Rugby Union takes a break this weekend, certainly as far as the senior men’s teams are concerned in their various leagues.
It will give the county’s two leading sides more time to prepare for their keenly-awaited derby a week on Saturday.
Kendal will entertain Penrith at Mint Bridge with the visitors three points and two places better off than their hosts. It’s ninth against seventh in the Regional 1 North West table.
There is a game at Mint Bridge on Saturday when Kendal’s 2nd XV entertain Aldwinians’ 2nds in a NOWIRUL (Baines Plumbing) Division 1 game in which Jonny Watson will have the whistle.
The only other RU game on Saturday, weather permitting, is a friendly in which Windermere will host Wigton 2nds with Matt Duncan the man in the middle.
For Cumbria’s RU enthusiasts, starved of their regular fix, there are matches to take a look at on Sunday:
- Halbro Cumbria Colts -Typhoon (1pm) Wigton U18 v Blaydon U18 (Craig Hine).
- Women’s Championship North 2 (2pm) Kendal Ladies v Birkenhead Park Ladies (George Tressider).
- Women’s NC 1 North (2pm) Keswick Ladies v Trafford MV Women (Martin Denvir).
- Halbro Senior Colts League D (2pm) Millom U18 Colts v Sale Wolves Senior U18 Colts (Paddy Loughran).
- Cumbria Age Grade Cup (12.30pm) Keswick U18 v Kirkby Lonsdale U18 (Nathaniel Mitton).
- Cumbria Age Grade Cup (noon) St Benedict’s U15 v Kirkby Lonsdale U15 (Alan Jenkinson).
- Cumbria Age Grade Cup (12.30pm) Workington U15 v Wigton U15 (Mike Pate).
- Women’s NC 2 North (West) (2.30pm) Workington Finches v Preston Grasshoppers (Roy Hyslop).
- Women’s NC 3 North (North) (3pm) Penrith Ladies v Consett Ladies (Alan Mackay).
