Blistering Blaydon boss Ross

BLAYDON ROSSENDALE 61 10

BLAYDON put the set-back of the previous week well and truly behind them with a more than comfortable nine-tries-to-two victory over opponents that were on a five-match losing run.

A try bonus point was in the bag before the interval but surprisingly it was the visitors who had the bulk of the first half possession.

Rossendale were quite proficient at breeching the home 22 but not so good at getting over the line, and having flattered to deceive were caught out time and time when the Blaydon backs ran at them.

A tremendous 30-metre break by Harry Borthwick set up the opening score for scrum-half Dan Taylor, and on 20 minutes Dan Marshall jinked his way into the 22 to initiate the move finished off by Jamie Guy. Full-back Nathan Bailey added a third before the visitors finally crossed the line, lock-forward Tom Jones benefiting from a quick-tap penalty.

Just before the interval, Bailey went clear to release Frazer Wilson, who was in again within seconds of the re-start.

Having trailed 28-5 at the break, the visitors rather lost their way in the second period, their successful rolling maul was a thing of the past, and by the final quarter, the Blaydon backs were rampant.

An attacking line-out went astray but having won possession Rossendale foolishly tried to run it from the 22, giving Marshall a simply interception for home try number six, and within a minute Rob Lenderyou was over for a seventh.

Davis Strong, the visitors winger, was on the end of a flowing move for a Rossendale consolation but a Borthwick effort at the other end brought up the half century for Blaydon.

The one-sided affair was finally brought to an end when prop-forward Alex Dodds released skipper Keith Laughlin to score in the corner. Guy failed with the difficult conversion, and the referee blew for time, thereby saving the visitors from any further punishment.