Brighouse Rangers 6 Dudley Hill 34

Two blockbusting tries from long-serving prop forward Marco Rossi saw Dudley Hill to a comprehensive National Conference League Division Two success at Brighouse Rangers.

Hill camped in the Rangers half straight from the kick-off thanks to a number of silly penalties gifted by the under-pressure hosts.

It therefore came as no surprise when loose forward Tony Huby spotted a gap on the blindside to send second row forward Liam Jordan galloping over for the opener.

Rossi kicked the towering conversion from the touchline side.

Rangers dug deep to weather the storm and scored a peach of an equaliser when substitute Stuart Proctor broke clear up the middle and offloaded to the supporting Simon Jack-son. The stand-off put his foot on the gas to scorch in under the posts, leaving Richard Flynn the simple task of adding the extra two.

Brighouse had a narrow escape when stand-off Ryan Dickinson intercepted only to lose the ball when changing hands.

But their luck ran out when a wicked kick into the corner gave Rossi the chance to power over at the side of the uprights for a try he converted himself.

Hill came out of the sheds 12-6 up but on the restart Brighouse showed their determination to get back on level terms, with some fiery tackling from loose forward Alex Muff.

Nevertheless, it was his opposite number Huby who grabbed the limelight by producing a classic inside pass to Rossi, who gobbled up the chance in fine style for his second.

Veteran wingman John Exley turned the clock back with a blistering 50-metre sprint down the touchline, leaving his team-mates in his wake only to fall to a legs-and-all tackle from home full back Mark Horne.

But the scoreboard continued to tick over in Hill's favour when scrum half Jason Pounder launched a kick into the corner and centre Neil Wall pounced to plant the ball on the chalk.

Wingman Craig Tyman joined the party with another effort out wide, leaving Rossi to miss for the first and only time the difficult conversion.

Rangers' playmaker Jackson sprayed the ball about in a desperate attempt to close the gap.

But it was only fitting that Hill hooker Jimmy Hinnigan was rewarded for his darting runs from the ruck when he spotted the narrowest of gaps to scamper over for the last try in a match that was a splendid advert for Conference rugby.

Victory put Dudley Hill fourth in the table, while Brighouse languish in second-from-bottom place, having only won once in six matches.