BARNSLEY RUFC's men and women both enjoyed convincing wins this week.
Barnsley Ladies won 69-0 at Sheffield in Championship North One.
The 11 tries were scored by ten different players, with Danie Tierney going over twice. The other scorers were Amy Moxon, Hailey Swann, Caitlin Donnellan, Jaz Brankin, Alix Taylor-Roberts, Tori Thomas, Jess Taylor-Roberts, Katie England and Ellie Erskine.
Alix Taylor-Roberts kicked seven conversions. It was a second successive win and they are now sixth in the English second tier with 24 points from 11 games.
Barnsley are now due to hosts leaders Cheltenham Tigers on Sunday.
Barnsley men won 35-7 at home to high-flying Leeds Corinthians.
Dave Reed scored two tries with Joe Green, Jonty Ward and Ryan Taylor also touching down. Kieran Hyde kicked five conversions. That left them still second-bottom in Yorkshire Division Three with 20 points from 16 games, and six to play. They are two points below third-bottom Thornesians. It is unclear if one or two teams will be relegated.
Barnsley now host fourth-bottom Skipton on Saturday who are seven points ahead of them, before visiting fifth-bottom Burley a week later.
Coach Tom Kittrick said: “Great result and great performance. Their coach said afterwards it was night and day from the performance we put in against them earlier in the season. It’s the first time this season that everything just came together. We really dominated from the off.
“It was by far the best performance of the season which is not just because of the score but because of the attitude and workrate.
“We’ve got two massive games up next.
“If we can win them that should pull us well up and we won’t be looking over our shoulder in the last four games.”
Wath were given a home walkover after lowly Bridlington did not field a team in Yorkshire Division One.
Wath are now sixth with 34 points from 16 games. They hosts leaders North Ribblesdale on Saturday.
Dearne Valley won 50-34 at Hessle in Yorkshire Division Four. There were two tries each for Jack Duggan, Sam Holt and Ben Hartley, plus one for Ant Hamilton, with Steve Shaw kicking three conversions and three penalties.
They are 12 points clear at the top with five games left, starting on Saturday at second-bottom Wortley who lost 25-10 at home to Stocksbridge.
