AUSTRALIAN second row forward Nick Edney marked his Kirkby Lonsdale debut with a try as the Underley Park outfit recorded their first win of the season over Broughton Park.

In their first home fixture of the season and in front of a large crowd, Kirkby claimed a four try bonus point win against a strong Broughton Park side, who travelled to Cumbria on the back of a home win against Warrington last week.

Park applied sustained early pressure but were denied putting a score on the board by a well organised Kirkby defence.

It was the home side who made the first real penetration when they broke out and ran the ball into Park territory.

From a lineout they attacked - moving the ball left across the pitch - where Josh Maddock picked up the ball from the ruck and found the power to force his way over the line near the left corner flag.

Moments later desperate defence from Park saw them go offside in front of the posts and Dave Barton tapped over the penalty kick - advancing the score to 8-0 after seventeen minutes.

Kirkby extended their lead when scrum-half Ed Towers ran at the defence. A quick ruck ball was moved right by Barton who then ran a loop to take a return pass and score try number two near the right corner flag.

Park reduced the deficit in the half’s final ten minutes as Greg Hamilton kicked two penalties to close out the half at 13-6.

Kirkby made a good start to the second half pinning Park down in their twenty two and were awarded when number eight Craig Galbraith picked up the ball from a scrum in the left corner and drove for the line.

He was held up by the Park defence but Edney was in support to force his way over in the corner for try number three.

Barton banged over the conversion from wide out to re-establish a commanding margin for the home side at 20-6.

Young full back Harry Ralston added his name to the scoreboard when he showed his pace to score by the corner flag for the bonus point as Kirkby looked to be breezing to victory.

But the final twenty minutes belonged to Park and two tries ensured a touch of gloss was taken off the scoreline.

But when the second conversion attempt hit the upright it signalled the end of the match as Towers picked up the Man Of The Match trophy.