Helsby 0 Eagle 58

WITH no league or cup fixture to play, Eagle got in some vital match practice in a friendly at Helsby on Saturday.

The visitors were blistering in the first half, running in 41 unanswered points by moving the ball well out of hand and creating some excellent patterns and overlaps.

After the break, however, the forwards were outmuscled and the penalty count started to stack up against them as Helsby put the defence under pressure.

To their eternal credit, however, they fought well to keep the hosts scoreless and ran in more points to seal a crushing win.

Eagle return to league action on Saturday when they welcome Garstang to Thornton Road, kick off 3pm.