Collins on song as Sheffield battle

Sheffield claimed their place at the top with a hard-fought 30-21 victory at York.

They led 20-7 at half-time following tries from second-row Tom White, winger Alex Hill and prop Tommy Marples. Donal Collins kicked a conversion and penalty.

After the break Collins touched down and added a conversion and drop goal to seal the win.

Nick Ventress scored two tries and kicked three conversions for York, and Alex Nixon added another try.

North Ribblesdale came from behind for a 26-20 win at Dinnington to take second place.

Dinnington had gone ahead with an early try by No 8 Will Marshall but Ribblesdale pulled back an interception try before Dinnington scored again through fly-half Danny Wilkinson, who converted both.

Winger Simon Bolland scored two of Ribblesdale's four tries. Centre Johnny Moimoi also scored, and a penalty try with two minutes to go not only earned them victory but gave them a bonus point.

Two straight four-point wins have left Malton and Norton in third place. After opening a 21-8 half-time lead, Malton went off the boil but survived to win 21-20 at Heath.

They took the lead with tries by second-row Richard Webster, winger Henry Newitt and fly-half Chris Creber, all converted by Teei Piawi. Fly-half Giles Hetherington, flanker Oliver Willoughby and right wing Simon Brown scored for Heath, but Ben Littlewood converted only one and added a penalty.

Selby are fourth despite being edged out 28-27 at Bridlington when Steve Mellonby landed a penalty for the home side with the last kick of the game.

Chris Quinn kicked Selby into an early lead. Mellonby converted a try by scrum-half Ben Sanderson and added a penalty to put Bridlington 10-3 ahead, but Selby equalised before half-time when Quinn converted second-row Rob Taylor's try and added a penalty.

Quinn kicked a second penalty and converted full-back Iain Adamson's try to put Selby back in front, but Bridlington's substitute centre Jamie Muru ran in two tries to put the home side back in the driving seat. Selby's last try by centre Alex Webster, converted by Quinn, left the score at 27-25 to Selby until Mellonby clinched the game.

Castleford scored their first win of the campaign, 18-11 at home to Scarborough.