A competitive pre-season workout sees Fylde claim a Woodlands win

Eight tries gave Fylde victory against Lymm as both teams played out a competitive preseason warm-up at the Woodlands last Saturday, writes ALLAN FOSTER.

- by Sports Reporter

Although missing a handful of first choice players, Fylde selected a strong squad including four new recruits who were in the starting XV.

The Lancashire U20 duo of Will Greenwood and Gabe Maguire were joined by Ben Walton and Leo Gilliland, who was the star of the show with a hat-trick of tries, while six other debutants were among the replacements.

Lymm started the game strongly and penned Fylde inside their 22 for 10 minutes as desperate home defence resulted in a succession of penalties.

The defence held out and, in another attack from the visitors' backs, an overly ambitious miss pass was read by scrumhalf Maguire.

His interception and 70-metre break downfield opened the scoring, Will Hunt converting for a 7-0 lead.