SURE-SPONSORED Vagabonds brought the curtain down on their South Lancashire and Cheshire Division Two season with an entertaining draw at home to Crewe and Nantwich on Saturday.
The Manx outfit got off to a great start and were soon leading thanks to a great solo try from Leigh Kennaugh. The veteran talisman added the extras from outwide and followed up with two further penalties for a 13-0 lead.
On two rare visits into Vagabonds territory the visitors came away with six points from the boot of Tom Snelly.
Vagabonds were soon back on the attack and, following a well-worked midfield move it was Ross McCulloch who sliced like a hot knife through butter to score. Another try soon followed, this time Jonny Beckley supported out wide and took the scoring pass to leave Vagabonds well in control going into the break 23-6.
In hindsight, maybe Vagas had one eye on this weekend’s Manx Cup Final and took the foot off the pedal so-to-speak. With Crewe sensing this, they came out of the blocks firing from the off.
The game was soon back to 23-all after two quickfire tries from the English outfit and the boot of Snelly.
Vagabonds rallied one more time, going into the final quarter with the ever -present Mark Howarth charging over the line with six defenders on his back. Beckley added the extras.
Crewe were not finished and they soon scored a try of their own. Snelly added the extras to draw the match.
This encounter was certainly a game of two halves with rugby running out the winner on the day.