Hanging Heaton crush Harlequins and maintain march towards title

Simeon Torr bagged a hat-trick of tries as Hanging Heaton recorded an emphatic 90-0 victory over Cowling Harlequins to maintain their march towards the Pennine League Division Two West title. Picture: Paul Butterfield.

Hanging Heaton maintained their march towards the Pennine League Division Two West title as they inflicted a crushing 90-0 victory over Cowling Harlequins last Saturday.

Victory saw Hanging Heaton extend their unbeaten run to 11 matches and they remain three points clear of Greetland Allrounders with five matches remaining.

Heaton had four players withdraw from their squad late on and with Batley Boys in Challenge Cup action, other key figures who have been playing winter rugby with the club were unavailable and they travelled with only 13 players.

Despite this, Hanging Heaton ran in 15 tries, all of which were converted before the referee blew up early to save the home side from further punishment.

Man-of-the-match Max Vernon led Hanging Heaton’s romp to victory as he bagged a hat-trick of tries and landed 13 goals for a personal haul of 38 points.

The pitch was very heavy making, the visitors attack restricted as far as playing with their usual flair and it proved a real for the forwards.

Debutant Danny Brown also had an impressive game and bagged a brace of tries, while Marcus Ely made inroads every time he got the ball and his quick thinking offloads to supporting runners helped set up three tries, while he also grabbed one himself.