St Benedict's have beaten the top two teams in Cumbria League One but they are still outside the top-four themselves.

After beating Keswick earlier in the season, they followed up with a 22-17 home win over Aspatria.

Benny’s got off to a flyer, playing down the incline at their temporary Lowca home, and Aspatria were forced to defend in their own 22.

But all they could manage was a ninth-minute penalty from Steven Wood as several handling errors cost them scoring opportunities.

Then suddenly, Wood, who played for the Black Reds in his prime, shed the years on 12 minutes.

A Benny’s line-out on the right flank provided quick ball for Wood whose short dart and step outfoxed the Aspatria defence and allowed him to go under the posts. He added the extras.

A rare Aspatria foray into home territory led to a penalty and, from 30 metres, Jack Clegg pegged the score back to 10-3.

The relief was short-lived as, on 20 minutes, the powerful home pack took play to a couple of metres from the try line.

They recycled to the short side where winger Toby Finlay was on hand to dot down at the corner flag.

Aspatria fought back and, as Benedicts were being forced to defend, they went down to 14 men via a yellow card.

This was Aspatria’s chance but the closest they came to registering a try was a run at the line by prop Graham Andrews who was stopped just short.

On 32 minutes, a second Benedict’s player went to the bin but still Aspatria could not break through and trailed 15-3 at the interval.

At the start of the second period, Aspatria hammered the home line with a succession of attacks and scored after only three minutes.

A quickly-taken tap penalty ended with second-row forward Greg Dickinson crossing for an unconverted try.

On 50 minutes, Aspatria took the lead when precise mauling tactics, inching towards the try-line, ended with Phil Dixon scoring. Clegg’s conversion put them ahead.

Benedict’s came back with a score on 58 minutes after too frequent penalties resulted in a referee’s warning.

Benedict’s turned the screw, opting for scrums at every opportunity and after prop Jack McCoubrey was yellow-carded, a penalty try was awarded at the next set scrum.

It was a physical game and a feature of the second half were constant stream of stoppages to patch up players but no further scoring left Bennies victorious.

Cockermouth Wasps picked up another win in what has been a solid start to their season. They were particularly pleased with their determined efforts in a 13-12 win at Wigton.

The first 20 minutes belonged to Wigton as Cockermouth were guilty of impatience and wrong decisions under pressure, giving the hosts a lot of good field position and opportunities.

Wigton scored first after 15 minutes with a well-executed and patiently built-up move leading to a driving maul and try for Robert Marrs which was converted by Dan Reed.

Cockermouth responded well and, from a scrum just on halfway, the back line launched a simple, but effective wide play and young winger Harry Bibby showed fine finishing ability to score from 30 metres out.

Wigton’s runners were quickly met by physical tackles which secured many turn overs and prop Jack Gaskell was always prominent in this kind of defensive work.

In the closing stages, Wasps scored a fine try to take the lead.

Ed Gate caught Wigton off guard with a cross-field kick which bounced nicely for the chasing full-back Mark Watson to collect and crash over in the corner.

The second half was even tighter with both teams finding the physical challenge tough going and they made more mistakes then they would like.

But Wigton did make an early breakthrough with a try from winger Josh Leeson which put them ahead 12-10.

The game was eventually decided by a penalty.

Gate, who has been fantastic with his penalty kicking all season, was presented with a chance from 40 yards and he nailed it for the narrowest of victories.

Keswick were able to extend their lead at the top to seven points by virtue of their 35-5 home win over Upper Eden.

Andy Muir kicked Keswick ahead with a penalty on five minutes but, generally, the hosts found breaking down the Upper Eden defence wasn’t easy.

On 10 minutes, the Keswick scrum were able to push Upper Eden back across their try-line for Aaron Thompson to pick up at the back and dot down for the game’s first try.

Upper Eden were dogged and on 20 minutes scored themselves when well-taken line-out ball was mauled across the Keswick line for James Birkbeck to score an unconverted try.

It stayed 8-5 to the break but the deadlock was broken on 48 minutes when a good break by Jamie McKenzie ended with James Benson scoring an uncovered try in the corner.

After Upper Eden knocked on with the line at their mercy, the game changed and Keswick took advantage. Ryan Weir beat a number of attempted tackles to score under the posts and Muir converted.

A line-out on halfway was well-taken and the ball fed to Weir who broke three tackles to score an unconverted try.

Before the end, he completed his hat-trick and then ran 60 metres for a fourth try.

Whitehaven moved off the bottom of the table with a 21-15 home win over Hawcoat Park, scoring three tries by Callum Swindale, Jordan Thomson and Kyle Jenkinson, each converted by Lee Jones.