Four sent off in Brum’s win at Scunny

Midlands Premier

FOUR players were sent off following a 30-man melee in Birmingham and Solihull’s 31-26 triumph at Scunthorpe.

The ruckus broke out after Ben Hyde touched down for Scunthorpe at the start of the second half.

Zane Raimondi and Jack Jolly saw red for Bees while Scunthorpe duo Nick Syddall and Grant Elliot were also given their marching orders.

The incident marred what was a thrilling encounter at Heslam Park with champions Bees coming from behind to clinch victory.

Matt Dight and Jevon Hinds struck twice with Jolly grabbing the other for the visitors before Oli Cole crossed late on to earn Scunthorpe a losing bonus point. Peterborough Lions can look forward to a promotion play-off clash at Hull next weekend after sealing second spot.

Conor Gracey, Jon Hill, Siva Ma’asi, Tom Gulland, Jack Lewis and Semisi Sitanislei Tei went over as Lions ran out 38-12 winners against Bridgnorth.

The maximum-point victory ended the back-toback promotion hopes of

Newport (Salop), who saw off Lichfield 55-22.

Henry Vaka and Billy Wara notched doubles while Sam Hughes, Oli Buckley, Will Roach, Charlie Hill and Jack Price also scored for Newport.

Lichfield’s tries came from Charlie Milner, Tom Adams, Greg Massey and Huw Marsden.

Elsewhere, Derby finished their season off in style with a thumping 50-14 win at rock-bottom Old Halesonians. Doncaster Phoenix edged Nuneaton 29-24 at Liberty Way while Bournville produced a stunning second-half

fightback to defeat Sandbach 35-30. Two tries in the final five minutes from Will Harding secured the win for the home side. Meanwhile, Newboldon-Avon bounced back from last week’s gutwrenching loss at Lichfield with a 47-0 thrashing of Longton.

Phil Reed was the pick of the scorers with a hat-trick while Lloyd Warner scored in his final appearance for relegated Newbold.