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u12s Castleford Panthers 10 Featherstone Lions 12  150111

"Team work brings home the spoils in a all round great defensive performance"


The young lions lead by captain Reiss Butterworth gave a brilliant winning display of defense under pressure in a tense local derby away to rivals Castleford Panthers to go top of the table

Lions worked the marker well in the opening stages closing down anything that moved with Ryan Butterworth, Jack Swain and big forward Alex Proctor to the fore of things

With 2 new players making their way back to the team in Levi Johnson and Tom Mynett with all round solid performance by the pair with some massive hits by young Levi and some fine tackles shawing up the defense with Mynett helping the cause.

With nothing to split the sides in the 1st Half with a few Lions handling errors aiding castleford to go up 4-0 with 12mins gone

The Lions never say die attitude just before the break sticking to their game plan worked their way up field with opponents MOM Reiss Matisiak
leading by example with some blockbusting runs along side Clayton Bedford and Kyleb Taylor making good yards.

Setting the plateform for the workhorse Ryan Butterworth to spot the gap and crash through from 10yrds out to tie the Scores 4-4 on the 19th minute

After the break some fine tackles by Ashley Ward, Brett Holderness, Luke France and Josh Haller kept Cas at bay before their quick handling finally worked its way through the lions strong defense 10-4

The Lions looking strong in all departments came back again with quick hands through Reiss Butterworth, Jack Swain and Ryan Butterworth setting up big powerhouse Reece Matisiak to crash his way over from 15 yards out 10-8 on the 30 minutes mark

The Lions holding strong with the wind against them with Leo Harrison, Harley Wilkinson and Zack Burke putting in some fine runs to set up Reiss Butterworth on a storming 50yrd run before being tackled and turning over,  before Castleford lost possesion under the lions ferociuos tackling for quick thinking Reiss Butterworth to regather and crash over to win the game with 3 minutes on the clock left

MOM award went to all the Team for a defensive display second to none, The Lions will after be on their best to take on local rivals Normanton in the Continuation cup this coming saturday KO tbc

The Travis Perkins Awards Winners were:- joint MOM: WHOLE TEAM Most Improved: Leo Harrison


Pictured is the u12s Featherstone Lions team members showing their joy after winning a close "top of Table" clash to go top of the League against local rivals Castleford Panthers in a nail biting 12-14 score line that illustrates what a great game, Rugby League is about, with both sides given credit for some great defense and attack with Lions "never say die" Spirit taking them on to take the win in the dieing seconds, that bolds well for the future of the game at junior Level!





u12s report Featherstone Lions 54 Newsome Panthers 0 161010

Lions dominate the game from start to finish with improved ball handling !! and sticking to their game plan

The young Lions playing a weakened team of only 13 players dominated this game from the off with Alex Proctor leading the way in the Lions forwards with Rhys Matisiak and Clayton Bedford at his side as the enforcers!

Lions losing possession early on quickly bounced back with some fierce tackling with Reiss Butterworth and Kaleb Taylor in the thick of things before a Jack Swain break the full length of the field leading to a clever offload to his man outside Ashley Ward to capitalise with a great try outwide 4-0

Next up was Jack Swain stepping his way through 3 defenders to cut inside to score after being fed the ball by Reiss Butterworth with the later converting 10-0

With the Lions pressing close upstepped reiss Butterworth to send a clever chip outwide for hardworking Zack Burke to gather an crash over 14-0

With Lions looking unstopable with probing runs by Ryan Butterworth and Josh Haller Reiss ButterButterworth saw the gap to cut inside to score with Rhys Matisiak conversion 20-0

The Lions forwards making good ground with a storming run by Lions Alex Proctor to set up for Rhys Matisiak to crash over from 20yds with Reiss Butterworth goal to complete 26-0

The Lions still fresh went close with Jack Swain gaining the momentum before Reiss Butterworth spotting the gap to send over Ashley Ward with a clever chip through 30-0 before the break

Lions came out with determination to nil their opponents after the break with some crunching tackles by Proctor and Bedford, before Jack Swain set off on a 60 yds run to the line through good work by Josh Haller and Reiss Butterworth setting him on his way through the gap to score a
blistering try 34-0

Lions came up the middle again with young Kaleb Taylor crossing but deemed not to have grounded before Reiss Butterworth scoots his way over from acting half slicing through the oppenents like butter! 38-0

With the Lions putting in the graft through Zack Burke and big runs by Alex Proctor setting the stage for Ryan Butterworth to crash through the line from close 42-0

Next the try of the game with again Proctor and Bedford doing the spade work for good hands by Rhys Matisiak, & Reiss Butterworth combining to set up Jack Swain for his hatrick try with reiss Butterworth goal 48-0

To finish the game Reiss Butterworth using his silky skills to send the opponents the other way cut and stepped through 4 defenders on his way to collect his hatrick of the game with Ryan Butterworth goal to complete the route with Newsome giving the game up with 12 mins left to play!

The Travis Perkins Awards Winners were:- joint MOM: Proctor/Swain/Butterworth/Matisiak Most Improved: Ashley Ward