WILMSLOW Wolves kept their points from this convincing performance despite the referee abandoning the game on the hour mark.

Elliot Lewis’ decision appeared to be the correct one as the pitch had been covered in a thick layer of fog.

By that point, the hosts had built up a commanding lead and St Benedicts were happy to accept the result.

Many games would not have gone ahead in the conditions, but both sides were keen to play and Wilmslow served up some entertaining rugby for those who braved the elements.

The victory, Wolves’ seventh in succession, keeps them third in the North One West table and in touch with the leading pack.

Before that, an inspection of the Memorial Ground pitch found it had not completely thawed from Friday night’s hard frost.

As was their right, St Benedicts refused to play on the pitch, with both sides agreeing to move the game to the Jim Evison Field after it was found to be in a playable condition.

Once the game did get underway, the hosts took just five minutes to open the scoring when Bob MacCallum gave an inside pass to Hone Karaka coming in off his wing.

Karaka then burst through the defence and shifted on for Ethan Harding, who battled through to cross the line.

MacCallum added a penalty before Wolves turned the ball over at the breakdown and the resulting handling move led to Max Harvey touching down.

Another penalty from the trusty boot of MacCallum stretched Wilmslow’s lead further before full-back Ben Day burst out of defence to feed Harvey for his second try.

Day was clearly in the mood and he collected a speculative kick by the visitors and broke down the left wing again.

This time, he was able to set up Harding to cross for the second time and make the score 30-0 to a dominant home side at the break.

After the break, Wolves were met with stubborn resistance from the visitors as they lost their rhythm but James Coulthurst emerged with the ball in his own half before sprinting clear to score his side’s fifth and final try.

By now, the conditions had worsened considerably and, once the 60-minute mark to constitute a result had been reached, the referee brought proceedings to an end.

Wolves face a crucial game on Saturday as they travel to take on league leaders Kirkby Lonsdale, kick off 2.15pm.