MALTON & NORTON RUFC took derby honours with a 35-7 victory over Selby but they were made to fight for every point in the Yorkshire one battle.

The youthful visitors kept Malton pinned back for the opening five minutes at The Gannock and, when they did get the ball, they moved it wide to right wing Jack Cranage. He broke free and looked certain to score down the wing but was cruelly cut down with a hamstring injury.

But Malton fought on and the first try came at the midpoint of the half.

Taking the ball at a Selby scrum, Malton set up a maul and edged their way to the line where substitute prop forward Ben Boothman scored his first of three tries.

Five minutes later, they were at it again when they won the ball against the head, set up another rolling maul and Boothman profited for the second time. Full-back Ian Cooke added the extras.

Selby still had some fight and, on the half hour, second row forward Rob Burke set off on a crushing run towards the Malton line.

Running through several failed tackles, he made it from fully 22 metres out to get the score. Fly-half Scott Hunt converted and Selby were back in touch.

Malton responded by upping the tempo in the forwards. From a lineout 20 metres away, Ali Coe won clean ball and fed hooker Jim Thornton. He handed on to flanker Sam Harrison and last in the chain was Boothman, who rounded off his hat-trick in fine style to give Malton a 17-7 lead at half-time.

Two penalties from Cooke, both for high tackles, extended the lead in the first ten minutes of the second half and, while the young Swans continued to show great spirit, it was the Malton pack that dominated the game.

The fourth and bonus point try came following some delightful handling and off-loading by forwards and backs to give Coe the try his work rate deserved and another great drive from the pack, at a scrum five metre out, allowed Josh Heggie the chance to pick up and drive over in the corner.

Pocklington dug deep for a 10-8 home win over newly promoted Guisborough in North One East.

The Percy Roaders were stunned at the start. The visitors collected the kick off and 20 offloads later they touched down on the right to take the lead inside two minutes.

Pock had to tighten up their tackling and, five minutes later, a big hit on half-way freed the ball. Centre Josh Britland snapped it up and burst clear down the touchline for his sixth try of the season, well converted by Nathan Saltmer.

Pocklington came straight back from the restart and teenage scrum-half Saltmer kicked a straight penalty to extend the lead.

Guisborough closed the gap to two points with a penalty just four minutes into the second half.

But the longer the game went on, the more it became an arm wrestle with Pocklington's tackling and fitness overcoming Guisborough's threat on the break. Pocklington turned up the pressure in the closing quarter, coming close on half a dozen occasions as they battered at the Guisborough line, before settling for the narrow win.