Lions gain narrow victory over Ashford

. This was probably a just result, in a game where the Home side were capable of making some good inroads into the Ashford defence but there was a failure to pass the ball in time for a try to follow .
During the first half, The Lions put on good pressure but too often the ball was taken by the backs when standing still and the lack of practice as a back line was evident . Ashford contested the scrums and line-outs well at this stage but eventually the Lions more urgent play by the forwards ended with a try from a drive, touched down by the Captain, Gary Dixon .
It was converted by Dave Rose with a good kick .
This pattern of play continued for the rest of the first half and Ashford started to gain some ball from the forward exchanges and a strong run by the Visitors' inside-centre three-quarter was allowed to burst through some woeful tackling attempts for a try .
The Lions responded with some pressure in the forwards and Mitch Halpin made some strong breaks but the final pass did not happen and the chance of several tries was lost . However, rather against the run of play at that stage, Dave Rose kicked a good penalty to bring the scores to 10 - 5 to the Home side .
Unfortunately, Marcus Nelson fell awkwardly in a line-out and was replaced by Andy Seaman .
Then the Lions pack continued with pressure and again Dixon touched-down from a forward drive .
Ashford responded with a converted try , again after some poor attempted tackles, and the game ended .