Dragons' late fightback pegs back the Warriors

In the GMB Union Hull & District Premier Division, Myton Warriors "A" and East Hull Dragons played out an enthralling 34-34 draw that saw the points shared on the final play of the game.

The home side came back from a 16-24 deficit to lead 34-24 with 15 minutes remaining.

But the Dragons dug deep and with six minutes left on the clock, an excellent team effort put Rob Limon in at the left corner flag for an unconverted score. A last-minute penalty on the Myton line had Lee Hall using a bit of vision, a quick tap and he was over the white wash, Matty Jones adding the extras to level the score.

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Nathan Shepherd took the man-of-the-match for East's with a hat-trick, evergreen Rich Longley added a try with his first touch, Limon and Jones landed five goals.

For Myton Adam Humphrey excelled with a tally of 20 points consisting of two tries and five goals, singles went to Darren Hoggard, Nick Halstead, Khyle Black and Andy Goodwin.

A depleted Dockers "A" were hammered 66-6 by Skirlaugh Bulls, only a Mike Pattinson try goaled by Jamie Chaytor saving the whitewash. The Bulls' dozen scores were made up of braces to Steve Pidd, Steve Cochrane, Lloyd Williamson and Adam Salmon, with singles from James Higginbotham, Adam Renardson, Rob Brown and Andy Robinson, who also kicked nine goals. Rob Petch added a goal.

Parkers lost 42-16 to Craig Cook's Bransholme Dales, who are looking for more silverware to add to the BOCM Cup. Parkers had the better of the first half, leading 16-12 at the oranges with tries going to Dave Dimmock, Matty Malton and Kristian Parker (try and two goals). Dales' scorers were Mike Beecher (2), Pete Sansam, Alex Moody, Anthony Rhodes, Lee Forth and Craig Skelton (try and seven goals).

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