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back and he had to settle for a later penalty to get his side on the scoreboard (10-3).

That was to be their first and last moment of joy, though, and after a quiet period Hodgson produced magic with a wonder try.

Following a lineout, the ball was moved quickly from left to right and when the winger looked to have been tackled, he managed to escape around the back to skip past the Kendal pack before dodging another few players to go on and turn the last defender inside out to go under the posts. (17-3)

Hodgson’s brilliant try sparked new life into a Field side which didn’t seem to be at their best, but following a mistake by Kendal’s Dini Noyo, who was their main threat, the ball was worked out wide to Grainger who left the Kendal defence for dead with his pace, and Bell converted before the half time whistle (24-3).

Chances were a rarity in the second half as Lewis brought on his bench (Lewis Bradley, Austen Thompson and Callum Thompson for Adam Malthouse, Ben Hoyle and Reuben Pollard) to add some fresh legs to a tired-looking Field side.

Alex Battye knocked on a good chance but made up for it when he scored a converted try following a driving maul to secure all five points (31-3).

And Hodgson had the last say following good play from Conway and Lewis Workman to easily go over and make it 38-3.

Lewis saved special praise to Knight, who answered his call-up with a top performance: “It shows that the lads who are playing well for the Falcons will get