Well after a 3 week lay off it was good to be bck on the pitch. the lack of activity proved costly for dale as a couple of errors in judgement let the opposition in for 4 tries. the effort from rossendale was outstanding, especially the forward pairing of Alex Rawcliffe and Josh the "TANK" Harrison who had the accolade of being the first under 14 to be sent off for 1 heck of a hand off that even some 1st team players would have been proud of . the boys battled really well and showed great spirit , the handleing in poor conditions was not the best from either side , but this can be worked on . all in all it was outstanding performance and the guys can hold heads up high . once everything finally clicks bck into place , then opposition teams had better look out , because we do not go from scoreing 140 points in 2 games to being a bad team overnite.