Keighley Cougars 14 Swinton 22: Cougars toppled by an all-too-familiar result

Defeat for Paul March’s promotion-chasing side, coupled with Oldham’s 32-6 win at London Skolars, knocked Keighley off top.

Swinton led in the 15th minute when Andy Ackers touched down but Keighley drew level through Scott Lee to make it 6-6 at the break.

Keighley went ahead for the first time six minutes after the restart when David March stepped over the diving Andy Thornley to score his second of the season.

However, Swinton had four consecutive sets on Keighley’s line from the restart and got over despite Ben White’s pass to Stuart Littler appearing to be forward.

A grubber kick from Brook seemed to be running out of play but, with Paul White and Shaun Robinson diving for the ball, the referee consulted the touch judge and awarded White the try.

The visitors sealed the points with two tries in six minutes.

First, Littler threw a dummy pass to create the space to break through a tackle before offloading to Robinson, who raced the ball home from 10 metres.

The try which finally put daylight between the sides and secured Swinton the points came six minutes from time.

Swinton’s attack outnumbered the home defence three to two and this showed when White committed himself to tackle Dwyer, who just managed to get the offload away in time for Mike Butt to go in at the corner.

Keighley: Jesse Sheriffe, Gabriel, Barnes, Rikki Sheriffe, White, Brook, Paul March, Law, Feather, Cherryholme, Pursglove, David March, Rawlins. Substitutes: Bailey, Lee, Tahraoui, Dickinson

Swinton: Richie Hawkyard, Robinson, Littler, Rothwell, Butt, White, Atkin, Morrison, Ackers, James, Thornley, Dwyer, Lever. Substitutes: Austin, Beecham, Darren Hawkyard, Govin

Referee: Jon Roberts