ROBBO ON THE MARK TWICE IN COMFORTABLE VICTORY

RHYL 4 (N Roberts 15, 20; Holden 28; M Williams 45)
DENBIGH TOWN 1 (Craven 38)
ALL the goals came in the first half as Rhyl coasted to a comfortable win in this afternoon's friendly at Belle Vue.
Cymru Alliance team Denbigh, managed by ex-Lilywhites legend Steve Jones and former Rhyl boss Dean Martin, provided a decent workout for the Welsh Premier hosts although overall it was a one-sided affair.
The Lilies were on top from the start, Luke Holden heading over from six yards and then blasting off target after Matty Williams was unable to loop the ball into an empty net.
The breakthrough came on 15 minutes when Williams' through ball picked out Neil Roberts in space, and the ex-Wales and Wrexham front man rounded keeper Gary Higham before stroking into an empty goal.
Roberts, Rhyl's top marksman last season, added a second on 20 minutes when he lashed into the roof of the net from 10 yards after a low Lee Hunt cross from the right eventually came to him.
Luke Sherbon's header looked goalbound but a back-pedalling Higham made a save he did not receive credit for as the assistant pointed for a goal-kick.
Rhyl went 3-0 up on 28 minutes when a lovely chip from Sherbon was taken on by Holden who fired home powerfully left-footed from the edge of the box.
Miles Todd cleared a George Horan header off the line as Denbigh looked to keep the score down, but on 38 minutes the visitors were gifted a goal they nonetheless took extremely well.
Keeper Lee Kendall was adjudged to have picked up a back-pass, much to the home side's fury and from the edge of the area Paul Edwards touched the ball to Lee Craven whose thunderbolt went in off the bar.
Rhyl restored their three-goal lead right on half time when Martin Naylor and Roberts did well to exchange passes under pressure and find Williams whose instant left-foot shot on the turn made it 4-1.
After the break, the Lilywhites made several substitutions and this affected the flow of the game.
It was the home goal which was under pressure first when Kendall pulled off a great point blank stop from Edwards.
The hosts were producing some good passing moves but the finishing was lacking, Hunt firing straight at Town replacement keeper Jamie Roberts after slick build-up.
Greg Stones' 20-yarder was well kept out by Roberts, then Holden somehow smacked the underside of the bar from close range.
That was the end of the action and Rhyl were left to reflect on a job satisfactorily done, with their final friendly at Colwyn Bay coming up next Friday (July 10) ahead of the home leg against Partizan Belgrade on July 14..
RHYL: Lee Kendall, Martin Naylor (Mark Connolly 57), Greg Stones (Craig Darwin 79), George Horan, Greg Stones, John Leah (Gareth Owen 57), Luke Sherbon (Ashley New 79), Luke Holden (Sam Heenan 90), Neil Roberts (Jack Higgins 79), Matty Williams (Paul Evans 59), Lee Hunt.
ATT: 200.