Acorn seal promotion

NORMANTON KNIGHTS 22 V 30 YORK ACORN
Sunday November 8
The Select Security Stadium, Widnes


York Acorn will be in the Premier Division next season after beating Normanton Knights 30-22 in the Division One promotion decider.

There was little to choose between the two in the first period and the side went in at the break locked at 18-18.

Scrum-half Adrian Mulcahy improved efforts from hooker Chris Woolford, second-rower Lee Starbuck and substitute Clark Thompson for the Knights, but they were matched by Acorn who managed touchdowns via winger Josh Thompson, centre Ryan Gallacher and stand-off Harry Bromwich.

Antony Chilton converted two of the efforts and then levelled matters on the stroke of half-time with a 50 metre penalty.

Hooker Nick Speck and centre Jordan Myers added second-half four-pointers for Acorn with Knights centre Connor Taylor going over in between times, however, perhaps crucially Taylor was sin-binned in the 57th minute with the scores level at 22-22.

Man-of-the-match Chilton finished the contest with four goals to his name whilst full-back James Calam also added a goal.


NORMANTON KNIGHTS
1 Jonathan Hodgson
2 Joe Crossland
3 Connor Wilson
4 Connor Taylor
5 Lee Hammond
6 Thomas Carroll
7 Adrian Mulcahy
8 Ryan Kelsey
9 Chris Woolford
10 David Evans
11 Richard Blakeway
12 Lee Starbuck
13 Thomas Alexander
SUBS
16 Ian Hoult
17 Jonathan Kirk
19 James Smith
20 Clark Thompson

TRIES: Woolford (5), Starbuck (17), Thompson (31), Taylor (51)
GOALS: Mulcahy (3)


YORK ACORN
1 James Calam
2 Joel Johnson
3 Ryan Gallacher
4 Jordan Myers
5 Joshua Thompson
6 Harry Bromwich
7 Joe Budd
8 Tim Stubbs
9 Nick Speck
10 Joe Porter
11 Tom Hill
12 Elliot Bulmer
13 Josh Mortimer
SUBS
16 Antony Chilton
17 Jack Byrnes
18 Adam Endersby
19 Daryl North

TRIES: Thompson (8), Gallacher (23), Bromwich (25), Speck (47), Myers (55)
GOALS: Calam, Chilton (4)

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Antony Chilton (York Acorn)

PENALTY COUNT: 5-12

HALF-TIME: 18-18

REFEREE: Michael Mannifield