Knottingley win see-saw battle

Knottingley moved through to a third round tie against last season'ssemi-finalists Bradford Grammar but it was not plain sailing atKettlethorpe.

The visitors put 19 points on the board in the first 20minutes but Kettlethorpe hit back with two tries to make it 19-14 at halftime.

The second half was evenly balanced but Knottingley edged home 32-26.

Phil Worth (2), Scott Ward (2), and Paul Downey scored their tries whileDan Greenwood kicked two conversions and a penalty.

There was a titanicbattle at Ashton-on-Mersey where the home side's forwards created awell-worked early try before the whole team contributed to a move involvingnine phases of play which put them 10-0 up.

Bramhall mounted a terrificfightback to lead 17-10 and set up a tense finish.