Rugby: Douglas' climb continues with win at Whitchurch

Vagabonds bounce back to beat Marple (Results - 13 Jan)

Report by Dave Christian:

Douglas made it four wins on the bounce with a 41-14 win away at Whitchurch and a defeat for Altrincham Kersal means Douglas climb to sixth place in the Regional 2 North West standings. 

Blake Snell, Kyle Martin and Angus Wheeler all crossed for tries with wing Sam McCord hogging the limelight with two - Luke Hyland chipped away off the kicking tee and bagged a total of sixteen points with the boot.

Douglas now have a week off while their rivals all play rearranged games so the sixth position may be temporary however they could claim it outright on 27 January when Altrincham Kersal visit Port-e-Chee.

Vagabonds bounce back to beat Marple

Vagas shrugged off last week’s defeat with a 24-17 win away at Marple in Counties 4 ADM Lancs/Cheshire and picked up a try bonus point in the process. 

Despite being down to twelve men at one point Vagas showed some composure under pressure and closed out the game, tries came from Regan Williams, Dan Bonwick, Mark Oldfield and Cam Findlay who also added two conversions.

There was good news for Vagas from elsewhere in the league, second place Colne & Nelson lost away at Ellesmere Port which means that Vagas move into the promotion places.

Wins for Ramsey and Western Vikings in Manx Shield

Ramsey won big at the Mooragh Park coming away 72-12 winners in their game against Southern Nomads. 

There were two apiece for Brandon Atchison, Josh Corteen and Jake Richmond for Ramsey who led 34-0 at half time, other tries came from Ben Hardman, Will Millsopp, Ryan Wren, Sam Corlett, Danny Howard and Stevie Kneale with Atchison adding six conversions. 

Nomads bagged two late but well deserved consolation tries - Finn McGregor dived in for the first, Mark Young for the second which he converted himself.

At Poulsom Park Western Vikings emerged 48-31 winners against Castletown. 

Tom Randall grabbed a hat trick for Vikings, Harry Goodwin got two and there were single tries for Ed Knight, and Morgan Armstrong-Paton. 

Also on the scoresheet was Jack Goodwin who touched down in his first competitive outing in eighteen months after a mountain bike accident - Tom Randall added three conversions with Harry Goodwin kicking Vikings’ fourth.

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Results 13 Jan

Regional 2 North West

Whitchurch 14-41 Douglas

Counties 4 ADM Lancs/Cheshire

Marple 17-24 Vagabonds

Ravenscroft Manx Shield

Western Vikings 48-31 Castletown

Ramsey 72-12 PDMS Southern Nomads