Mark Biggins and Joe Muir working overtime but even they couldn’t match the tackling machine that is Joe Schofield the way he defended was something else as he rocked the Walney attackers every time they carried the ball in.

The pace of the game was breath taking with both sides on top form. Mayfield pressed the Walney line with Callum Corchoran dictating the pace from acting half back.

Corchoran was next on the score sheet as he followed a John Marsland kick and touched down before the defenders could clear the ball.

Mayfield were in complete control as they moved the ball about at will and Luke Hartley made the most of this as he took a great ball from John Foy and crashed over in the corner.

Tom Fitzgerald was next on the score sheet after good work from Rob Kershaw and Macauley Donnelly got him to the line and he used his strength to bust through three defenders.

Walney began to get a foothold in the game and showed they are a team to be reckoned with; they were unlucky not to score with only stoic Mayfield defence keeping them out.

The second half saw Walney come into their own and they scored two converted tries, and with the score at 18 - 12 they were threatening to come back and take the two points.

Mayfield had other ideas and they upped the pace again and regained the edge - Jackson Kelly and Corey Newsham were superb in this spell.

Joe Schofield capped a great performance by grabbing a try after a speculative ball from Donnelly. Marsland converted.

John Foy rounded off the scoring as he held off his opposite number to touchdown in the corner, Marsland again added the two.

Joe Schofield won man-of-the-match for his all action performance.