Malton take charge after Armitage try

Malton and Norton maintained their winning record to move ahead of previous leaders Sheffield with a 17-15 victory over their South Yorkshire rivals at The Gannock.

Tries from Rob Armitage and Teei Piawi helped Malton to a 10-3 lead at half-time, but Sheffield hit back with winger Ali Womack scoring twice, while Donal Collins kicked a conversion and penalty to put the visitors 15-10 ahead with 20 minutes left.

Armitage added a second try which Piaki converted to go

17-15 in front, and they held their nerve to take the win.

North Ribblesdale moved ahead of Selby in mid-table when they held on for a 22-16 home victory despite the visitors being camped on their line for most of the last 20 minutes.

Ribblesdale had taken the lead after just four minutes with a try from No 8 Ryan Kirkbride and, after Sam Morgan had kicked a penalty for Selby, home flanker Chris Heap crossed for another try. Morgan pulled back a second penalty before second row Tom Clay crashed over for a try which Steve Moon converted.

Selby centre Shaun Austerfield brought the score back to 17-11 at half-time, and the only scores of the second half were tries by replacement Michael Carr for Ribblesdale and centre Martin Protheroe for the visitors.

Keighley ran in eight tries in their 55-22 victory over Bridlington, with centre Mario Frrazzano and winger Sam Walker both scoring two tries, while Alex Brown kicked five conversions and a penalty.

With York losing at Knottingley, Heath went into third place with a convincing 58-9 home win over Dinnington, who have now slipped into second-bottom as Scarborough pulled off a 17-5 home win which left tailenders Bradford Salem still seeking their first win.

Winger Simon Brown scored a hat-trick of tries for Heath, while Giles Hetherington and Marlin Monoa scored two tries each and Matthew Hallett kicked five conversions.