TYLDESLEY RU visited Fleetwood and despite a good showing against the league leaders it was the Fishermen who netted the spoils.

Fleetwood started brightly, scoring an unconverted try after just three minutes. However, Tyldesley moved the ball into the opposition half and some good work from Craig Pulman and Darren Edge starting his first game in 18 months they just could not find a way through despite long periods of pressure.

The second half went the same way as the first with Fleetwood scoring early, but the game was swung out of Tyldesley grasp when they where reduced to 12 men midway through the half. First hooker Mark Bennett and second rower Craig Shotton were sin binned following a 10-man scuffle which also saw one Fleetwood player into the cooler. Two minutes later Edge was also yellow carded for a high tackle.

Fleetwood used the two man overlap to the full scoring two tries in the corner. However the game changed again when both sides resumed with full teams and Tyldesley spent the remaining eight minutes of the half camped on the Fleetwood tryline looking for a score that wouldn't come.

This Saturday second placed Carlisle visit St George's Park.

Tyldesley Knights continued to fight for the championship title with a crushing 64-3 win over a poor Fleetwood outfit. First half tries came from Scott Hollingsworth, Brian Ndlovu, Lee Berrisford, Ian Lysons and Fraser Mackintosh with two. The second brought further tries for Ndlovu and Berrisford with Jim Hutton adding another two tries for good measure.

Tyldesley Dragons, who a close encounter at Fleetwood, overcoming the home side 7-3 with a Peter Hayes try and Jamie Aldred conversion. Tyldesley Stallions were left with out a game when the oppostion failed to arrive at St George's Park.