Otley 20 Hull 15: Cultured Otley use their guile to get past Hull as Twomey strikes

Hull’s pack induced transgressions from the home side which were soundly punished by centre James Cameron who kicked four penalties plus a drop goal, while Otley produced three tries, the final one in the last minute to steal the game.

Otley lost debutant winger Oliver Cicognini in the first minute, fly half and goal kicker Christian Georgiou on 28 minutes and were without mercurial number seven Chris Walker for 14 minutes whilst he received stitches and they spent much of the first half in their 22 as Hull applied the pressure and merited their three points lead when Cameron landed his first penalty of the match three minutes before the break.

An early second-half penalty for Otley saw the ball thrown to acting full back James Twomey who duly obliged but Cameron hit straight back with a fine drop goal.

Pursuing their plan, centre Tom Rock took a quick tap at a penalty on the visitors 22 to set up a drive for the line where Walker went over but the lead was short lived, Cameron again to the fore.

However, Otley’s confidence was growing. The ball was swung wide, Twomey came up to join the line, breaking through to put right winger James Wood over and then added the conversion.

The seemingly safe six points lead disappeared with two further Cameron penalties but Twomey had the last word, racing out of his 22, then chipping ahead and winning the race to touch down.

Hull Ionians 13 Huddersfield 11

HUDDERSFIELD suffered a disappointing 13-11 defeat at the hands of Hull Ionians in their second successive away fixture.

Having picked up maximum points at Stockport in the opening game of the season, and by no means playing to their potential, they were hoping for an improvement. However, Huddersfield found themselves under pressure for much of the first half and when they did put together opportunities they were guilty of trying to force the play too much, resulting in unforced errors. Against a big pack, which included second rower Lee Brown of Morley fame in recent seasons, and a substantial breeze the visitors were comforted to find themselves marginally down at the mid-way stage.

After the break Huddersfield came into it more and pressed narrowly ahead following two penalties from the reliable boot of fly-half Chris Johnson but the lead wasn’t to last long.

A penalty and an unconverted try in the last 15 minutes ensured a deserved win for Hull despite a consolation score from the away side.