Ovenden power on in National Cup
East Leeds had no answer to the big Ovenden pack, led by man of the match Macauley Higgins, and were beaten 48-22 at Four Fields.
The pace of the Ovenden three quarter line troubled the visitors, in particular full back Graham Charlesworth, while half backs Sean Dyson and Chris Holroyd pulled the strings in a great team performance.
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Hide AdCharlesworth and Higgins each scored two tries while Jason Dodd, Joss Bentley, Dyson and the returning Niall Brady also went over the whitewash.
Holroyd tagged on three conversions and Brady was successful with five kicks from five.
Ovenden now welcome Illingworth to Four Fields in the Halifax Cup on Saturday (2.30).