9/17/2007
Wigan St. Patricks and Skirlaugh both remain unbeaten and have opened up a gap at the top of the National Conference Premier League.
The Humberside club are still a point behind Pats, having dropped a point earlier in the season to East Hull. But their win over nearest rivals Leigh East on Saturday by 25-20 ensured that they will go into their European challenge match next week still in second place.There are a group of teams chasing the leading two. Aswell as Leigh East, Castleford Panthers and Leigh Miners who both recorded wins over the weekend against Mayfield and West Hull respectively, are three points behind the leading two.A point behind are East Hull, who overcame West Bowling and another point behind Easts are Oulton Raiders and Thornhill Trojans on 6 points. The Raiders defeated Hull Dockers, whilst the Trojans were beaten by Pats.In Division One, there are 5 teams fighting for top spot, whilst in Division Two Millom and Normanton Knights have maximum 3 wins from 3 games.