Lyon stars in cup loss at West Hartlepool
Scarborough RUFC were knocked out of the Papa Johns Community Cup Regional Two North Shield after slipping to a 34-25 defeat at West Hartlepool on Saturday afternoon.
Fresh off the back of securingtheir place in Regional Two NorthEast for another season, Mat ty Jones’ side made a commandingstart to the game and took the lead in the third minute.
A high tackle presented Tom Harrison with the opportunity to kick, and he made no mistake for 3-0.
The home side were then reduced to 14 men, as their winger deliberately knocked on. Harrison kicked the penalty, but its truck the left-hand post and fell into West Hartlepool hands.
Scarborough continued on the front foot, but an ambitious pass was fired directly into touch close to the opposition line.
The home side then took the lead in the 16th minute when their scrum won the ball, and they went over close to the touchline.
There turning Mat ty Young was then shown a yellow card in the 20th minute and the home side made the advantage count as they doubled their advantage to 10-3.
The deficit was reduced just two minutes later as Harrison kicked a penalty after good work by the visitors at the breakdown.
The first half ended in frantic fashion with both sides exchanging converted tries.
First West Hartlepool’ s fly half crossed over before Jonty Holloway finished off a slick move to leave his side trailing 17-13 at the break.
The second half started in
the perfect fashion for Scarborough as hooker Jake Lyon wriggled clear of the tackle to score. Harrison added the conversion for 20-17.
But the celebrations were short lived as West Hartlepool re took the lead with a try from the hooker.
The lead extended further in the 55th minute when they scored in the corner following an advantage from the scrum to make it 29-25.
The impressive Lyon doubled his tally with 20 minutes to go when he had too much strength for the defence and crossed over in the far corner.
As the game headed towards the final 10-minute, skipper Drew Govier was shown a yellow card before the home side secured the victory with an unconverted try to make it 34-25 and book their place in the semi-final.