UKDA

Reigning champions, Yorkshire slipped to their second consecutive defeat, losing 22-14 at home to Lincolnshire ...

One seeks to regain momentum, another is battling to top their division and a third returns from a scheduled playing break...

Going into the fixture Suffolk are riding high in second place with 107 points, while Warwickshire, who have played one game fewer than the majority of teams above them are placed eighth ....

West Midlands were lying in fourth place but with a game in hand on the three teams above them ...

The defeat has seen Black Country drop two places in the league table to fifth, their ninety-five points leaving them trailing leaders Clwyd now by some twenty-six points...

Despite the defeat, Warwickshire moved up three places in the table to fourth ...

The overall 22-14 defeat for Black Country has seen them actually move up one place in the table to third with seventy-nine points some seventeen short of leaders Clwyd...

The result left both teams in the same positions as they began the fixture....

Three of the Midlands UKDA National League sides are preparing for important ties this weekend as they look to gain vital early season momentum in their respective divisions.