Agony for Shropshire as Gareth Bown breaks hearts

Gareth Bown broke Shropshire hearts last night and kept alive Worcestershire & Herefordshire's hopes of retaining the RLF North Midlands Championship with a 9-3 win at Kings Norton.

Fly-half Bown, who helped Dudley Kingswinford beat Rossendale in a promotion play-off on Saturday to clinch a place in National League Two North, kicked three second-half penalties to clinch victory on a mudbath of a pitch.

Shropshire must beat Greater Birmingham in their final group match at Telford Hornets on Tuesday to have any hope of progressing to the final.