Widnes 37 Broughton Park 25 (From Runcorn and Widnes World)

Widnes 37 Broughton Park 25

11:19am Thursday 22nd September 2011 in Sport

WIDNES secured a second consecutive league with after seeing off the challenge of previously unbeaten Broughton Park.

It has been a great return so far for Lee McDermott’s side, having picked up points from each of their three league outings since being promoted.

Both teams knocked over an early penalty before the home side really opened up with a couple of quick tries through Andrew Riley and Pieu Liku both of which were converted by Kevin Leadbetter. Widnes then a lost a player to the sin bin, and Park were able to capitalise with a try from Mike Ainsworth which full back Ronan O’Brien also converted.

At the start of the second half, Park turned the screw and piled on the pressure, but they were met by an impressive Widnes defence who were able to keep their line intact.

Kevin Leadbetter then added a further penalty to improve the Widnes lead, before they scored the try of the game as Chris Schofield finish off a move which covered 80 metres.

In a fast and furious last 15 minutes, Leadbetter added a further penalty to bring up the thirty point mark. The home side then lost another player to the sin bin, before Connor Mitchell crossed for Park. Back came Widnes and Pieu Liku crossed for his second try converted by Leadbetter, before the visitors had the final say with two tries in injury time from Ade Titlloye and Steve Kiely.