York RI came up against a 'beefed up' Hessle side and lost 22-8 in Yorkshire Four.

The big forwards of Hessle battered the RI defence who tackled relentlessly.

Hessle took advantage of a knock on under the posts to score from the scrum and lead 7-0.

Man of the match Francky Rossi made a super break to slip the ball to Chris Jones who scored in the corner 7-5 .

Baptiste Brui landed a penalty for RI five minutes later to reduce the deficit to just one point

Hessle replied with a try and penalty of their own to lead 15-8.

There was controversy as the referee over-ruled the linesman when a Hessle kick bounced on the whitewash and was ruled to have bounced inside the line.

This gave the home side a 50 metre advantage from which they duly added a converted try on the final whistle and denied RI a bonus point .

Despite the disappointment, RI could still hold their heads high after going so close against such a powerful side.