Near neighbours Keswick Rugby Club and Penrith played their first meaningful game for many years when they met in North One West.

Keswick had endured a nightmare opening to the season after their promotion from the Cumbria League, losing heavily at Stockport, and found things little better against a powerful Penrith side, losing out 39-10 at Davidson Park.

Penrith were in the ascendancy from the off on Saturday and took the lead in the first 10 minutes.

It started with strong-running from No.8 Callum Fawcett on his senior debut, along with Matt Allinson, and eventually George Graham forced his way over. Teenager Fraser Nicolson converted.

More good team play saw the visitors on the front foot again and, when Jay Rossi cut inside for the line, he was hauled down just short, but Allinson was on hand for the easiest of tasks to score.

As the first half ended, Keswick had a period of good pressure, but they struggled to make any clean line breaks as Penrith defended strongly.

Penrith had the best of the second half but a plucky Keswick looked always on the cusp of a revival and kept their neighbours on their toes throughout.

Nicolson kicked a penalty five minutes into the second half, and then, Penrith scored from the restart to put themselves out of sight. Tom Lindsay made ground before Graham and Scott Lancaster went deep into Keswick territory.

The ball came wide to Ed Swale who stepped back inside and then found Rossi with an inside pass and he went in for a converted try.

Keswick broke their duck with a penalty by Louis Thompson but Penrith came back, and after good work by the forwards, Swale put Nicolson in for a well-worked try.

Penrith added their fifth try from a five-metre scrum after Adam Howe was held up over the line. The forwards went for the pushover and had their opposite numbers over the line when Graham was able to dot the ball down.

Keswick got their reward for a battling display in the final 10 minutes when there was a slight defensive Penrith lapse and made their first line break of the day to claim the try by Louis Cornforth, which Thompson converted.

The last word still went to the visitors as Olly Gutteridge cut loose and put James Reynolds away for the final score.