Selby 3rds 43 vs. Harrogate Pirates 5

Selby 3rds continued to make good progress in the league after disposing of a tenacious Pirates side in Saturday afternoon’s tussle.
The Swans made an instant impact grabbing the first score through debutant Andy Blunt after just two minutes. Ted Townend wasn’t able to add the conversion however made up for the shortfall 6 minutes later slotting over a penalty from the edge of the 22 after the Pirates incurred the officials displeasure
A turgid period of nothing very much was followed by a rapid exchange of points as first Townend added a further penalty on thirty minutes closely followed by the Pirates showing their intent by firing a shot across Selby’s bows plundering an unconverted try.
Awakened by this salvo the Swans fired a broadside of their own with first Jordan Barton put the finishing touches to good work by Ben Spence and Jason Goodwin finished off John Taylor’s decisive thrust to put Selby 21 – 5 up at the break
Ben Rawson got in the scoring mood midway through the second half as Spence again took play up to the Pirates line. Danny White, returning to competitive action for the first time since his encounter with the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, stroked over the extras
Mickey Parsonage continued his scoring habits dotting down from close in, Spence followed suit with a trademark darting run and score. Barton completing the plunder with his second try
It was a strong display yet again from Selby’s forwards taking on the Pirates pack with some shuddering contact close-in. Adam Lee’s booming cameo appearances alone are worth the admission fee. Top scorer Aiden Pearce tried and tried to add to his season’s tally ably supported by Goodwin, Taylor and Parsonage but finished empty handed
With league duties duly discharged all eyes are now turned to Ripon next Saturday as the semi-final of the North Yorkshire Trophy awaits