A game of two halves.  A cliché used more times in sport than one cares to imagine, however it describes a game that saw Broughton play catch up rugby against their National League 2 opposition and nearly cause another Cup upset.

With Forrester racing into a 05-31 lead after only half an hour, the makeshift Broughton side ripped apart during the week by injuries and flu looked as if they were heading for a glorious exit.  Nicolson's 14th minute try the only home highlight to write home about in that period.

A try on the stroke of half-time by McFarlane gave the home side renewed hope and with the Wardie slope and a gusting wind in their favour, the 21 point deficit was not out with their reach.

Quite what Head Coach Bonner said during his half-time talk remains a mystery but his charges came out looking like a new side and clawed back the deficit through a Beaton try on 48 minutes and it was game on.

A leaky try 8 minutes later saw the visitors increase their lead to 15-36 but the dogged determination of the Regional League side was epitomised by Atkins chasing what looked like a dead cause kick on the hour and winning the foot race to register his try account for the Club.  22-36 with 20 minutes to go - game on!

A stray hand prevented McFarlane crossing the line after a sublime Hawthorne break split the visiting defence shortly after and it looked like this was to be the story of Broughton's day.

A grandstand finale however was in store when, in the 72nd minute, the underdogs brought the game to within a converted try of forcing extra time.  Pannell collected a clearance deep inside his own half and ran back at the Forrester defence with interest.  Atkins, playing his finest game in a Broughton shirt this season, pushed on towards the line.  He was halted some 10 metres short and secured the ball for his forward pack to take on the hard work.  A determined maul broke the defensive wall and Man of the Match Nicolson picked up his second try of the day.  Hawthorne slotted over the extras with a delightful touchline kick and at 29-36, the visitors were nervous and the home touchline perturbed as to how their side could leak soft tries and score with consummate ease!

Alas, it was too little too late.  Broughton's cup dream came to an end as one final flourish saw Pannell take off but his outside pass was knocked on and his side knocked out.

An extremely credible performance from a Broughton side who, on another day, would have won after breaching the oppositions try line on no fewer than six occasions!