Struggling Doncaster slip to frustrating loss

Whitehaven sit sixth in the Championship table after bottom club Doncaster returned home to South Yorkshire on the back of a 24-14 loss.

The home side’s scores came from Jessie Joe Parker, Jamie Rooney, Scott McAvoy and Craig Calvert.

Chris Spurr, Liam Kay and former Hull FC man Dennis Tuffour crossed for Doncaster but it was not enough to give the visitors a third league win of the campaign.

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Swinton are second bottom after a heavy 36-16 loss at Barrow.

The home team scored seven tries in total, with Liam Finch, Liam Campbell, Kurt Haggerty, Andrew Dawson, Aaron Low, Daniel Toal and Mal Wiper going in.

Rhys Williams, on dual-registration from Warrington, Matt Sarsfeld and Super League veteran David Mills responded for the visitors.

In Championship One, Jack Murphy converted Kristian Hawkes’s last-minute try to give South Wales Scorpions a thrilling 30-28 win over Rochdale Hornets.

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David James, Connor Farrer, Murphy and Greg Burke went over for the Scorpions in the first half, with Murphy adding four goals as they took a 24-10 lead into the break.

Daniel Davies and John Cookson went over for the visitors in the first half and they rallied after the break.

Wayne English went over for a pair of tries and Dave Hull also crossed, with Paul Crook taking his goal tally to four to put the Hornets 28-24 up before Hawkes struck at the death.

Hemel Stags made it three wins out of three by defeating Gloucestershire All Golds 28-8.

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Mike Bishay set the ball rolling with a try which he converted after 13 minutes, then Mike Forgham and Mason Caton-Brown also crossed the whitewash in a first half which also featured a try for the visitors from Phil Cowburn.

Bishay slotted home a penalty and converted tries from Aidan Pritchard and Ashley Fyson, with the All Golds only having a Richard Jones try to show for their efforts in the second half.

Oxford withstood a second-half Oldham fightback to edge a 18-16 victory.