Hinckley travelled to the scene of their disappointing end to the 15/16 regular season on Saturday, to take on old friends Scunthorpe, a fixture which is always close and played in excellent spirits. George Cox made a debut in the pack, whilst Alex Crocker and Conor Buillvant where to make debuts from the bench.

Playing away from the clubhouse in the first half, Hinckley started dominant with some excellent back play on show, and strong running lead to Glen Murray going over for his 1st league try for the club after just 3 minutes.

Hinckley continued to dominate field position and spent a good five minutes camped inside the Scunthorpe 22 soon after. Strong Scunthorpe defending, both in phase play and set piece held the visitors out for a while, although eventually Jacob Umaga cut an excellent line to go through the defence to score his fourth try of the season. The try was converted by Connor Eastgate.

Hinckley however then dropped their standards, with a penalty being given away from the kick off which was converted by Steve Johnson, before they gave Scunthorpe an opportunity to attack down the right hand side to score what would turn out to be their only try of the day. Hinckley did have another opportunity on the stroke of half time but unfortunately, after some good link play from Murray and Mitch Lamb, Ewan Bartlett was held up.

The second half was a largely forgettable affair, with it being drawn 3 all with a penalty from Johnson matched by 1 from Jacob Umaga. Scunthorpe did as well have another kicking opportunity which was pushed wide.

In all however, a satisfying day for Hinckley winning games back to back for the first time this season. Next week is the longest trip of the season, away to Tynedale