Rugby Union: Littleborough 26 - 26 Preston Grasshoppers

Danny Lawlor, Littleborough Rugby Union Club

A try in the last-minute saw Preston Grasshoppers third team snatch a unlikely draw against Littleborough second team.

The visitors took the early lead when the inside centre broke through the insider shoulder of the defender to run in for the first score.

Littleborough responded in kind with a well worked try from a scrum turnover. In the Hoppers 22, the ball was worked from the back of a scrum to Danny Lawlor who had the pace to run in a try down the right wing.

In an enthralling first half, both teams swapped tries.

First the away side grabbed the lead before the Littleborough grabbed the try of the day.

A well worked move again saw the backs play out wide, where Joel Rawlinson and Andrew Roberts interchanged passes to see the full back under the posts.

Littleborough's Konrad Hill saw a gap midway into the Hoppers half and took it with aplomb. Lawlor's conversion gave them a seven point lead.

Hopper scored a third of the afternoon with another try from the outside centre. A missed conversion put them level at the break.

The second half, while gripping, was edgy and nervous as both teams were determined not to give their opponents any foothold.

Littleborough, playing with the slope and sun in their favour, scored the opening try of the half.

Good work by the forwards laid a platform for winger Andy Roberts to go in by the left corner.

A potential Littleborough win, with just a minute left on the clock, was snatched from thier grasp when the visiting winger ran in under the posts to secure the most unlikely of draws.