Father of Montpellier star is beginning a new adventure with Harrogate in National Two North, plus he also talks about Zach’s time in France and what might be next for the back-rower.

The Tigers dominated possession and territory but failed to capitalise; instead it was Harrogate who lived off scraps and when opportunity knocked they took it to win this National League 2 North clash.

Harrogate RUFC cruised to their fourth National League 2 North victory of the season beating an injury-hit Stockport 59-14.

Harrogate are scheduled to move to their new Ground in January so this nail biter was their last Claro Road local derby against Otley.

This talented Harrogate side is still not “firing on all cylinders”. Although they scored 3 tries to 1, this was yet another very tight game which they should have won. They dominated the lines-out with Chris Wilson winning several Hull throws but their powerful scrum fell foul of Mr Makepeace’s law interpretations at times.

The wet conditions suited the powerful Stourbridge power play but Harrogate’s tigerish defence kept them in the game and they thoroughly deserved their losing bonus point.

A combination of injuries and Easter unavailabilities led to Harrogate taking a weakened side to Birmingham for this re-arranged fixture. The players responded with an outstanding team performance with many of them giving us their best game of the season.

Early basic mistakes from Harrogate gave the powerful Sedgley Park team a dream start and they built on this to record a comprehensive win.

After a scoreless first half, Harrogate raised their game to put in a workmanlike team performance to earn a comfortable win.

Within seconds, Harrogate had raced into a 5-0 lead but followed this with a mistake ridden 1st half increased their lead but, from then on it was all Harrogate who scored 5 more tries before the final whistle.