Legend Paul breathes new life into the Bees

They did the simple things far better and took the correct option from the breakdown and in open play.

Dual-code veteran Henry Paul debuted for the club off the bench, helping them overcome a deficit to claim victory with flashes of his old self.

Brett Mitchell, Dan Harrison, Richard Hughes, Tongan Richard Tafa and Dan Collins scored the Bees’s tries.

Harrogate retained their leadership of the division in a scrappy, disjointed match.

Several injured absentees were badly missed, and the hope is they will be back to bolster Gate next week.

West Hartlepool competed strongly throughout and deserved their losing bonus point, earned with an injury-time try.

Fortunately, Harrogate had long since put the game to bed.

Winger James Audsley-Beck scored two tries for Gate, the first after a scintillating run by his opposite winger Noel Minikin.

His second came after concerted pressure on the Hartlepool line.

Even with Steven Mayock in the sin-bin, Harrogate scored their thrid try through Mike Aspinall.

A trio of penalties from Joe Rowntree supplemented the three scores.

Sandal returned to winning ways in an entertaining 29-20 victory at home to Percy Park.

Sandal used their dominance in the scrum during the first half to gain the upper hand. Greg Wood kicked them into a 12-6 lead before Tom Coad touched down.

The game was a tighter affair after the break and Percy Park hinted at a comeback when they scored an early converted try.

However, Sandal hit back quickly to nullify the momentum when a series of phases ended with prop Rob Norbury showing great composure to take a low pass and dive over in the corner.

That try was followed by another penalty by Wood, who sealed the win before Park’s late rally.