MAN of the match Adam Kirby scored a hat-trick of tries as New Earswick All Blacks ARLC trounced Emley Moor 44-4 in the Pennine League championship.

The All Blacks, who remain third in the table, were in control from the start and opened the scoring after eight minutes thanks to winger Jack Law’s unconverted try.

Winger Louis Pool then added a second unconverted score before Kirby bagged his first try and half-back Liam Gargan converted.

Centre Kirby touched down again and Gargan also added the extras before Emley Moor narrowed the gap with an unconverted try.

Gargan’s try gave the visitors a 24-4 half-time lead.

Joe Stearman crashed over after the break and Gargan goaled and Kirby completed his treble before hooker Joe Davis crossed and Gargan converted. Second-rower Stearman got his second of the game to round off the scoring.

New Earswick ‘A’ had to dig deep after travelling to Sheffield Hillsborourgh Hawks with only 13 players in division four.

The visitors put up a brave resistance for 20 minutes en route to a 62-14 defeat.

The All Blacks try scorers were player-coach Alan Pallister, loose forward Dan Wellard and winger Dean Smith. Luke Campbell added a conversion. Debutant prop Johnny Clark was man of the match.

Brighouse Rangers beat Illingworth 40-6 to knock Selby Warriors off the top of division two.

Selby were without a game, but their ‘A’ team beat hosts Halifax Irish 34-4 to stay in promotion contention in division seven.

In the Yorkshire Men’s League, Heworth ‘A’ lost 26-8 at East Leeds ‘A’.

Meanwhile, North Yorkshire has missed out on being a base camp for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

Ampleforth College, working with Ryedale District Council in partnership with consortium members Ampleforth Abbey Trading Limited and the North Yorkshire Rugby League Development Group, submitted a joint bid to be one of the hosts of the tournament. The bid was backed by the county’s only professional club, York City Knights.

However, the Rugby Football League yesterday announced its list of venues and bases, and Ampleforth does not feature.

The 14-team tournament will be staged at 18 venues in four countries – England, Wales, Ireland and France. There are a further six host venues and/or base camps.

A total of 34 bids, comprising 30 stadia, 47 team training sites and 87 team base camps, were submitted to the RFL.

The following venues will host matches: Avignon, Bristol (Memorial Ground), Halifax, Whitehaven (new Pow Beck Stadium), Hull’s Craven Park and KC Stadium, Huddersfield, Leeds (Headingley), Limerick (Thomond Park), Perpignan, Neath (Gnoll), Rochdale, Salford (new City of Salford Stadium), St Helens (new Langtree Park Stadium), Warrington, Leigh, Wigan and Wrexham.

Team training venues and base camps will be in: Bristol (Filton College), Whitehaven (Cumbria Sports Academy), Hull, Leeds, Salford, Warrington, Leigh, Wrexham, Workington, Bolton, Bradford, Widnes, Manchester and Preston.