A TRIP to the league leaders in Cumbria on a wet and windy Saturday seemed a daunting prospect for the visitors, but they gave a good account of themselves despite fielding a host of youngsters.

The early signs were ominous as the home side mounted their first assault on the Aldwinians line after five minutes.

From a lineout 20 metres out a sequence of well practiced rolling mauls took them to 10 metres in front of the posts, where tight defence led to a turnover.

However the pressure was still on as the defence was tied in and Wigton were able to pass the ball to the left for an eighth minute try.

A misplaced pass by Aldwinians’ midfield gave Wigton their next break, but although the initial attack was resisted, a further rolling maul led to a penalty and lineout from which the hosts scored their second try.

After a period of midfield exchanges Wigton moved back onto the attack on 37 mins when Aldwinians’ captain Thorpe was yellow carded for preventing the ball being played.

The second half started, unsurprisingly, with another rolling maul from Wigton but their knock on broke up the move.

Andy Gidman worked tirelessly, driving the ball upfield to relieve danger, while Kane Jennings also helped to put Wigton on the back foot.

Pushed back into their own 22, a high tackle resulted in a penalty under the posts which Mooney converted to make it 12-3.

Aldwinians had the upper hand in midfield, only for the home side to counter against the run of play when a strong break created a ruck and rolling maul from which Wigton scored a third try on the hour.

Mooney’s penalty was a marker of Aldwinians’ intent to keep challenging the league leaders and that is what they did for the remaining 12 minutes, working the ball out of midfield up to the Wigton 22.

In pressing, the defence was stretched, and from another break downfield, the ball was worked down the left for Wigton’s fourth try in the corner to end the scoring.