Otley won this thrilling encounter with one of the last moves of the game. It was a true local derby with plenty of support for both sides making themselves heard throughout the match.

Wharfedale allowed Otley to break into their 22 with the visitor`s first attack and then gave away a penalty for not releasing. Callum Irvine slotted the penalty.

Dale then started to play some good rugby and drove back Otley into their 22 with a well-placed grubber kick from Mann. Otley won their line-out and tried to run the ball out of defence. Gavin Stead was then tackled …

We travelled south to the borders of the Peak District to face the second Sheffield based opponents in less than a month.  Firing on all cylinders from the off and playing up the hill the Greens were soon on the offensive with Owen Bullock crossing the line in the first two minutes.  Max Bell converted.  The Tigers duly responded with their own converted try to make it 7-7. On the attack again, the mercurial Bullock crossed for his second try with Bell adding the conversion.

A brief lapse in discipline cost the Dalesmen a further three points, but with Jack …

Christmas came early for Sheffield Tigers when Jamie Broadley was gifted the ball on halfway and ran in under the posts in the 1^st minute. Mark Ireland landed the conversion to give the home side a 7-point lead and a great boost to their confidence.

Dale looked to have bounced back into the game with 11 phases in Sheffield’s 22 and very nearly crossing the line. The home defence was strong and the sustained attack ended with a knock on.

The rest of the first half was a rather unexceptional affair with neither side mounting any serious threat into …

Not a game of open fluent rugby but a match where both sides played hard and contributed to a thrilling match. Dale dominated the first half and deserved to be in the lead by 19 – 5 at half time. Sheffield then came out for the second half and came very close to winning the fixture but were left with two bonus points after a match ending winning try for Wharfedale.

Both Wharfedale and Sheffield 1^st and 2^nd Team squads lined up before the match to listen to Flowers of the Field, a lament in honour of the …

A certain Flanagan and Allen ditty sprung to mind for our visit, unsurprisingly ‘Underneath the Arches’…

Travelling once again with the 1st team, the Foresters arrived at Lockwood Park to face the Falcons. The short walk, under a fantastic piece of Victorian engineering, saw the Dalesmen arrive at a pitch as flat as could be.

As is usually the case, it took a few minutes to recover from the car journey. Early scrummages indicated that the Huddersfield pack were going to be worthy opponents. As in previous weeks, the Greens opened their account from the first open play with our …

On a dry clear day at Lockwood Park Joe Altham led the Wharfedale team out onto the pitch to face Huddersfield on the occasion of his 200th appearance for the club.

Huddersfield kicked off and within 2 minutes took the lead through a Will Miner penalty making the score 3-0. Within 2 minutes Wharfedale responded with a penalty of their own through Tom Mann making the score 3-3. A long clearance from Wharfedale was collected and returned with great accuracy into the corner of the 5m channel. From the resulting lineout the Huddersfield forwards rumbled over the line for a …