Match report:

THORNHILL TROJANS'A' 20 BOOTHTOWN TERRIERS 24

SCORERS LUKE BROWN I TRY RYAN BARNES 1 TRY PAUL KEMP 1 TRY WAYNE OAKES 1 TRY

PAUL RAWSON 2 GOALS

The Terriers went to Thornhill very much the underdogs but came back to Boothtown top dogs with a last game of the season win, but not without casualties, within the first five minutes of the game two players were sidelined with a cut eye and a broken leg, and veteran Andy Charlesworth hobbled off the pitch with a dead leg. With an under strength side the Boothtown were determined to give fourth in the division a game and did just that, with some fantastic tackling and driving.

Boothtown kept Thornhill out for the first 20mins before they opened the scoring with a try but that was soon canceled out when the Terriers played some superb free flowing rugby, passing through several pairs of hands before Luke Brown dived over to level the score at 4-4. Boothtown kept up the pressure and moved the ball out wide only for Thornhill to intercept and race under the sticks and gift them the lead 10-4 at halftime. Thornhill came out of the blocks fast in the second half, putting pressure on the Terriers and increased the lead to 16-4 with their third try.

As Thornhill looked to seal the game they knocked on and the ball was scooped up by Ryan Barnes who raced 80yrd for a try. Thorhill again broke the Terriers defence and crashed over out wide to bring the score to 20- 8. But Boothtown came back with the best try of the game scored by youngster Paul Kemp, he sidestepped his winger and outpaced the Thornhill defence to score under the posts, Paul Rawson adding the conversion.

It was all Terriers now with great defence by Paddy Dolan, Paul Rawson, and Dean Robertshaw keeping Thornhill quiet, Terriers then moved the ball through several pairs of hands before Ryan Barnes fed a short ball to Wayne Oakes who strolled over for a try, Paul Rawson levelling the score at 20-20 with the conversion. Boothtown took the lead for the first time with five minutes to go when Wayne Oakes smashed through the defence from acting half and for the last 3 minutes Boothtown tackled like wild dogs to collect the two points at the final whistle.