Buffaloes' cause was aided by the 20th-minute dismissal of Celtic centre Matt Clark, who was red carded for a high tackle.

Bramley's other try scorers were John Richardson, Daniel Caston, Jon Nicholls and Shaun Gilmour, with Paul Drake kicking seven goals from as many attempts.

Celtic's side included former Huddersfield Giants Super League full-back Bolu Fagbourn, who has joined them from Batley Bulldogs.

Danny Thomas crossed twice and kicked four goals for Celtic, with Mark Chandler and Luke Kemp also touching down.

Defending champions Featherstone Lions claimed fourth spot and a home play-off against Huddersfield Underbank – who they face on Tuesday in the final regular season fixture – with a 40-28 defeat of East Lancashire Lions.

Byron Cooper scored a hat-trick of tries and Brian Sutton, Stu Davies, Danny Giles, Ben Hall and Steve Lawrie also crossed. Rich Frankland kicked three goals and Giles added one.

NEWLY-PROMOTED Stanningley got off to a flying start in Fraser Eagle National Conference Division One with a 41-28 win over Normanton Knights.

Eddie Norfolk led the way with a hat-trick inside the opening 20 minutes and other try scorers were Adam Rudys, Paul Robinson, Stuart McGill, Chris Birchall, James Gross and Ryan Sample. Stuart Halliday kicked two goals and Scott Hargreaves added a drop goal.

Paul Coates scored a fine solo try and kicked five goals as Milford Marlins began their Division Two campaign with a 34-24 win at Waterhead.

Matt Smith scored a long-range interception, Chris Smith added a brace and Sam Hood and Mark Watts also crossed in a superb team performance.

East Leeds got off to a winning start in the second division of the Fraser Eagle National Conference League with a 20-14 home victory against Ovenden on Saturday.

Jordan Normington, Lee Fisher, Tom Idle and sub Gareth Lally scored the tries and Joe Sheldrake kicked crucial conversions.

Scott Runtree and Ryan Bew impressed on debut and East Leeds now have a week off before they host Lock Lane.