Cowling Harlequins 10 Woodhouse Warriors 30

This game was a great confidence booster for the young Quins who knew they had a mighty task taking on the Division Five leaders.

Quins did not start too well, letting in a soft length-of-field try but they tightened their defence until the half hour when Warriors scored again.

Then a well-worked move by Cowling put Danny Brophy in for a great try. Dave Needham missed the conversion but Cowling continued to complete sets and put great pressure on.

Trailing 18-6 at the break the Quins came out in the second-half and hit Warriors with everything and it was silly penalties and lost balls which put Woodhouse in a good position to score again.

When Cowling got the chance to score they did through captain Darren Greenwood. He got a great offload from Karl Hancock to put him in, goaled by Needham. If it were not for another soft try the game would have been closer.

Greenwood was voted man-of-the-match but he donated it to the team for a great display.

p The Quins play Wyke on Saturday at South Craven bidding to gain much needed league points.