AFTER last weekend's comfortable victory over Bury, Tyldesley RUFC travelled to the West Coast to face Barrow in confident mood.

Despite a gluepot pitch, Tyldesley made all the early running but turned the ball over on the Barrow 22-metre line and the home side pounced for a converted try in the corner.

Tyldesley responded with a Mark Dickinson penalty and almost immediately the Tyldesley pack drove towards the line where Lock Lee West was on hand to power his way over.

Their lead was soon increased when a sweeping flank-to-flank passing movement was finished off by New Zealander Andrew Simpson, who popped up on the left wing to score.

The home side replied straight away with another converted try and went in at the break 14-13 ahead despite being second best all half.

The second period saw Tyldesley go in front again with a score for Andrew Dickinson.

And they appeared to have wrapped the game up when Mark Dickinson touched down between the posts. But when a Barrow player kicked the ball away in disgust, the referee allowed play to go on, claiming he had not seen the ball grounded.

The incident seemed to take the wind out of the Tyldesley players and Barrow marched up the park to break through some lacklustre tackling and score another converted try for a 21-18 lead, which they held onto for the final ten minutes of the game.

Next up are Fleetwood, who visit St.George's Park on March 1, kick-off 2.30pm.

Tyldesley Dragons lost 14-8 in a close battle with Newton Le Willows. Their points came courtesy of a Jamie Aldred try and Fraser Mackintosh penalty.

Tyldesley Knights fought out a 12-12 draw at Trafford.