Rugby: Vagabonds unlucky against Clitheroe

Douglas miss out against Burnage

Results (01-02-2025)

Regional 2 North West 

Douglas 17-25 Burnage

Counties 3 ADM Lancs/Cheshire 

Vagabonds 12-14 Clitheroe 

Manx Shield

Ramsey 51-22 Western Vikings

Report by Manx Radio's Rugby Correspondent Dave Christian:

Burnage come back to beat Douglas

Douglas led 12-10 at half time in their Regional 2 North West clash with Burnage at Port-e-Chee but lost 25-17 after the Manchester side staged a second half comeback.

Douglas remain in eighth place and their nearest rivals Altrincham Kersal and Widnes both suffered big defeats and a home tie against bottom side Eccles beckons for next Saturday could give them another shot at sixth place.

Vagabonds just squeezed out by Clitheroe

Vagas put in another solid home performance in Counties 3 ADM Lancs/Cheshire.

They’d lost by over 70 points in the reverse fixture but with the Ballafletcher faithful behind them they had the game tied 7-7 at half time and led 12-7 after fifty minutes before being pipped 14-12 by the end.

Matty Jones put Vagas in front after 15 minutes with Dan Bonwick converting.

Pete Mitchell equalised just before half time to leave everything all square at 7-7.

In the second half Cal Donnell put Vagas back in front but a Tony Jackson try for Clitheroe sealed the deal 15 minutes from the end.

Vagas lost Archie Benson and Leo Marques with injuries and wish both a full a speedy recovery.

Ramsey win in Manx Shield

Ramsey beat Western Vikings 51-22 at the Mooragh Park in a tough game.

Vikings trailed 20-0 early on but pulled back to 20-17 by half time before Ramsey closed the game out in the second half.

Josh Corteen, Adam Clarke, Tom Moffatt and Ben Hardman all went over for Ramsey in the first 25 minutes as they stormed into a 20-0 lead.

Vikings hit back with a brace for skipper Ed Knight separated by a Juan Callister score.

Ollie Howard converted one to make it a three-point game at the break.

Two tries from Conor Goodall restored the Ramsey advantage early in the second, before Scott Kneale, Brandon Atchison and Matt Meechan all added further Ramsey tries to push the game beyond Vikings.

Gus Stander did however pick up a late consolation try for Vikings and gave them a bonus point to boot.