Derby defeat for Bulldogs

After two weeks on the road, the Bulldogs returned to Hand Lane for a Lancashire Vase quarter final tie against nearest neighbours Tyldesley.

Having marginally had the upper hand in the past few years, the Bulldogs suffered a heavy defeat against their rivals last time out.

40 mph winds created a challenging environment for both teams to display their best skills.

The opening exchanges saw a catalogue of errors from both sides, exasperated by the gale force conditions.

With 10 minutes of the game gone, the Bulldogs were twice held up over the line.

Jimmy Q led the Bulldogs excellent defence as Tyldesley grew in confidence.

With less than a minute of the first half left, Ethan fed Isaac from a scrum who scorched in at the corner for an excellent try. The challenging conversion was missed (5-0).

HT: 5-0

The opening exchanges were dominated by physicality and penalties

With 8 minutes of the game left the visitors leveled the scores from a quick tap penalty. The conversion was unsuccessful (5-5).

With the gusting wind to the visitors advantage a smart kick pinned the Bulldogs on their own try line. A mistake from the line out gave Tyldesley an easy score. The conversion was missed (5-10).

Despite valiant a effort from the Bulldogs they could not break the Tyldesley line who held on for a fine away win.

FT: 5-10