MORECAMBE lifted the Origin trophy for the second year on the spin after their 28-6 win over Lancaster was enough to claim an aggregate success.

Lancaster made the trip over the water' to Trimpell buoyed by their 20-12 win over Morecambe in the first game.

That meant Morecambe starting with an eight-point deficit to make up and they got into their stride from the start.

The first exchanges were fearsome with both packs running with vigour and spirit, but tellingly Morecambe's huge pack gradually started to get on top. As last week, Lancaster's defence was outstanding, holding out for repeat sets of six on their own line in the opening exchanges.

Dave Crow had based his game plan around being patient, not forcing the pass and completing sets of six, and this was done to perfection led by Keith Hartlebury who constantly marshalled his troops from the front.

The first try came after some fantastic work by stand-off Ollie Austin who picked up a loose pass with one hand and timed his pass superbly to Randal Raines who crashed on to the ball in the corner.

Further pressure from the Morecambe forwards once again had the visitors on the backfoot. Drives from Livingstone and Weed set up a good attacking position for the resort men, who took advantage of the situation on the third play of the set for Austin to slide over the line from short range.

After converting his own try, Morecambe had established not only a commanding lead in the game but a narrow lead on aggregate too, one which they were never to relinquish.

The second half continued in much the same vein as the first, with Morecambe enjoying most of the possession, whilst terrific Lancaster defence kept the City men just in with a shout of the game.

Powerful forward Liam Hall was held up over the line, and so too experienced full-back Bryan Cambidge before Dave McVernon went over after Walker created a gap around the ruck.

And then Matt Craven collected the ball and gleefully dived over the line for 22-0 on the night.

But the Lancaster were not about to be nilled' by their rivals as Guy Richardson went in to save Lancaster's blushes and give his team a flicker of hope.

The conversion meant Lancaster needed two converted tries in the last 10 minutes to come within the eight points of Morecambe and snatch victory.

But Cambidge's late score quickly extinguished any remaining hope and completed the scoring at 28-6, with Morecambe lifting the cup for the second year in succession with an aggregate score of 40-18.