Campbell on song for Scorpions

The Scorpions had to withstand a lot of pressure early on and were camped in their own 20-metre zone for the first ten minutes.

Then Pearson made a break and passed to Craig Campbell who raced 70 yards to score.

A kick downfield was gathered by the Bamber Bridge winger and as he was being bundled into touch he threw the ball back into the field of play and Pearson dived on the loose ball to score.

Campbell just failed to convert both tries, making it 8-0 to the Scorpions.

But Bamber Bridge were playing well and drew level with a penalty and a converted try.

The Scorpions took the lead again when Andy Johnston threw a long pass to Pearson who flicked it on to Benson who did well to squeeze in at the corner, making it 12-8 at half-time.

Campbell kicked a penalty for the Scorpions but their opponents hit back with a converted try to level the scores once again at 14-14. Bamber Bridge seemed to be having more possession and were causing problems for the Scorpions but the defence was magnificent. However, it was the Scorpions who scored next when Andy Johnston and Paul Atkinson combined well to bring full back Mark Chapman into the move and he passed to the supporting Chris Pearson who scored in the corner.

Campbell converted from the touchline to make it 20-14.

However, Bamber Bridge scored another try but missed the conversion which would have levelled the scores once again.

The next time the Scorpions had possession the forwards drove the ball towards the posts and Campbell coolly dropped a goal to give the Scorpions a three-point cushion at 21-18.

Campbell made the game safe for the Scorpions when two minutes from time he sped 50 yards down the wings to score.

He converted the try to give the Scorpions a much-needed victory.

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