IN-FORM Malton & Norton’s ended their Bradford & Bingley hoodoo with a 29-17 victory in a windswept West Yorkshire to leapfrog their hosts in North One East.

It was M&N's first win in six meetings with the Bees and lifted them to eighth in the table, with spokesman Bill Laidler describing it as “another total team performance".

“It was physically hard with no quarter given by either side," he said.

"There is a togetherness in the Malton squad which ensures they all play for each other and, when some of the injured return to fitness, there will be some difficult selection decisions to be made."

Malton elected to play into the gale in the first half and, after soaking up early pressure, put together a period of play which took them deep into home territory.

From the final ruck of the move, fly-half Luke Raduva sent centre Tom Foan romping over for a seventh-minute opener, Zweli Sodladla converting.

B&B fought back and would have scored had they been able to hang onto the ball.

Malton's defence, with Charlie Corner putting in some terrific work in his first start at openside flanker, held firm but was eventually broken after 23 minutes when a series of drives took the hosts over.

Malton regained the lead from the restart as full-back Sodladla broke along the left flank, with his run being carried on superbly by second-row Jamie Rounthwaite. From the ensuing maul close to the whitewash, prop Rob Featherstone burrowed in.

Malton, now in full swing, were playing good rugby against the elements.

On the half-hour, a good run from defence along the touchline by wing Connor Page, bouncing off three would-be tacklers, set the tone for the next few minutes.

Paul Angus, on the other wing, showed great pace to get clear and create a two-man overlap with Sodladla and Foan, who crossed for his second try.

The difficulties faced by the kickers in the gale was emphasised on half-time when a relatively simple penalty by B&B flew wide, Malton' 17-7 interval lead being just reward for a good half's work.

The got the valuable try bonus point on the resumption.

In the first maul from the kick-off, sub Sean Emms, in his first action of the game, stripped the ball from the home side and good handling got it wide where Corner took the scoring pass.

Bees, like Malton in the first period, kept the ball in hand to good effect playing against the wind, and they reaped dividends 10 minutes in when Malton were penalised at a ruck.

Opting for a scrum, a pick and drive produced the try.

The hosts kept up the pressure but Malton's defence was strong with some huge hits.

Something had to give, though, and on 70 minutes a repeat of the previous try cut Malt's lead to 22-17.

Then, with seven minutes left, Malton saw prop Nick Salisbury sin-binned for an offence at a ruck.

But again the defence produced some heroics, and, when they eventually broke out, the Bees likewise had a man sin-binned for an illegal tackle.

Sodladla used up much of the remaining time with the long-range penalty and, although the kick fell short, good following-up by back-row Will Hughes regained possession and Sodladla took the pass and cross for Malt's fifth try, Nick Rangiuira converting.