Workington Town 0-38 Widnes Vikings

Workington 0-38 Widnes

Vikings victorious in John Kear's first game

Recap

Widnes were runaway winners on the road as the Vikings beat Workington Town by 38 points to nil.

John Kear made three changes for his first 17 since taking the reigns as new head coach, with Luis Roberts coming in for his debut as well as the returns of Callum Field and Liam Bent in the places of injured pair Eribe Doro and Aaron Brown, with Joe Edge also missing out.

Widnes made a strong start to the game with a couple of sets on the Town line in the opening ten minutes, only errors keeping it all square.

The Vikings broke through on 14 minutes, Matty Fozard getting on the end of a Matty Smith grubber on the last to give us the lead.

Shortly after a penalty goal from Jack Owens, Sam Wilde landed for the Vikings on 29 minutes, Widnes scoring on another last-tackle play.

Just three minutes later the Vikings had another, Kenny Baker going under the sticks for our third of the day.

Matty Fozard had his second of the game shortly before the half-time hooter, finding another gap in the home line.

It was set for set for much of the second half, but Kieran Dixon found space to break in the corner with 12 minutes left on the clock to take Widnes to 30 with the help of a second touchline conversion from the captain.

Sam Wilde grabbed his second from the day with five minutes to go as Widnes rounded off the day at 38 points to nil.

Workington Town: Oscar Thomas, Alex Young, Joe Brown, Curtis Teare, Alex Clegg, Jamie Doran, Carl Forber, Jack Bibby, Evan Simons, Jordan Thomson, Conor Fitzsimmons, Marcus O’Brien, Connor Davies.

Interchanges: Matthew Henson, Rhys Clarke, Toby Brannan, Glenn Riley.

Widnes Vikings: Jack Owens, Ryan Ince, Matt Fleming, Luis Roberts, Kieran Dixon, Danny Craven, Matty Smith, Adam Lawton, Matty Fozard, Owen Farnworth, Shane Grady, Sam Wilde, Liam Bent.

Interchanges: Joe Lyons, Callum Field, Olly Davies, Kenny Baker.

Tries: Matty Fozard (2), Sam Wilde (2), Kenny Baker, Kieran Dixon

Goals: Jack Owens (6/6).

Penalty goal: Jack Owens.

Workington Town

Position TRY CON PEN DG
 0000

Widnes Vikings

# Player Position TRY CON PEN DG
11. Jack Owens (C)Fullback0610
52. Ryan InceWing0000
99. Matty FozardHooker2000
1119. Sam WildeSecond-row2000
146. Joe LyonsInterchange, Halfback0000
1717. Liam BentLoose Forward0000
183. Matt FlemingCentre0000
288. Callum Field (VC)Interchange, Prop0000
305. Kieran DixonWing1000
 Total 6610
TRY
0
6
CON
0
6
PEN
0
1
DG
0
0