LEIGH RU Women's XV scored a thrilling 27-15 win at Durham.

They began well with a fine try from Lucy Raines quickly followed by a solo TD from Jen Aspinall, taking the ball from the back of a ruck and crashing through.

Sian Davies swooped on a clever cross kick by Karen Meredith to go in between the sticks as Leigh took first-half control.

Durham hit back after the break, but Leigh held on and clinched victory with a second try for Davies, making the most of good work by Aspinall and Meredith.

Leigh U14s beat Fleetwood 63-12 (Prescott 3, Wingrove 3, Baldeo 2, Brown, Peters, Vernell); the U13s beat Chorley 17-15 (Wingfield 3); the U12s won 28-7 at Widnes (Michael Taylor, Joe Butler, Michael Ashbrook 2).

In an U10s comp at Fleetwood, Leigh reached the final, losing 20-5 to Aspull (Thomas Leake). Tries against Chorley, St Pius and Tarleton leading up to the final came from Thomas Baker, Steven O'Brian 2, John Woods 3 and Leake 5.

PARKSIDE GOLBORNE RL U7s are staging an "Introduction to Rugby" FunDay at their Rivington Road ground on Saturday (10.30am). Details from Dave Drury on 740559.

LEIGH RU face teams from Wirral, Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Zevenaar this weekend . . .

1st (Wirral, A): From C Lee, D Wright, J Bridge, S Lee, M Brown, M Hudspith, R Fletcher, R Bullough, C Marsh, M Callan, B Gilman, S Young, N Dowson, R Houghton, P Robinson, B Gallagher, I Grainey, D Bullough, C Whitle, I Miller.

A Team (A): From K McKenna, N Dando, D Derbyshire, B Kniveton, M Downs, A Higson, A Bentham, C Bailey, S Holmes, S Scott, J Bibby, C Heaton, T Westwell, P Horrocks, D Thompson, C Travers, C Cooney, P Whitworth.

Extra A (v Oldham, H): From N Hutchinson, M Parker, P Heywood, P Gore, S Hollinsworth, L Schroeder, H Delaney, D Derbyshire, C Innes, M Hilton, A Norcross, S Owen, P Tustin, P Tomlinson, D Clegg, J Hutchinson, P Clarke, R Isherwood.

Hawks (v Ashton-u-Lyne, A): T Trumble; P Parkinson, J Will, S Harrison, G Egerton; T Ashurst, G Norman; S Riley, G Butler, J Barnes, P Murray, A Moulton, R Hargreaves, G Vickers, D Hunter. Reserves: J Porteous, R Heyes, D Eccles, J Hutchinson, G Grimshaw.

Vets (v Zevenaar, A): From S Marsden, M Farrington, N Greenwood, H Saunders, A Pierce, W Dyson, A Blackburn, R Vernell, S Middlehurst, M Yates, P Sutherland, P Devall, M Hampson, W Wright, S Ranson, G Lloyd, J Gould, C Boardman, B Jones, A Penn, G Miller, D Massey.

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