Chapel, off the back of a scrappy away performance at Whitchurch, were keen to focus on their attacking play. Chapel’s selection had a nice look with plenty of distributors in the back line. The boys in blue started well with some lovely hands and a half break from centre Michael Lightfoot, quickly followed with a half break from prop Will Mitchell who offloaded neatly to Tom Chambers who opened the scoring. Winnington then came back at Chapel with some real pressure. Chapel penalties meant they remained camped on their try line for a good 10 minutes. A nasty knee injury to young Ally Lightfoot sadly meant he had to leave the field and was replaced by the returning Luke Cheetham. Chapel had a 10-minute period of scrappy play where offloads were forced, and wrong decisions taken. The side battled through and adapted, by backing their skill set and handling. The pack were in full control of the set piece with the front row dominant in the scrum and Sam Cook hitting the mark in the lineout. Chapel continued to throw the ball about and looked threatening out wide, this expansive style of play was difficult to defend which was starting to create defensive holes which soon led to chances. Chapel found their groove and started to look confident. Tries flooded in with Tom Chambers scoring 3, Luke Cheetham scoring 4, Mark McEnaney, Michael Lightfoot and Joe Baskerville all getting in on the act. Andy Davies was slotting the extras and Chapel were in a ruthless mood. The score ended 67-0.

Fair play to Winnington, they worked hard and never gave up. Sadly, they met Chapel when everything clicked for them. It was difficult to pick a Man of the Match with every player at least an 8/10, however lock Dan Martin was in great form, carrying well, tackling hard and shouting fire continuously. Superb performance by all involved. The big crowd that had to come to support Chapel left very happy.