SWINTON Lions could ill afford another poor performance after the embarrassment of losing to London Skolars.

And the fans got the response they were looking for as the Lions led from start to finish.

"There are still a lot of things to improve on," said coach Paul Kidd. "But the win helps us towards the top six."

Swinton made a fine start with Ian Hodson and Ian Sinfield notching converted tries.

By half-time though the lead was just two points with Brian Capewell grabbing a touchdown and landing three goals.

However, the impressive Wayne English and Chris Maye crossed for tries and Paul Ashton kicked three goals to make it 26-10.

And that cushion enabled Swinton to absorb the loss of Rob Whittaker to the sin bin as well as late tries from Ade Meade and Mick Redford.