Furness’ Cumbria Division Two fixture at Moresby last Saturday lasted just 34 minutes until a couple of serious injuries forced it to be abandoned.

The afternoon took a turn for the worse after a fearful collision in midfield between Furness centre Sam Attard and Moresby fly-half Marc Bainbridge, which left both on the ground and clearly in severe pain.

The referee made the decision to call off proceedings, with both players being made to feel as comfortable as possible until two ambulances arrived at Moresby’s ground, with their paramedics then able to attend to them.

They were then taken away to the nearby West Cumbrian Infirmary, with Attard thankfully able to make the journey home later that night.

Unfortunately for Bainbridge, it was feared that he had suffered a broken tibia.

For the record, Moresby were leading 8-7 in windy conditions at the time the injuries took place.

Furness had actually scored the first try of the game after 20 minutes when Alex Mason went over near the posts, following an excellent break from Rhys Studt, who converted.

Moresby hit back when James McNally got through some weak tackling to score before Bainbridge’s penalty put the hosts in front, but later events rendered these acts irrelevant.

Furness have this weekend off and are next in action at home to Workington on October 13.

Millom fell to a narrow 27-25 defeat at home to Egremont, as their search for a victory went on.

After being heavily beaten 40-0 by Carlisle Crusaders the previous week, this was a much improved performance from Millom, although it wasn’t quite enough to topple an Egremont side who began the match at Wilson Park in more confident mood.

They do, however, have the perfect chance to get themselves off the mark at the fourth time of asking a week on Saturday when they travel to bottom side Creighton, who were recently annihilated 92-3 by Furness and have lost four games in a row.

Windermere were unable to pick up their second win of the season, as they were narrowly defeated 17-15 by early pace-setters Silloth at Dawes Meadow last Saturday.

Mere couldn’t quite get themselves over the finish line despite a strong performance against a side who have now won all four of their fixtures this season and lead the table by six points.

After a well-earned weekend off, it doesn’t get any easier for Windermere, as the following week they have to travel to Carlisle Crusaders, they only other side in the division with a 100 per cent record.