Jason Ramshaw bowed out with a glorious swan song as the National League Two team upset New Zealand A 27-8 at Cougar Park.

But the Kiwis' first defeat of their five-match tour of Britain sparked a war of words between the two coaches.

Former Keighley boss Peter Roe said the Kiwis lacked fitness and discipline and warned they face a humiliation by Great Britain next week.

But New Zealand coach Gerard Stokes countered by blaming poor refereeing for an 18-7 penalty count and labelled his opponents "boring" for failing to run the ball.

Swinton stand-off Chris Hough succeeded with seven out of 11 kicks at goal, eight of which came from penalties, and also scored one of his side's three tries to finish with an 18-point haul.

The Kiwis face Great Britain next Wednesday and Roe believes they could be in for a hammering. He said: "With all due respect, New Zealand have a lot to do. They didn't look fit, they didn't look to enjoy defending and indiscipline really was their downfall.

"At one stage it reminded me of a 1970s game. They were flopping, there was a lot of high shots and niggles and their indiscipline gave us lots of territory.

"The longer the game went on, the better we played. I thought at half-time we may run out of steam because some of these players have not played for a few weeks but we looked fitter than they did at the end."

The Kiwis took the lead with winger Vila Apu'ula's 20th-minute try but were three times reduced to 12 men.

Stokes said: "I thought it was rugby union the way they were taking shots at goal. That was a bit disappointing, especially when the crowd came to see a good game of rugby league."

Wingers Richard Barnett and Mark McCully scored the National League's other tries while full-back Wayne English landed a drop goal.