Eagle RUFC...8 Marple...3

EAGLE secured a convincing win in their first league game of the season.

Eagle won more easily than the scoreline suggests and could easily have scored four or five more tries with a little more luck near the line.

As it was they needed a Barry Gettins 50-metre special and a Smith penalty to win the game. Marple''s points came from a penalty in the last minute.

Best for Eagle were Taylor, Rhodes, Holt, Barker and Hunt.

Eagle 2nds...11 Burtonwood...21

EAGLE lost in a scrappy affair at Burtonwood.

Although Eagle had the edge in the forwards it was Burtonwood's young backs that won the day.

Best for Eagle were Barker, Chriscoli and Whitehouse.