It was a full blooded affair in shocking weather, that saw both teams have a man shown a straight red card, two each in the chill bin and one each in the sin bin.
Rovers started the game full of confidence and that showed through when Debutant Andy Mitchell crossed for the first of his seven try's, but Rovers switched off in defence and Rochdale took three settleing drives before putting their big prop through on a short ball to level the scores.
It was a very close fought end to end affair and both teams handled well in shocking conditions, It was a day forwards love and both teams set of forwards got through a lot of work Kev Tonks, Chris Mitchell, Steve Booth and Dave Rush running well.
Rovers had a good strong squad but again the game was lost in the final quater when fitness allied with a couple of injuries and of course the ill discipline lost it when the Rochdale forwards ran riot.
Every single player should be proud of there efforts, scorers for Rovers were: Danny Jones, Andy Mitchell (7), Simon Vickers (4), Chris Mitchell, Chris Taylor (3), Dave Rush, Lee Slater (2).
With a little more concentration and hard work a win wont be too far away for ever improving Rovers.
FevNet Team
Adam Woodlock
Andy Mitchell
Ash Spencer
Chris Mitchell - Paul Mitchell
Chris Taylor - The Plough Inn
Danny Jones - Matty Jones
David Rush - The New Cross Keys
Kevin Tonks - Maureen Tennant King
Lee Slater - The Plough Inn
Sarah Jones
Simon Vickers - Bridlington Supporters Club
Steve Booth - St Joseph Catholic Primary School, Pontefract
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