Hard-working York Acorn ARL under-18s had to settle for a 34-4 Yorkshire Cup defeat to higher-ranked Wibsey - but never gave up the ghost.

The score remained 0-0 until two quick tries by Wibsey opened up a 10-0 gap after 25 minutes, but man-of-the-match Simon Wadsworth was on hand to force his way over.

Adam Sellars suffered an ankle injury which put any chance of an Acorn win on ice as Wibsey took advantage of a mounting injury list and ran in five second-half tries.

Updated: 10:55 Wednesday, October 20, 2004