Egremont Rangers got the top result in the National League with a fine home win over Division One leaders Dewsbury Celtic.
The West Cumbrians trailed 18-4 at half-time but stormed back to win a cracking contest 28-22.
Egremont had started well enough, taking the lead with a try from Jenson Burney, but before the break Celtic had taken advantage of some home errors to build their 14-point lead.
Drew Judge-Clark (2), Dylan Kindelaw and Oli Thornton, with just the one conversion by Joe Gibson.
It was a different story after the change round as Egremont raised their game, cut their errors and took their chances.
In an outstanding start to the second half Egremont had opened up a 24-18 lead by the hour with tries from Kieran Glenn (2), Tom Houghton and Jack Conway with two conversions from Joe Lewis.
Although Celtic did fight back with another try from Gibson, the victory was clinched with a try on 69 minutes by returning veteran John Paul Brocklebank.
Having beaten the league leaders on Saturday, Egremont now have to try and do it again this weekend when they travel to Kells for the follow-up.
Rangers won the derby clash at the start of the season.
To hear what coach Danny Barker thought of the win you can listen below as he chats with Cumbria Crack’s John Walsh:
Kells were grateful to Egremont as that win over Celtic, and their own 26-10 victory over Leigh Miners Rangers put them back on top of the table.
Top scorer Clarke Chambers had given Kells an early lead but Rangers came back well with tries from Jack Hamer and Harry Darby, and a conversion by Callum Ashurst to lead 10-4.
But that was as good as it got for the visitors as Kells came back to lead 18-10 at the interval with a couple of tries from Aaron Burns and goals from Ross Gainford.
It stayed that way until the final quarter of the game when Jacob Hodgson and Harley Nelson scored unconverted tries.
You can hear coach Peter Smith’s thoughts on the game below:
