VISITORS CHESTER TAKE THE POINTS WITH SECOND-HALF PERFORMANCE Field are

seven points up after five minutes.

Having worked the ball through some positive phases, fly half Sam Allan made a darting run and forced a penalty.

From the lineout lock Adam Malthouse marked his 100th appearance with a try from the subsequent drive. Joel Hinchliffe converted.

Chester responded well and a fine left-wing break took them close.

Another by Chester full back Sean Green on 20 minutes saw him held up over the line by a resilient Huddersfield defence.

Field did well at the five-metre scrum that followed when Chester’s blindside attack was forced into touch.

Chester did get on the scoresheet seven minutes later.

Although their pack was pressured and pushed backwards at a scrummage, the ball came back and was neatly passed inside by scrum half George Baxter, with winger Peter Rees rounding off the move with a try close to the posts.

Josh Morris took an easy two points to draw level. Huddersfield finished the half strongly, scrummaging well and threatening.

Although Joel Hinchliffe and Richard Piper combined well to make ground, good defensive work by the visitors meant that the score remained all square at half time.

Shortly after the restart Huddersfield lost the services of the highlyinfluential Malthouse through injury.

His departure evened up the forward battle to an extent with Chester finding it a little easier to