Batley lost at home for the first time in 2016 yesterday following a poor performance against Swinton Lions. The Bulldogs came back from 18-0 to trail by six but it wasn’t enough as the Lions wrapped up their victory.
Swinton started off strong up the slope and nearly scored but were denied by Rettie before Shaun Robinson got in the corner, Tries followed from Marshall and White, Atkin kicked all three goals.
Batley needed a spark from the bench it came from Lillycrop and Gledhill along with James Harrison but Gledhill got the dogs on the scoreboard as they trailed by twelve at the half time break.
Batley 6-18 Swinton
Batley needed to improve after the break and didn’t as the lions scored their fourth try from hooker Halafihi but the home side hit back as Gledhill and David Scott added three tries between them, Dom Brambani added 4 goals to his season collection.
Swinton took the game away from Batley as Marshall added his second and Fell sealed the two points and take away Batley’s home record in a poor afternoon for the home side as they travel to Leigh next Sunday 3pm.
Batley: Tries Gledhill 2 Scott 2 Goals: Brambani 4/4
Mom: Adam Gledhill
Swinton: Marshall 2 Robinson Fell White Halafihi Goals: Atkin 4/6
Mom: Stuart Littler
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