York Groves had an unblemished defensive line in their 20-0 Pennine League division five win over Woodhouse Warriors.

John Rushworth opened the scoring after a strong drive from Chris Nuttal. Chris Smith scored the next try when he powered through the defence.

Liam Withers bagged a brace after his centre partner Danny Buy created space for him down the left channel. Jason Dunn converted two of the tries. Defences were on top in the second half and there was no further score.

New Earswick All Blacks had their Pennine League division one match at Thornhill Trojans 'A' - what would have been their first away game of the season and only their fourth league encounter of the year - called off because of a frozen pitch.

Heworth 'A' waltzed into the first round of the CMS Yorkshire Alliance Cup after getting a walkover past Castleford Panthers 'A'.

Secretary Ken Sykes received a phone call saying the Panthers could not field a team just as he was pulling into the Castleford car park with the first team.

Updated: 09:50 Tuesday, November 22, 2005