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Jenna Bierton scored a last-gasp try as a resilient Lincoln edged past a battling Scunthorpe 34-27 to reach the Lincolnshire RFU Senior Cup Northern Final.
Cassie Milestone grabbed a brace of tries for Scunthorpe, while captain Becky Clark, Ewa Jasek and Sophie Bullass each scored one.Holly Newman was voted as their forward of the match, while Lincoln named Harriet Burniston as Scunthorpe’s best player.Scunthorpe Women battled hard throughout the cup tie.Lincoln will now play Gainsborough in the Northern Final. The winner of that tie will play either Boston or Stamford in the main final.
Captain Lewis Wilson and Jack Noquet both scored tries for Lincoln and Louie Cooke added two conversions, in a match which saw the visitors play the second half with 14 men as winger Jake Keeton was sent off after receiving two yellow cards. Lincoln’s Under-16s enjoyed a successful cup tie against Grimsby at the weekend after winning their NLD Vase Round 2 tie 29-0.
Alex Ruck competing in the lineout for Market Rasen and being lifted by Jack Norton and Will Crowe. | Photo: Milo BergerBourne had a weekend to remember as they claimed an emphatic 43-3 home win over St Ives . Jordy Holden, Brad Beresford, Richard Greenway, Ben Watson and Robbie Goodyear also scored tries for Gainsborough, with the latter kicking three conversions and a penalty.Gainsborough and Belper contest a lineout. | Photo: Tom Ellis
Spalding captain Luke Turner crossed for a brace of tries, while Miguel Da Silva, Will Shields, and Conall Mason each scored one, with the latter also kicking four conversions.
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