Roberts keeps his cool to secure victory

THE final whistle was a relief to Caldy who clung on to win an entertaining game of rugby.

Wharfedale outscored the league leaders by three tries to two and could have gone on to win, but Caldy hung on.

The visitors led at halftime by ten points but it was Dale who had the better of the second half to nearly upset the form book.

Caldy struck first with a long-range try from winger Jack Beevers, who ran from his own 22 after the visitors ran a quick penalty and caught Dale out. Gavin Roberts added the conversion and added a 36-metre penalty minutes later.

Dale fought back into the game and a lineout in Caldy’s 22 went through eight phases before creating space for James Tincknell to squeeze through.

Caldy's second try was also from long range when winger Nicholas Royce broke free and touched down under the posts. Roberts was again accurate from the tee.

Dale opened up in the second half with Joe Altham scoring after some good forward pressure following a lineout.

Five minutes later some intense Dale pressure led to Phil Woodhead stealing the ball and somehow getting it to Jamie Guy to score under the posts. Guy’s conversion took Dale into the lead.

But a Roberts penalty from 44 metres won the game for the champions, their 27th of the season.