Wharfedale 16 Sheffield 10

Two penalty kicks from Tom Barrett gave Wharfedale the victory which enabled them climb off the bottom of Narional League North.

Sheffield are now propping up the table after losing a close-fought encounter.

Wharfedale hooker Dan Stockdale was instrumental in the match going ahead as he brought his chain harrow and spent two hours in the morning breaking up the frozen snow.

A host of volunteers then cleared the lines and got the blue paint down.

Both sides attempted to play good rugby on a difficult surface and the officials played their part in a fast-moving game of rugby.

The home side had the edge at the set piece and this allowed them to get better field position than the visitors.

It was a credit to Sheffield that it took Wharfedale 24 minutes to score. It took a brilliant move to break the deadlock as well.

A Sheffield clearance was run back by Charlie Graham who fed Robbie Davidson. Kieran Frost then rampaged into the Sheffield 22 before handing the scoring pass to Josh Burridge who was making his 100th appearnce.

Barrett was just wide with the conversion, but Stephen Depledge got a penalty for Sheffield before half-time.

Sheffield went ahead with a converted Sam Graham try after the visitors had battered the Dale line.

Fittingly, Wharfedale levelled through the man who made the game possible, Stockdale. He was driven over for an unconverted Dale try to level the scores before Barrett’s two penalties secured the win.