Perfect 10 for Peterborough Rugby League club after another handsome away win

The city side romped to a 54-26 win at North Mids Knights on Saturday to establish a seven-point lead at the top with one game of the regular season to go.

It wasn’t the most convincing display, but a late flurry of tries enabled Borough to rest easy well before the end.

The visitors opened the scoring with tries from Henry Hobson and coach Joe Raddings, but the home side took advantage of errors to score two tries, and one conversion apiece left the match evenly poised at 10-10 midway through the first-half.

Tries from captain Luke Whitby, centre Ellis Tyler and a second from Hobson then gave Peterborough a 26-10 half time lead which was extended when Chris Sykes barrelled over for another score. Sykes soon upset the referee and while he was in the sin bin for 10 minutes the Knights reduced the arrears to six points.

But the response was strong with Tyler adding his second try before full-back Matthew Tapley claimed the try of the day from a kick-off return.

Sykes scored his second try with his first touch after rejoining the game and a final try from Sam Fletcher sealed another convincing win for Borough bringing them to 10 wins from 10.

Borough’s final game of the regular season is at home Nottingham Outlaws on Saturday at Fortress Fengate.