NEW Earswick All Blacks maintained their good run with a fine 34-6 win over Doncaster Toll Bar in Yorkshire League division one.

All Blacks, who jumped to second in the table, got off to the perfect start when Alan Pallister touched down off the first set of six, and within eight minutes, Mick Ramsden put the outstanding Jo Jo Hnesh through a gap 15 metres out to score.

The rest of the first half was even, with Doncaster getting the upper hand when Jamie Daniel was sin-binned.

The All Blacks pressed hard soon after the interval with Dean Thomas and man of the match Steve Perks looking dangerous.

It took until the 53rd minute for the hosts to extend their lead when Adie Robinson dummied his way through from ten metres.

Doncaster hit back straight away when a move close to the line resulted in a try. However, the game was made safe on 62 minutes when Ramsden showed good strength to touch down under pressure.

Just four minutes later Mick Harrison scored a fine individual try which, plus the conversion, took the score to 28-6.

All Blacks saved the best until last, though, as Robinson's pass on the half-way line sent Jez Petch through to the 20-metre line, where he passed to Ramsden to score. Daniel added his fifth conversion to make it 34-6.

Ramsden, Hnesh and Coomber excelled in defence, while Harrison and Robinson combined well at half-back, particularly in the second half.

York Groves suffered their first Pennine League division four defeat of the season as they lost at home to Rochdale outfit Littleborough 'A'.

The visitors took full advantage of Groves' poor defence and slack tackling as they raced to a 22-0 interval lead.

And, although a half-time grilling by Groves boss Simon Moat saw the Terriers step up a gear after the break, the hosts were not able to claw their way back, losing 34-16.

The Lancastrians added to their tally early in the second half with a breakaway try but this seemed to add fire to the Groves ranks, with debutant Ben Race powering over for a fine try goaled by Jason Dunn to reduce the gap.

The Terriers added to their score when Dunn crossed, however poor tackling was again at fault as the visitors replied with a converted try against the run of play.

Groves hit back again as prop Neil Martyn - who excelled throughout along with man of the match Ben Rule and Paul Watson - took advantage of a well-timed kick to gather and touch down, Dunn adding the extras, but this was the last score of the day.

Updated: 10:53 Tuesday, October 15, 2002