Lancashire Lynx 10 Swinton Lions 56

LANCASHIRE Lynx went down to their seventh consecutive defeat when they turned in a lamentable display against Swinton at Victory Park.

Lynx totally capitulated in the last quarter of the game to let Swinton run in six tries without reply.

After the game Lynx coach Steve Hampson was very disappointed with the display. He said: "The training session during the week had been good, but out on the pitch if you miss 40 tackles during the game then you have no chance of winning."

He added: "Losing can become a habit and at the moment this looks the case, Swinton played basic football and they also capitalised on our basic errors." Swinton started much the better and it was no surprise when they took an early lead with a try from Richard Henare. Lynx continued to struggle and only rarely did they threaten to break through the visitors defence.

Some of Lynx's defending however, was leaving a little to be desired and this showed up with two further converted tries from Shaun Casey and Simon Ashcroft which gave Swinton an 18-0 advantage.

Lynx did finally put a decent move together and PJ Solomon was on hand to touch down, but on the stroke of half time Swinton virtually sealed the game when some more dreadful defensive play allowed Shaun Casey to cross for his second try and give the visitors a 22-6 half time advantage.

Lynx did start the second half a lot brighter and they managed to reduce the arrears with a try from Neil Flanagan. This however, was the only bright spot of the half as they totally capitulated in the last 20 minutes. Swinton were allowed to run in tries almost at will as they repeatedly ripped through an almost non-existent defence, they ran in six more tries between the 55th minute and the 77th minute through Steve Gartland (2), Richard Hill, Mark Welsby, Paul Barrow and Phil Cushion, five of which were converted.

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