■By SIMON MOYLE

IT WAS a familiar tale at Solstice Park where highflying Fylde comprehensively outplayed the Lions in a convincing 38-7 victory.
The game started and finished with Fylde in the ascendency as Tom Carleton scored a try on two minutes after a period of sustained pressure.
Lions struggled to hold onto possession which resulted in a Greg Smith penalty on 14 minutes, closely followed by No.8 Sam Dugdale scoring close to the posts.
In a mirror of the first half, the second 40 started with Fylde immediately scoring on 43 minutes through centre Connor Wilkinson, who ran in al...