Winnington went into Saturday’s game very much in control of their own destiny knowing that a point gained against the Wire would make Collegiate's result at Sale have no bearing on the final standings. As it panned out Park gained their point by scoring 4 tries so it was job done on that front and Sale scored another century of points to condemn brave Collegiate to relegation.

In what’s been a tough, dis-jointed season was reflected again on Saturday when injury and unavailability meant veterans Mark Warr/Mark Patterson had to sit on the bench as the Team were short on numbers. The game was going to be tough and a large home crowd certainly made their voice heard and cheered the home team on. Park started very well dominating the scrum and Ian Moriarty disrupting the home side’s lineout, the early signs looked good. This was soon short lived when 2 Quick tries from the dangerous backs help the Wire into a 14 nil lead, Park also lost Joe Robbins to a nasty Cheek injury and once again Park were up against it. To their credit the heads did not drop despite a further score from Warrington that gave them a 21 nil lead Park replied before HT with Try from the outstanding Will Armstrong and a Penalty and Conversion from Sam Brookes. The score at the break was 21-10.

Warrington needed a 5 point win to secure their own survival and their desire and physicality was shown early in the 2 nd half when they stopped Park in their tracks despite good runs from Ben Richardson and Harry Stubbs who became very much a target for the home side. Park knew they needed to keep the game tight with the forwards and deny Warrington loose ball which their backs could capitalize on. This worked well and despite 3 yellow cards to the home side the second half was a tough exciting affair. Tries were exchanged and parks came from Sean Underhill and a Hatrick for Will Armsrtong. Park played to their strengths which was a forward driven game while the Wire played typical expansive rugby which Park struggle to deal with.

News had filtered through that Sale were winning convincingly but this did not take the edge of this game which had the feel of a game to survive. The ref had trouble controlling the finals minutes and when the whistle went there was relief all round and in the spirit of rugby despite a tough game their were handshakes and smiles all round as both teams had secured their survival.

Park need to rest the injuries in the next month, regroup and some of the players need to decide what they want to do. Some of the application, dedication has certainly been lacking in recent months which is not fit for the Shirt and Club they play for. The previous 2 winning seasons with 2 cup wins are long forgotten and Park need to get fit and hit the ground running in 2012/2013.

Team Burgess, Robbins (May 20 mins), Armstrong R, Moriarity, Heale’s, Underhill, Stubbs, Armstrong W, Duncan, Brookes, Cross, Hewitt (Patterson 50 mins), Richardson, Bradshaw, Allmark Subs Warr