Penrith made their longest away trip of the season expecting a close game, the two sides drew at Winters Park back in October and Penrith have never won at Beverley and close it proved to be. It would be no easy task to win their seventh game on the bounce. Things weren't helped before the game, as the first team pitch was heavy with a little standing water on it, the Penrith players were more than happy to play on it but the home side opted to play on the drier but much smaller second team pitch; was this an attempt to curtail the running of the Penrith backs? Coach Stuart Connell announced that he'd play them on the first team pitch, on the second team pitch or on the car park if that's what they wanted. His determination certainly rubbed off on his team as they ran away with the first half. Steve Wood goaled a penalty to open the scoring but they were then pegged back with a try from the home side, their backs who ran with intent and were a handful all afternoon broke through the Penrith midfield to score an unconverted try in the corner. The visitors then dominated the rest of the first period; the forwards were continually able to drive the ball deep into the home 22. They scored their opening try as the cover was sucked in and the ball moved quickly to Wood who set up Mike Hawley. The second after a sweeping move down the right, Gavin Cartmel stepped back inside and was tackled virtually on the line. Hawley was on hand to snap up the ball and go over for his second touch down. The forwards were unlucky not to score themselves on a couple of occasions; Both James Thornton and Glen Carr were over the line but were adjudged not to have grounded the ball. Just before halftime Carr did grab his first try for the club finishing off a forward drive and taking half the home pack over with him. Penrith got to the break with a handy 18-5 lead but it could have been so much better had the conversions gone over. The usually reliable Wood was striking the ball well enough but all three efforts slid just wide. He was however going to redeem himself. It was to prove the proverbial game of two halves with the home side having much the better of the remainder of the game. Quarter of an hour after the break they scored a converted try to pull themselves to within a score of the visitors. Penrith then put together some attacking play of their own and worked a nice try to restore their lead. From a scrum in the home 22, No8 Mike Raine broke, fed Paul Newton who drew in the blind side winger to set up the easiest of chances for Tom Armstrong. Again the conversion sailed just wide. Penrith slipped up at the restart, Mike Raine got a touch on the deep kick and it was allowed to run over the dead ball line resulting in a 5 metre scrum. Beverley created a try from it bringing them to within a score again. Things began to get a bit frenetic as the game entered the final 10 minutes; the visitors spurned two or three good chances of tries and it almost proved to be fatal as missed tackles let the home side in and their influential flanker and captain went in under the posts. The conversion put them a point in front at 24-23 with the clock running down. Penrith ran the ball at every attempt but struggled to make any headway but their efforts did result in winning a penalty on the 10 metre line. Steve Wood whose confidence in his own ability never falters stepped forward to take the kick despite missing the four conversions; his confidence was not misplaced as the kick was true and the lead was retaken. There were a few heart stopping moments as the final passages of play were seen out but the Cumbrians were able to make the long journey home with a win and yet another four try bonus point under their belts. They are now a clear third in the league and with Morley slipping up at Birkenhead they are only three points behind them and eight adrift of Stockport with a game in hand. With the way they are playing at present anything is possible!