Positive approach works for Otley as six-try haul sinks Huddersfield

Such was the entertainment provided that their lapses through over-elaboration were excused by the faithful.

Fly-half Ben Cooper put them ahead with a penalty in the first minute, but a penalty into the corner set up a drive for Huddersfield, with hooker James Davies going over for scrum-half Joel Hinchliffe to convert.

Chasing the restart, No 8 Dan Temm claimed the ball to beat off tackles on his way to the corner and, three minutes later, James Twomey came in-field to take a pass on half-way and sprinted clear to the posts to provide Cooper with a simple conversion.

Huddersfield hit back with a try for winger Elliott Jones after good forward driving, but Otley quickly followed suit when hooker Ben Steele exited the maul to crash over.

Only four minutes into the second half the visitors forced their way over the line again, with prop Anthony Stringwell grounding the ball and Hinchliffe converting to bring his side to within a point.

Cooper kicked a penalty, but fly-half Thomas Owen replied before Otley sprung into life.

From the restart, the ball was booted back into their 22, collected by Twomey who fed full-back Chris Gemmell, who then raced 75 metres to the line. Shortly afterwards, Temm steamed through the middle for his second score with Cooper converting both tries.

Replacement centre Michael Coady then scorched through the middle before handing on to Toby Williams, who swept the defence aside to score.

Huddersfield secured a bonus point when No 8 Nicholas Sharpe grounded, before Cooper ended the game as he began with a penalty.

n Hull Ionians’ forwards provided the platform for a bonus point 27-22 home win in a tense local derby against Hull.

Hull went 10-0 ahead before Ionians struck back with the first of their four tries, Kerry Wood getting the touchdown before two tries by fellow flanker Mark Wigham put them 17-10 ahead at the break.

Hull levelled with a converted try by scrum-half Dan White before prop Steve Johnson scored the fourth try to put Ionians 27-17 clear. Hull narrowed the gap again when winger Will Robinson raced over for his second try.

n Sheffield Tigers staged a fine comeback to seal a 23-20 win at home to Preston Grasshoppers.

Grasshoppers went ahead in the first minute with the first of their three tries, full-back Shaun Taylor getting the touchdown and Lewis Allen converting.

Preston scored twice more before Tigers pulled back a penalty through Tom Outram, who then converted a try by second row Richard Joel.

Tigers equalised 11 minutes into the second half when No 8 Nick Pearson touched down for a try which Outram converted, and, after Allen and Outram had exchanged penalties, the Tigers clinched it with Outram’s third try in the 75th minute.