Thornhill signed off their home league fixtures programme with this impressive victory over long standing rivals West Hull. Two Thornhill players registered hat-tricks of tries, one of which was man of the match Johnny Campbell. Under the watchful eye of a Salford City Reds scout, Campbell turned on the style so much so that the Humberside team simply couldn’t live with him.

Campbell used his pace and eye for an opening to carve West Hull wide open time and time again. But not only was Campbell lethal on attack, he was also rock solid on defence pulling off a series of copy book tackles to break down West Hull attacking moves.

The form of Campbell was complemented by the good work of Anthony Broadhead as he worked tirelessly in the middle of the field to take play forward. There was also a good showing from substitutes Wayne Wilson and debutant Scott Craven.

The first of Thornhill’s seven tries came with little more than 2 minutes of play gone. West Hull were penalised for holding down in the tackle close to their own try line.

Trojans M.O.M. Johnny Campbell scored a superb hat-trick of tries.

Anthony Broadhead quickly tapped the penalty to catch West Hull asleep and nipped over for a close range try. Liam Morley converted.

Any thoughts of an end of season stroll in the park were quickly banished from the minds of Thornhill players when West Hull swiftly replied with a try of their own. A high kick to the corner caught Thornhill out. Lee Craig read the kick perfectly and out jumped everyone to collect the ball and touch down for an unconverted try in the corner.

The action then switched to the other end of the field when Liam Morley sent out a wonderfully weighted pass which found Thomas Marsden on the wing. Marsden took the ball cleanly and went over for an unconverted try in the corner.

The pattern of end to end play continued when substitute Glen Donkin scored for West Hull. From a penalty situation the giant forward surged for the try line and despite a number of Thornhill tacklers clambering over him, he managed to ground the ball and score an unconverted try.

Then came the try of the match and it was arguably one of the best Thornhill have scored all season. Matthew Roberts made the initial break from Thornhill’s half of the field. Roberts found Shane Davies and he went romping towards the try line. Johnny Campbell had supported the break perfectly and was right on Shane Davies shoulder to take the final pass. On receipt of the ball Campbell sprinted away to score a try between the posts to complete an exhibition in fine support play. Liam Morley converted.

But as Thornhill players were still complementing each other after a fine score West Hull combined well to score their last try of the game. With play out to the wing a kick was put forward into the in goal area. Liam Boswell pounced to score the try and Mark Hewitt converted.

It was in the second half that Thornhill really cut loose and took advantage of some repositioning of players by West Hull in order to cover for injuries. As the half wore on Thornhill seemed to break the West Hull defence down with monotonous regularity and it was only the referee and some never say die tackling from West Hull that prevented this turning into a drubbing.

A fine break from Wayne Wilson was the first real threat to West Hull of the half. However, it was Shane Davies that provided the killer touch when his off load found Johnny Campbell 20 meters out from the try line. Campbell went on a weaving run towards the line and over for a score. Liam Morley converted.

Thomas Marsden wasn't going to let J.C. grab all the headlines.

Scott Craven was another player who was prominent for Thornhill in the second half with some dangerous running. The experience Richard Pachniuk who set up the next score when he chipped the ball forward from Thornhill’s half of the field. The ball bounced perfectly into the path of Thomas Marsden. Marsden collected the ball and then appeared hesitant about continuing the move forward. The referee waved pay on and Marsden sprinted up the wing to score a try which Liam Morley converted.

Youngster Danny McKenzie then looked  to have bolstered his surprise run of appearances in the first team by scoring a try in the corner. However, after consulting his touch judge the referee over ruled the score to end McKenzie’s celebrations.

It was a shrewd pass from Anthony Broadhead which then set up the next score. Boradhead’s sent out a short pass and it found Johnny Campbell out on the wing in Thornhill’s half of the field. Campbell set off at pace down the wing and went over to complete his hat-trick of tries. The conversion was off target and then there was a flare up in play. Once order had been restored the referee sent Richard Pachniuk and West Hull’s Carl Bristow to the sin bin.

The penalty was awarded to Thornhill and Shane Davies kicked the goal.

Straight from this penalty goal Thomas Marsden broke away from Thornhill’s half of the field to out pace a couple of West Hull defenders. Marsden charged over to complete his hat-trick of tries and bring the curtain down on another Premier Division campaign in Overthorpe Park. The win saw Thornhill pull 5 points clear of the relegation zone.

Match report compiled by Andrew Byram.