Hornets win Performance of the week accolade

Hornets players celebrate scoring against Batley

Rochdale Hornets have been awarded this week's Kingstone Press Championships Performance of the Week, with Tony Suffolk, Paul Crook and Mike Ratu being named in the team of the week.

It is the second time this season that Hornets have featured in the awards, following dual registration centre Matt Dawson's inclusion with Try of the Week in Round Two.

Rochdale Hornets recorded their first win in the Kingstone Press Championship by beating last year’s Grand Finalists Batley Bulldogs 14-10 at Spotland Stadium.

Hornets coach Ian Talbot said: “We had a bit of a boost last week with our performance against the All Golds in the Tetley’s Challenge Cup, and that was a real shot in the arm for us.

“We spoke about transferring that form into the league competition, and we managed to do that apart from a spell just before half-time when Batley built up some momentum and went in front.

“We knew that as we find our feet at this level we’d improve – some of the lads have not played in this competition before.

“It was probably a bit earlier than we expected to put a performance like that together, but the lads got some reward for their hard work.”

Kingstone Press Championship Team of the Week

1 Dave Scott (Doncaster)
2 Misi Taulapapa (Sheffield Eagles)
3 Dane Manning (Halifax)
4 Michael Ratu (Rochdale Hornets)
5 Nev Morrison (Doncaster)
6 Scott Murrell (Halifax)
7 Paul Crook (Rochdale Hornets)
8 Mike Morrison (Swinton Lions)
9 Bob Beswick (Leigh Centurions)
10 Sean Hesketh (Keighley Cougars)
11 Josh Lyman (Keighley Cougars)
12 Ben Currie (Swinton Lions)
13 Tony Suffolk (Rochdale Hornets)