Tynedale 34 Fylde 26: Sixth straight defeat as Fylde fall short once again

An off-key first 40 minutes saw them trail 24-0 at the break before jangling Tynedale’s nerves in a much improved second half.

Tynedale kicked off to Fylde, who won the game’s first penalty in their own 22 and chose to tap and go.

They went backwards before a knock-on gave Tynedale an early scrum close to the Fylde line.

Three phases later, Oscar Caudle drove over for a try converted by Jake Rodgers and Tynedale had an early 7-0 lead.

Fylde struggled to get into the game and saw Alex Clayton yellow-carded in the 13th minute when he was unable to clear out of the tackle area.

A minute later, Rodgers sent a pinpoint kick into Will Roberts’ hands for Tynedale’s second try before they soon stretched their lead.

A penalty kick deep was followed by a catch and drive lineout, which sucked in the defence before the ball was spun wide and Seamus Hutton’s converted try made it 19-0 in as many minutes.

Although Tynedale saw Roberts yellow-carded on the half-hour, they scored again right on half-time.

Fylde knocked on in the centres and, from the next play, a defender jumped out of the line and created a gap for Hutton to score his second try and make it 24-0 at the break.

Back out with a renewed sense of purpose, Fylde chased the restart hard and when Tynedale failed to gather, Clayton hacked the loose ball forward.

He touched down wide out on the left, with Will Hunt landing a conversion from the touchline.

However, a minute later, a Fylde kick out of defence was returned with interest by Roberts as he rampaged through a number of tackles on his way to the line.

The fast start continued as a Fylde penalty and lineout brought a driving maul, which saw Oli Trippier feed Ben Gould for another converted try as Fylde trailed 29-14.

Defences tightened up after those three tries before the home team got the scoreboard moving again on 66 minutes.

They kicked a penalty deep, set up the lineout and then battered away at the Fylde defence before moving the ball left for Roberts to complete his hat-trick.

Trailing 34-14 with fewer than 15 minutes left, Fylde dug in and had their best spell of the game.

Tynedale kicked out of defence on 69 minutes and Hunt fed Dan Slawson, who exchanged a series of passes with Jordan Dorrington for the try of the game, converted by Hunt.

Hungry to take something from the game, Fylde crossed again seven minutes later as Leo Gilliland went over for a bonus-point try.

Had it been converted, Fylde would have been within seven points, but Hunt’s kick went the wrong side of the posts.

Tynedale then won back possession and adopted a series of pick and goes until time was up.

Tynedale: Mann, Roberts, Beaty, Miller (Grant), Hutton, Rodgers, Telford (Baines 51), Richards (Hall-Lyon 46, Richards 51), Turnbull, Broderick, Dunn, Wearmouth, Caudle (Hughes 63), Haigh (Hanning 43), Hughes (Turnill 53).

Fylde: Turner (Slawson 56), Gilliland, Clayton, Forster, Dorrington, Hunt, Gould, Fairbrother, Parker (Senior 62), Morgan (Walton 46), Garrod, Greenwood, Rudkin (Lewis 21), Williamson (Trippier 21), Bowker (Rudkin 68).