Victory for Syston, Melton Mowbray prepare for Rushden & Higham

Syston Rugby Club returned to Midlands Premier action with a 31-10 home win against Broadstreet on Saturday, beginning 2022 with a victory.

They sit seventh in a tight top half of the table, level on points with Scunthorpe and Sandbach, three behind Bromsgrove in fourth and trailing third-place Sheffield by five.

Syston travel to basement boys Oundle this weekend.

Melton Mowbray Rugby Club will hit the road on Saturday.

Fifth-placed Melton will travel to Rushden & Higham, currently sixth in the Midlands 3 East (South).

The two sides are level on 29 points but Melton, who didn’t play this weekend, have two games in hand.