Huddersfield Daily Examiner

SUSPECTED MEDIAL LIGAMENT INJURY BLOW FOR TURNER

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Lower Hopton WMC A v Netherton Con A On Farnley Tyas BC, Lockwood Con A v Thongsbrid­ge C&BC A On Lindley BC, Moldgreen Con A v Crosland Moor BC A On Paddock C&BC, Broad Oak BC A v Lindley Lib A On Shepley BC, Almondbury Lib A v Kirkheaton Con A On Moldgreen Con.

Clayton West BC v Slaithwait­e C&BC A On Thorpe Green B&SC, Marsh Utd BC A v Longwood BC A On Elland CA&BC No1, Waterloo BC A v Crosland Moor BC B On Cleckheato­n Sports, Milnsbridg­e BC A v Cowcliffe Lib A On Hudds RUFC BC, Meltham BC A v Almondbury Lib B On Marsh Utd BC.

Almondbury BC A v Lockwood Con B On Crosland Moor BC, Golcar Lib A v Shepley BC A On Linthwaite Hall, Thongsbrid­ge C&BC B v Lower Hopton WMC B On Grange Moor BC, Farnley Tyas BC v Lindley BC A On Paddock I&C, Cleckheato­n Sports A v Hemplow BC A On Bradley & Colne. Free - Linthwaite Hall A.

Linthwaite C&BC A v Lowerhouse­s C BC On Slaithwait­e C&BC, Bradley & Colne v Netherton Con B On Meltham BC No1, Elland CA&BC v Paddock I&C A On Kirkheaton Con, Meltham BC B v Lindley Lib B On Netherton Con, Kirkheaton Con B v Milnsbridg­e Lib A On Springwood BC, Moldgreen Con B v Rastrick BC On Lindley Lib.

Almondbury Lib C v Paddock C&BC On Dalton C&BC, Hemplow BC B v Golcar Lib B On Holmfirth BC, Cowcliffe Lib B v Springwood BC On Meltham BC No2, Broad Oak BC B v Marsh Utd BC B On Linthwaite C&BC, Lockwood Con C v Primrose Hill Lib On Almondbury BC, Elland WMC v Thorpe Green B&SC On Cowcliffe Lib.

Almondbury BC B v Outlane BC A On Thongsbrid­ge C&BC, Lindley BC B v Skelmantho­rpe Windmill On Hemplow BC, Hudds RUFC BC v Thongsbrid­ge C&BC C On Clayton West BC, Grange Moor BC v Skelmantho­rpe Central On Lowerhouse­s C BC, Longwood BC B v Slaithwait­e C&BC B On Milnsbridg­e Lib. Free - Kirkheaton CBC.

Cleckheato­n Sports B v Linthwaite Hall B On Milnsbridg­e BC, Marsden BC v Canalside Sports On Broad Oak BC, Holmfirth BC v Kirkheaton Con C On Rastrick BC, Shepley BC B v Waterloo BC B On Kirkheaton C&BC. Free Milnsbridg­e BC B.

Lindley Lib C v Meltham BC C On Skelmantho­rpe Windmill, Paddock I&C B v Longwood BC C On Primrose Hill Lib, Golcar Lib C v Dalton C&BC On Almondbury Lib, Broad Oak BC C v Hemplow BC C On Longwood BC. Free - Outlane BC B. CASTLEFORD overcame the absence of Luke Gale and stiff resistance from Huddersfie­ld to keep their home semi-final hopes alive with a fourth successive win.

Forward Junior Moors was the star of the show with two tries as the Tigers came from 12-4 down to win 44-12 and keep the pressure on second-placed Wigan.

Gale, the reigning Man of Steel who only recently returned from a fractured kneecap, was a late withdrawal with a minor leg strain, and Castleford struggled for long periods without him.

It was a third successive defeat for Huddersfie­ld but they showed early signs of repeating their 32-18 win at the Mend-a-Hose Jungle only seven weeks earlier and were in contention until a late collapse saw them concede five tries in the last 23 minutes.

They made a dream start after former Huddersfie­ld full-back Greg Eden fumbled a towering kick from Danny Brough which created the position for hooker Adam O’Brien to force his way over from dummy half for the game’s first try.

Eden made amends three minutes later when he produced a clinical finish for his 11th try in his six matches but Paul McShane was unable to add the goal and Huddersfie­ld increased their lead midway through the first half with a solo try from stand-off Lee Gaskell.

Huddersfie­ld’s teenage centre Jake Wardle missed the chance to play against his older brother Joe, who was a late withdrawal from the Tigers team, but he displayed his exciting talent with a break that almost brought a try for winger Innes Senior.

That chance went begging but the visitors were good value for their 12-6 lead before Castleford went on to dominate the second quarter.

England second rower Mike McMeeken showed his class by keeping the ball alive on the last tackle to get centre Jake Webster over for a try the Tigers went on to enjoy seven successive sets in the Huddersfie­ld half as the visitors’ discipline began to let them down.

The pressure told seven minutes before the break when Moors forced his way over for a solo try, shortly after having a similar effort thwarted by a steal by full-back Jordan Rankin, and McShane kicked his second goal to give his side a 16-12 interval lead.

The Giants almost drew level early in the second half when centre Jordan Turner was held up over the line but they suffered a blow when he was forced off with a leg injury.

That injury was said to be a medial ligament injury and he spent the later stages of the match with a brace on the injured leg.

That meant a second stint in the threequart­ers for second rower Oliver Roberts, who had earlier filled in while Wardle was off the field for a concussion assessment.

Huddersfie­ld kept battling away but they conceded a fourth try on 57

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