York Acorn RL under-8s won two thrilling encounters with Featherstone Lions thanks chiefly to the try scoring of Ryan Gallacher and the tackling of Sean Kellett.

In the first game Acorn edged home by six tries to four with Gallacher scoring five and Jack Anderson one. Karl Read, Martin Brown and Danny Atkins also caught the eye.

In the mini clash, Acorn won by seven tries to six. Kellett, Stephen Derbyshire and Ryan Waters were outstanding in defence, while Gallacher notched a hat-trick to take him to 98 tries for the season.

Other scores came from Ben Cowton (2), Kellett and Dominic Noone.

Updated: 12:32 Wednesday, June 26, 2002