Broughton Park 19 Wilmslow 26: BRAVE Wilmslow put pride and passion into a thundering good victory over old foes Broughton Park.

The Wolves battled back from 14-3 down, and survived a furious last quarter fightback by their hosts, to secure a deserved 19-26 victory.

Tries by winger Tim Medwell and scrum half Charlie Mulchrone and conversions and penalties from the golden boot of on-song flyhalf Bob MacCallum steered Wilmslow to victory and fifth place in North Two West.

Coach Darren Lucas could not disguise his pleasure with the result, but still he wants more from his men. With more hard work still to do to remain in this league, Lucas is fed up giving the opposition a head start.

Wilmslow were 10 points down at home to Leigh before winning a week earlier. This time they let Park score two tries before getting their act together.

Lucas said: "We can’t keep giving teams a head start. One day it’s going to backfire on us.

"On the other hand, our defence was phenomenal and it is a testament to all the hard work we have done in defence and tackling drills on the training paddock to keep the line intact."

Lucas also paid tribute to his maturing young back row duo of Jonny Lee and Ryan Parkinson, who are beginning to gel as a unit in defence and attack.

"When we were two tries down so early, all I asked for was patience and I got it," he added. "We had 70 minutes left and they were bound to give away penalties if we put them under pressure.

"Our game plan in that respect is coming along. The second half was a much better performance and the defence in the last quarter was magnificent."

A casualty of the war was prop Brian Higgins, who may have fractured a bone in his wrist and could be out for up to a month.

The Wolves have no game this Saturday and have a well-earned rest day before facing Blackburn at Pownall Park on November 29.

The Wolves were slow to start against Broughton Park, despite a fifth minute penalty from Bob MacCallum.

Park took the lead when their forwards executed a perfect catch and drive from five yards out.

From the restart Craig Beattie, Park’s No.10 made a scything break and off loaded to his winger Mike Mudd, who although he had a lot to do, made no mistake.

Ten minutes played and Park were 14-3 ahead.

The wounded Wolves exerted pressure of their own up front and Park forwards started to infringe at ruck, maul, lineout and scrum.

MacCallum helped himself to two penalties in quick succession before Tim Medwell was put clear on the right for an excellent score.

MacCallum converted from the touchline and the Wolves had recovered the deficit, with barely 20 minutes played.

Park continued to infringe, MacCallum found the corners for several lineouts on the Park line, which should have led to more than they did.

Another forward drive sucked in the Park defence and when the ball went right an enormous gap opened for Mulchrone to scamper through and touch down.

Both sides had their moments in the third quarter but the only scores were MacCallum’s fourth penalty of the afternoon and a try on 60 minutes from Park’s back row and captain John Clifford.

Sensing a chance, Park ratcheted up the tempo and more than once it seemed that they must score.

But the Wolves’ defence always stood firm to deny them.