Pocklington came away from their long trip to Settle with a fine 21-17 Yorkshire Two victory - though it took a short while for the referee to agree they had won.

As they were walking off the pitch, the ref announced that North Ribblesdale had won.

However, after gentle persuasion from Pocklington officials, he admitted he had written a first-half penalty to Pock in the wrong column and the visitors were eventually given the points their efforts deserved.

After losing a fortnight ago and being frozen off last week, Pock needed victory at Ribblesdale - one of the most difficult places on the circuit to go to - to get their promotion challenge back on track.

But although Ribblesdale had an early spell of pressure, Pock's defence held firm and, after the pack had twice tried to batter over, the ball came out for fly-half Kevin Bowling to step and dive over, teenager Nick Bennett converting.

Ribblesdale wasted a clear overlap to give Pocklington scrum-half Sam Rees the chance to make a try-saving tackle but they did reduce the deficit with a penalty.

However, Pock regained the initiative and almost opened the hosts up on three occasions before settling for a Bennett penalty.

After finishing the first period in the driving seat, Pock were on the back foot for the first 20 minutes of the second.

Ribblesdale piled on the pressure, with Pock not helping their cause with some wrong options and loose kicks.

The hosts eventually broke through for a converted try to level and they must have fancied their chances.

However, Pock pulled themselves back together and from the restart pressurised in the corner, and a couple of long passes gave centre Harry Allen the space to beat his man.

Pock were back in control and pulled clear with a Bennett penalty, followed by a sweet Bowling drop goal.

Four minutes into injury time, a Ribblesdale chip ahead fell for the winger to run in a converted try and close the gap to one score, giving Pock a nervy 60 seconds to see out.

Updated: 11:18 Monday, January 31, 2005