Keighley Cougars 34 York City Knights 0: Cougars cane York to secure their first win

This was their first win of the season after losing their previous seven games, with former Super League winger Richie Barnett bagging himself a brace of tries.

Cougars broke the deadlock when Danny Jones fed Sean Hesketh, who bulldozed his way in through the middle. Jones added the extras.

Keighley were gifted another score five minutes later. Jonny Presley’s pass was intercepted by Elliot Cosgrove, who raced in unopposed from 40 metres out, with Jones converting.

The home side got their third just before half-time as James Feather took on the line and whizzed a ball out wide for Paul White to get the ball down.

Jones kicked the goal to make it 18-0 going into the break.

After half-time the Knights were camping out on Keighley’s line, but they failed to take advantage and Cougars made them pay.

Feather, Jones and Brendon Rawlins combined to play in Barnett at the corner, with Jones’s conversion putting the visitors well out of sight.

The onslaught did not stop there as Scott Law’s offload saw fellow prop Andy Shickell barge his way over.

Jones once again goaled and the icing was added to the cake when Jones’s spiralling ball across field put Barnett in for a simple second try of the afternoon to end emphatically the Cougars’ winless run.

Keighley Cougars: White; Barnett, Sagar, Cosgrove, Duffy; Jones, March; Hesketh, Feather, Shickell, Pursglove, Martin, Rawlins. Substitutes: Smith, Law, Sheriffe, Chandler

York City Knights: Carr; Dent, Haynes, Briscoe, Latus; Nicklas, Presley; Potter, Lee, Aldous, Hadley, Smith, Nicholson. Substitutes: Scott, Iley, Stenchion, Sullivan.

Referee: Jamie Leahy.

Whitehaven responded to ltheir heavy defeat to Hunslet by returning home from Barrow with a 
30-20 victory.

James Newton crossed for a brace of tries, while there were also four-pointers for Scott McAvoy, Lee Doran, Craig Calvert and Jessie Joe Parker.

Jamie Rooney added three goals for the visitors.