Revitalised Heworth have tipped the National Conference division two table upside down by leaping to fourth after a shock win at Crosfields.

The Villagers - traditionally unhappy hunters at high-fliers Crosfields and more used to life in the re-election zone - are now a point off the three-way lead after coming from behind to win 10-16.

They were 8-0 down before player/coach Chris Smith broke the Crosfields line for an 80-metre try on the stroke of half-time.

Heworth had a crucial decision go against them in the 53rd minute when scrum-half Leigh Rientoul had a try disallowed for apparently not grounding properly.

But it failed to break the Heworth team resolve and a deft kick by the aggrieved half-back hit the foot of the post and bounced back for him to gather and dive over with hooker Carl Potter unable to miss the conversion.

Fate looked to have intervened again when Heworth were penalised and Crosfields opted for the goal to tie the game up with five minutes to go.

But man-of-the-match Rientoul decided otherwise as winger Gavin Grant fielded a Crosfields kick and charged upfield before offloading to the scrum-half to outpace the Crosfields defence and go in for the winning score on 78 minutes.

The win not only lifts The Villagers to fourth in the table but extends their unbeaten run to five.

They had to withstand considerable pressure to do so but were boosted by an outstanding driving performance from centre John Coulson in the first 40, while forwards Sam Clarke, Dan Briggs, Ian Jones and Potter were full of running and played the full 80 minutes.

Prop Simon Harrison also looked good back in the fray after a long injury time-out, while Rientoul and stand-off Chris Varley proved a stunning combination in the half-backs.

York Acorn's team of replacements, youngsters and stand-ins twice led Castleford Lock Lane at home before succumbing to a 26-22 defeat.

Acorn star man Tim Elliott drew first blood in the eighth minute with a try converted by goal-kicking centre Kyle Palmer to go into a 6-0 lead.

But York were then forced onto the back foot until half-time as Lock Lane ran in three tries - all converted - to lead 18-6 at the interval.

Palmer triggered the fightback minutes after the restart with a try converted by his own boot to close the gap.

Lock Lane slotted over a penalty to throw York out of their rhythm but the next score came from young Acorn winger Damien Hilton to make it 16-20, and Joe Budd added another - with more Palmer extras - to slip ahead.

However, it was Lock Lane scrum-half Richie Spedding that had the last word after crossing in the last minute, extras booted, to secure a tight Castleford win.

The hard work starts now for Acorn as they battle to stay in the National Conference first division.