SCORES
5 mins - Tynedale 7 Wharfedale 0 - Try Louis Frankland + Conv Jake Rodgers
9 mins - Tynedale 7 Wharfedale 3
25 mins - Tynedale 7 Wharfedale 6
39 mins - Tynedale 7 Wharfedale 13
HALF TIME
54 mins - Tynedale 14 Wharfedale 13 - Try Louis Frankland + Conv Jake Rodgers
64 mins - Tynedale 14 Wharfedale 20
69mins - Tynedale 21 Wharfedale 20 - Try Chris Wearmouth + Conv Jake Rodgers

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It’s the season’s return fixture in the ‘Battle of the Dales’ series this weekend when the men of Tyne take on their River Wharfe counterparts in what is always a highly anticipated clash. It’s our turn to play hosts this Saturday as our old friends and “neighbours” make the relatively short 100 mile’ish trip up north from North Yorkshire.

Last season’s visit from Wharfedale was on Saturday November 27th 2021 and coincided with the tail-end of Storm Arwen but despite a few last minutes scares (such as a power cut) the match went ahead in relatively subdued conditions – matches between the two sides have encountered far worse meteorological challenges over the years. On this day Tynedale, despite losing 3 players to injury in the first half-hour, always had the edge and despite pressure from Wharfedale in the second half, held out relatively comfortably for a 24-13 victory.
The Tynedale squad that day was:-
Forwards: Lowdon, Batey, Haigh, Wearmouth, Dunn, Cousin, Mills, Wainwright
Backs: Ball, Grant, Pike, Miller, Clark, Hutton,Todhunter
Replacements: Carmichael, Loughhead, Blackburn, J Outson, Cooke

In the fixture earlier this season, at Wharfedale, Tynedale gave a strong performance which resulted in a 29-22 Tynedale victory – it’s a sure thing that our Yorkshire visitors will be hungry for revenge this Saturday.

Wharfedale currently sit one place below Tynedale in the league on 4 fewer points although they have played one more match than Tynedale.
As we all know Wharfedale (or the “Green Machine” as they are known to their supporters) always provide tough opposition and the Tynedale lads certainly know they’ll be in for a hard, fiercely contested 80 minutes.

Wharfedale results to date:-
Wharfedale 57 Preston Grasshoppers 18
Harrogate 7 Wharfedale 24
Wharfedale 13 Hull Ionians 20
Blaydon 7 Wharfedale 46
Wharfedale 23 Rotherham 29
Wharfedale 22 Tynedale 29
Fylde 43 Wharfedale 3
Wharfedale 6 Sedgley Park 15
Huddersfield 20 Wharfedale 14
Wharfedale 26 Sheffield 22
Sheffield Tigers 34 Wharfedale 14
Wharfedale 27 Otley 28
Chester 24 Wharfedale 22
Hull Ionians 37 Wharfedale 24
Wharfedale 22 Blaydon 3

Officials
Referee:David Charlton
AR1: Adam Morrison
AR2: Dean Lythgoe

Ball Boys
Tynedale Under 10’s

Wharfedale Website
https://www.wharfedalerufc.co.uk/

Weather Forecast
Light Cloud, Light westerly wind, 7 degrees

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