Crosfields put pressure on early and in their third set on the Sharks line went over through Tom Millington. Millington crossed again after a step round the defence and Jack Reid converted both tries to make it 12-0 after nine minutes.

Shaw Cross earned a drop out from the restart and halved that deficit with the following set, as Callum Barker dinked a kick in behind on the last play and Brad Baines touched down, with Barker adding the conversion.

The home side were looking much better but a slice of luck saw the tackle count reset for Crosfields and Jack Reid drove between the posts to extend their lead.

Reid went over for another converted try three minutes later after a Sharks knock-on close to the line, before Millington broke through the line for his hat-trick just past the half-hour mark.

Crosfields took the game away from their opponents for sure with another try on the verge of half-time, with Josh Whitham taking the ball on the end of a right-to-left move. He was illegally prevented from scoring in the view of the referee and a penalty try was awarded for a 36-6 lead at the break.

Millington continued to cause trouble in the second half and his break allowed full-back Alex Clutterbuck to cross.

Ben Ripley bombed a try for the Sharks after good work from Dickie Piper and Owen Lumb, before Ian Boden broke and went almost half the length of the field to score another Crosfields try.

Reid scored his hat-trick try with seven minutes left to play to take them to a half-century of points.