Halifax coach Kevin McCal-lion feels there were two turning points as the Bees lost their unbeaten home record in North Division One.

"The first was the try that was disallowed for the Bees early in the second half," said the former 'fax hooker.

Having had a strong wind behind them in the first half, the hosts had only turned round 10-6 ahead, and needed the boost of rapid points in the second half to lift their morale.

Firstly left winger Jon-Paul Rimmington was halted by a superb tackle after a promising raid, and secondly the Bees seemed hard done by when right winger Asa Firth's excellent run ended with skipper Steve McManus being ruled to have dropped the ball over the line by referee Russ Warin (Yorkshire Society).

McCallion added with a big grin: "To use football parlance, I was unsighted! I couldn't possibly comment on whether it was a try or not."

But he made it clear that if it had been Halifax that were attacking he would have been bitterly disappointed.

"The second key moment was the sin-binning of Mark Heap, which was justified. I think he tackled somebody late.

"It was in a position where we could push them over, and we would not have pushed them over had he stayed on," added McCallion.

At that stage, Halifax were leading 12-10 inside the final ten minutes, and No 8 Phil Horton got the touchdown to extend the advantage to a converted try.

McCallion added: "There wasn't one moment where felt we could relax. Once we got in front in the last ten minutes we started kicking the ball down the middle to their full back, and counter-attacking is what the Bees do best.

"We should have either kept the ball in hand, kicked it into touch, or at least made the Bees turn round, and we didn't do any of that."

McCallion added: "It is interesting that the Bees haven't played that many matches at home because they didn't make the best use of the elements in the first half.

"It was 'a 15-point wind', and the Bees turned down at least six points in the first half. They could have kicked for three points, but went for five or seven."

It was the third defeat in five weeks by seven points or less for the Bees.

But, rather than dwell on this annoying statistic, Bees coach Matt Greenwood preferred to accentuate the positives.

He said: "All the players gave 100 per cent, but Halifax were a little bit smarter than us in certain areas, and we gave away too much ball in the final third of the field. If we can improve in those areas we will win games.

"However, we should have made more try-scoring opportunities. We can debate for a long time whether Steve's was a try, but the fact is the referee didn't give it."

Halifax's other points came from four penalties by Kiwi fly half Glen Strang, the Bees' points coming from a try by centre Richard Kelt after a Mark Coultas break, and a penalty and conversion by Matt Booth.