BOLTON RUFC captain Chris Cockton insists there is still a long way to go after his side took a huge stride towards promotion with an 18-15 win against Aspatria on Saturday.

With just four games left, the win leaves Bolton in third place, six points behind leaders Aspatria and a game in hand, meaning maximum points could see them clinch a play-off berth and promotion to the North West One division.

Despite having home a home advantage in three of the four remaining games this season, skipper Chris Cockton believes the job is not done yet.

“Obviously this is a fantastic result for us, one that we had really targeted, we knew the pressure to get a result, and we went out on Saturday and did the job.

“For us it was our consistency and discipline really that won us the game, we didn’t get over the try line, which is a massive testament to the Aspatria effort in defence.

“It’s was test, especially because of the time of year, every game is ramped up now, but we had to win that game to be in contention and we have done that but we’ve still got some difficult games to come over the next few weeks.

“Travelling away last week to Wigton and getting the win was more of a test, so I wouldn’t say it was the biggest result of the season, but it’s certainly a very important one and every point at this stage of the season matters.”

Still to come to Avenue Street are this season’s team to beat St Benedict’s, who although currently in second place in the North Lancs/Cumbria league, have four games in hand on Bolton and have just reached a national final to be played at Twickenham.

However, Cockton insists that his team must focus on the task immediately in front of them and that is another testing trip away Upper Eden.

“We had a really strong squad on Saturday, which is fantastic to see, so I think if we keep that, with some consistency in our remaining four fixtures we should do okay.

“Just the one away game left now, we’ve only been there once before, but we know Upper Eden are a very strong side, particularly at home.

“So it’s a game we’ve got to approach just like the Aspatria game, focused, with our goals set, and implement our game plan.”

The game started tentatively, with both side’s knowing the magnitude of the result, and after half an hour played, the score was 3-3.

Just before half time, a handling error gifted a try to the visitors, but as the game progressed the visitors were pegged back by the boot of Mike Mills who consistently made them pay for their poor discipline.

And Mills was the match-winner in the final seconds, slotting his hardest kick of the game to cancel out Aspatria’s late second try.