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Cumbria’s Rugby Union Sides Head Into The Last Weeks Of The Season

By Robert Haile

All the hard work put in throughout the season really matters now as the teams can count on one hand how many games are left to play.

In North West Division all fixtures were played on February 11 as new leaders Lymm beat Wirral 51-26, Blackburn came through a tricky tie 13-26 at Rossendale and Sandbach moved up to third with a 15-22 win at Stockport.

Northwich beat Burnage 29-14 while it was not happy travels for the Cumbrian sides as Manchester won 50-19 against Kendal and Kirkby Lonsdale lost 58-17 at Macclesfield.

The fixtures on February 18 throw up plenty of interest as Lymm host Macclesfield, Blackburn face third placed Sandbach, Rossendale take on Burnage and Wirral welcome Stockport.

Kendal welcome Northwich and Kirkby Lonsdale play Manchester.

Regional 1 North West Results

Lymm 51-26 Wirral

Macclesfield 58-17 Kirkby Lonsdale

Manchester 50-19 Kendal

Northwich 29-14 Burnage

Rossendale 13-26 Blackburn

Stockport 15-22 Sandbach

Regional 1 North West Table

  1. Lymm – 79
  2. Blackburn – 76
  3. Sandbach – 57
  4. Rossendale – 57
  5. Stockport – 52
  6. Manchester – 50
  7. Wirral – 47
  8. Macclesfield – 46
  9. Northwich – 43
  10. Kendal – 29
  11. Burnage – 12
  12. Kirby Lonsdale – 0

Penrith are fourteen points clear at the top of Regional 2 North.

A 52-3 home win for Penrith against Morpeth on February 11 leaves them in control of the battle for the league title.

Northern in third were awarded the points in their match with Carlisle, Percy Park ran out 59-5 winners against Stockton, Middlesbrough lost out by a point against Durham City in a 10-11 match.

Aspatria won 51-10 at home to Consett as Keswick beat South Shields Westoe 29-19.

The league enters the final six weeks on February 18 as Carlisle host league leaders Penrith, Morpeth face Keswick and Northern head to Consett.

Percy Park face Middlesbrough, Durham City welcome Aspatria and Stockton take on South Shields Westoe.

Regional 2 North Results

Aspatria 51-10 Consett

Northern HWO Carlisle

Percy Park 59-5 Stockton

Middlesbrough 10-11 Durham City

Keswick 29-19 South Shields Westoe

Penrith 52-3 Morpeth

Regional 2 North Table

  1. Penrith – 80
  2. Morpeth – 66
  3. Northern – 64
  4. Percy Park – 57
  5. Middlesbrough – 54
  6. Durham City – 51
  7. Aspatria – 41
  8. Keswick – 28
  9. Stockton – 25
  10. Consett – 25
  11. South Shields Westoe – 21
  12. Carlisle – 3

All six sides were in action in Conference 1 as second placed Cockermouth kept pace with the league leader with a 26-6 win over Egremont on February 11.

Upper Eden continued their unbeaten run with a 50-10 win over Wigton and Whitehaven edged their match against Millom 26-27.

All sides are back in action on February 18 as Upper Eden head to Whitehaven, Cockermouth travel to Wigton and Egremont host Millom.

There were only two matches in the Conference 2 on February 11 with Hawcoat Park being awarded the points against Silloth.

St Benedicts lost 29-34 at home to Penrith II while Workington squeezed past Creighton 22-21.

On February 18 league leaders Hawcoat Park head to Penrith II, Creighton host St Benedicts and Silloth welcome Workington.

Cumbria Results

Upper Eden 50-10 Wigton

Millom 26-27 Whitehaven

Cockermouth 26-6 Egremont

Hawcoat Park HWO Silloth

St Benedicts 29-34 Penrith II

Workington 22-21 Creighton

Cumbria Conference 1

  1. Upper Eden – 70
  2. Cockermouth – 60
  3. Egremont – 43
  4. Wigton – 38
  5. Whitehaven – 35
  6. Millom – 32

Cumbria Conference 2

  1. Hawcoat Park – 46
  2. St Benedicts – 38
  3. Penrith 2nd – 35
  4. Silloth – 25
  5. Creighton – 11
  6. Workington – 9

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