Leaders Heath come from behind to win at Leos

Heath immediately went on the attack with Mark Puttick going close to opening Heath’s account. But Leos secured a penalty after five minutes to take the lead, 3-0.

Leos began to frustrate Heath, who were not firing on all cylinders, and from yet another break they were awarded a second penalty to increase their lead to 6-0 with 25 minutes played.

Shortly after, Ezra Hinchliffe converted a penalty on 30 minutes to reduce the arrears to 6-3.

But Leos were on top and quickly restored their lead to 9-3 with a third penalty before scoring a converted try just before half time to lead 16-3.

On 53 minutes, more mistakes by Heath enabled Leos to pounce, scoring a second try, to increase the lead to 21-3, and Heath looked dead and buried.

But Heath moved the ball quickly along the back line and Eddie Cartwright was on hand to score a try in the corner, converted by Ezra Hinchliffe and Heath were back in the game at 21-10,with 56 minutes played.

From another Heath attack Eddie Cartwright seemed certain to score but slipped with the try line beckoning, but Heath kept the ball moving and Callum Harriett-Brown went over for a second try, 21-15.

Leos responded with yet another penalty to lead 24-15, but Harriett-Brown off-loaded to Jordan Moana and his pass to Dom Walsh enabled him to score a third try for Heath, converted by Ezra Hinchliffe, 22-24.

Heath were now rampant and from the restart Cartwright hoofed the ball forwards and Harriett-Brown won the chase for the ball and scored a great try, Hinchliffe adding the extras and Heath led for the first time at 29-24 with minutes left as they snatched a vital win.

Heath now take a break from league action as they prepare for a Yorkshire Shield quarter-final next Saturday at Bradford and Bingley, before returning to league action with a home game against Pontefract at the start of February.