Tries galore for Blaydon and Darlington

Blaydon scored 50 unanswered points in the second half to win 74-10 at home to Cleckheaton, while Darlington won 46-16 away to Kendal.

The signs are not good for Kendal, who have relied on winning their home games to survive at this level, but Darlington were fortunate to face them before their pitch becomes its usual mudbath.

After topping 50 points in their last match against Macclesfield, Darlington went close to a repeat as they scored seven tries.

There were two each for forwards Michael Taylor and Alan Brown, while winger Frankie Coulson, centre Craig Lee and lock Richard Snowball also touched down.

Full back Ben Snook added a penalty and four conversions, while Kendal kicked two first half penalties and scored two tries when they were 36-6 down.

Darlington played Newcastle Academy back row man Phil Dawson at centre and the only blot on his copybook was an unfortunate yellow card.

Two minutes later Brown was also sin-binned for diving on the ball when Kendal were close to scoring.

But with only 13 men Darlington went further ahead when Lee's try just before the interval made it 19-6.

Ten minutes into the second half a Kendal flanker was sin-binned and Snook kicked the penalty.

Taylor's tries came from driving mauls, but Brown joined the backs to score in the corner for his first and ran in from 20 metres for his second.

Snowball's effort was the most spectacular as he brushed aside the home full back on a run from just inside halfway.

Blaydon scored 11 tries, with two apiece from centre Sua Segi, hooker Matt Hall and fly half Dan Clappison, who added a penalty and six conversions for a haul of 25 points.

In his 12th season as captain, Dave Guthrie was outstanding at No 8, while new full back Michael Campbell showed tremendous pace.

Blaydon were leading 19-0 when Segi was sin-binned after 35 minutes and Cleckheaton scored two tries while he was off.

But they had no answer to Blaydon's free-flowing rugby in the second half, with wingers Matt Dehaty and James Kyle, centre Martin Shaw, prop Ivan Nola and Campbell joining the scorers.

Tynedale bounced back from their home defeat by Mowden Park with the surprise result of the day, a 46-10 win at Fylde.

The equivalent match a year ago had to be abandoned following the serious neck injury to Tynedale prop Ali Johnson, but this time it was fun all the way as full back Will Massey collected 21 points from two tries, four conversions and a penalty.

There were also two tries each for winger Cameron Johnston, a Newcastle Academy player, and Jack Smailes.

Middlesbrough are one of six teams without a point after two games in North One, but they looked likely winners at West Park St Helens until fly half Simon Moore was sin-binned for killing the ball.

His three penalties during a dominant second half had pulled the deficit back to 21-20, but the hosts capitalised on their one-man advantage in the backs to score two late tries.

Boro dominated the scrums, but they paid for a slow start, dropping the kick-off to concede a converted try and going 10-3 down after three minutes.

There were further dropped restarts by both sides, leading to penalties, before West Park's second try put them 18-6 ahead.

Boro then scored from a scrum when Peter Wright made a break to send flanker Ben Pattison over, but West Park's third penalty made it 21-11 at half-time.

Dave Richardson switched to fly half when Moore was binned, but West Park twice created an overlap.

Promoted Westoe are also without a point after losing the repeat of last season's Intermediate Cup final 37-14 at Morley. They needed converted late tries by Richard Arnold and James Rennie to get that close.

Durham City are second in North Two East after a 27-13 win at Alnwick, where they had the benefit of the wind in the first half and built a 17-6 lead.

Three tries came from scrums and one from a 20-metre catch-and-drive, while winger James Walker opened the scoring with a penalty and added two conversions.

City trailed 6-3 after two drop goals by home fly half Alan Moses, but Walker regained the lead when he was fed on the short side of a scrum and stepped inside to score.

Just before half-time Darren McKinnon, who had just switched from lock to No 8, broke off a scrum 20 metres out to score.

Prop Graham Herbert scored from the catch-and-drive in the first minute of the second half and with ten minutes left a good move from a scrum 30 metres out was finished by winger Chris Mattison in the left corner. Alnwick pressure brought them a try five minutes from time.

Alnwick, Stockton and West Hartlepool are without a point, Stockton's struggles continuing with an 18-11 home defeat by Percy Park.

West lost 16-14 at Penrith, who scored in the corner at the death and South African Coenrad Jansen converted from the touchline.

West had defended well and led 7-6 at half-time through a try by hooker Tim Sawyer, conveted by Phil Wallis.

Jansen's third penalty put Penrith back in front, but West broke out for David Tighe to score and they almost held out.

For the third successive week Hartlepool Rovers' kicker Gareth Foreman was faced with a decisive late penalty.

But this time it struck a post and they had to settle for a 12-12 draw at home to Driffield.

Foreman scored all Rovers' points with two tries and a conversion, but good defence kept them out as they dominated a scoreless second half.