Grasshoppers 13-30 Darlington MP
By cdpark
After a win away to Morley, Grasshoppers’ National League Division 3 North campaign came crashing back to earth with a bang on Saturday.
Darlington Mowden Park were the visitors to Lightfoot Green and went away with a comfortable victory. Five tries were enough to bury the Hoppers and put any hopes of at least a play-off place in serious doubt.
Darlington looked fast and well organised from the start and had scored within 60 seconds to make it 5-0. The Hoppers seemed to struggle to keep the ball and a well organised Darlington pack was bullying the Hoppers all over the park.
Despite this early setback, Hoppers’ Russell Flynn scored a penalty to bring the score within two points and after Darlington went 12-3 up, Preston were 13-12 up themselves just before the interval. A try from Cameron Berry and a conversion and penalty for Flynn them the lead. However, a penalty two minutes later gave Darlington the half-time advantage.
With just a point in it, the tie was anybody’s in the second half, but three unanswered tries from Darlington won 30-13, securing all four points plus a bonus for scoring five tries.
After this defeat, the Hoppers have to travel to Hull to play the Ionians in a must win game for both sides.
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