Heworth ARLC Under-18s suffered a classic bad day at the office as they fell 38-16 at Hunslet Parkside.

The Villagers had been buoyed by their recent narrow loss to Conference leaders West Hull but they lost a couple of players to injury and work commitments before the game and it all got worse as influential prop Liam Braithwaite left the field after turning an ankle.

Heworth should still have had enough strength in depth to cause the Leeds side problems but they failed to convert chances and appeared to forget the good defensive abilities showed against Hull.

Alex Paddock, Conner Brannigan, Ben Sunderland and Josh Hughes are new signings for this season and all had promising games, showing plenty of potential, while Jason Smith, Alex Clough, Josh Poulter and Nathan Jamieson were solid in defence.

In attack, Fraser West and Danny Simpson looked dangerous but it was typical of Heworth’s day that the final passes did not stick and opportunities went begging.

Scorers for Heworth were Smith, West and Simpson, with Harry Deighton kicking two conversions.

Liam Jackson, with a never-say-die attitude, was top tackler and man of the match.

Heworth U14s put in a disappointing performance against Illingworth.

They were hampered by the loss of Harry Radcliffe who sustained an early injury, but their defence was poor as they allowed their opponents to go 16-0 up in the first half.

Jack Smith was on form and touched down twice for the Villagers, Jacob Sunderland and Luke Adamson goaling, while Jim Douthwaite made good yards, and Lewis Brown earned the man-of-the-match accolade.

But Illingworth continued to throw the ball around and break through to chalk up a 26- 12 win.

New Earswick U8s had an end-to-end encounter with a well-drilled Featherstone side.

Charlie Severs opened All Blacks’ account with a fulllength sprint, while Adam Lee showed his great footwork to score before making a vital trysaving tackle at the other end.

Sam Hunt, one of the smallest lads on the field, never took a backward step and burrowed over from close range, and Harry Price used strength and determination to burst through and claim the All Blacks’ final try and the magic moment award.

All Blacks’ defence was key with top tackler Charlie Robinson leading the way and Jonathon Elders also excelling to be named the parents’ player of the match.

Reece Officer made fantastic runs and defended strongly throughout, to earn the opposition coaches’ nomination as man of the match, while inform Darcy Sheriff picked up the coaches’ award.