SEATON 0   BLACKBROOK 20

IN THEIR FIRST EVER NATIONAL YOUTH CUP MATCH SEATON CAME UP AGAINST A BIG WELL ORGANISED BLACKBROOK SIDE CONTAINING 4 PLAYERS FROM THE ST HELENS ACADEMY.           THINGS LOOKED OMINOUS FOR SEATON WHEN BLACKBROOK TOOK A 6-0 LEAD EARLY IN THE GAME BUT THEN SEATON STEPPED UP TO THE CHALLENGE AND THEIR GOAL LINE DEFENCE WAS HEROIC DENYING WAVE AFTER WAVE OF ATTACK FROM THEIR BIGGER OPPOSITION. IN BETWEEN BRETT SYMES THOUGHT HE HAD LEVELLED FOR THE HOME SIDE BUT THE TRY WAS DISALLOWED.                  THE DEFENSIVE EFFORT BEGAN TO TAKE ITS TOLL ON THE SEATON LADS AND BLACKBROOK RAN IN 3 TRIES IN THE FINAL QUARTER TO END A GOOD PHYSICAL GAME OF RUGBY.