Dundalk's Caolan Rafferty and Rosslare's John Brady are tied for ninth place heading into Sunday's final 36 holes at the Lytham Trophy.

Rafferty shot a three-over 73 and Boys international Brady a 74 to trail Royal Liverpool's Walker Cup player Matthew Jordan by six strokes on two-over 142.

Jordan was three-under for his second round with four holes to play but despite making a double-bogey six at the 15th, he posted a 69 to lead by two-strokes on four-under-par from Mitch Waite (Filton), who shot a best of the day 66, and Sweden's David Nyfjall, who carded a 69.

Four of the 11-strong Irish challenge survived the cut, which fell at seven-over 147.

Massereene's Tiarnan McLarnon added a 74 to his opening 71 to share 25th on five-over while Tramore's Robin Dawson signed for a 72 to make it with a shot to spare on six-over 146.

Castle's Alex Gleeson (73 76) and Dun Laoghaire's Colin Woodroofe (72 77) missed out by two shots on 149 with Galway's Ronan Mullarney (151, 75 76), Laytown and Bettystown's Eugene Smith (152, 74 78), Newlands' Jake Whelan (153, 75 78) and Kilkenny's Mark Power (153, 73 80) completing the Irish scoring. 

Lytham Trophy, Royal Lytham & St Annes (Par 72)

After 36 holes

Detailed scores | Tee-times

136 Matthew Jordan (Royal Liverpool) 67 69

138 Mitch Waite (Filton) 72 66, David Nyfjall (Swe) 69 69

140 Stan Kraai (Ned) 69 71, Billy McKenzie (Rowlands Castle) 66 74

141 Jeremy Freiburghaus (Sui) 70 71, Alex Hietala (Fin) 69 72, Robin Williams (Peterborough Milton) 68 73

142 Thomas Williams (Wrexham) 70 72, Calum Fyfe (Cawder) 69 73, Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) 69 73, Nordin Van Tilburg (Ned) 69 73, John Brady (Rosslare) 68 74

143 Euan McIntosh (Turnhouse Ltd) 74 69, Timo Vahlenkamp (Ger) 72 71, Bailey Gill (Lindrick) 72 71, Jack Cope (The Players Club) 70 73, Sam Locke (Stonehaven) 68 75

144 Ben Hutchinson (Howley Hall 77 67, Thomas Plumb (Sherborne) 73 71, Andrew Wilson (Darlington) 73 71, Todd Clements (Braintree) 72 72, Matt Saulez (RSA) 71 73, Claudio Consul (Ger) 71 73

145 Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) 71 74, Stephen Roger (Peebles) 71 74, Gerold Folk (Austria) 71 74

146 Robin Dawson (Tramore) 74 72, Reece Samson (Worksop) 74 72, Alasdair Mcdougall (Elderslie) 73 73, Ben Chamberlain (Padeswood & Buckley) 72 74, Michael Hirmer (Ger) 70 76, Joe Long (Lansdown) 70 76, Maximilian Steinlechner (Austria) 70 76

147 Joshua McMahon (Wallasey) 76 71, Wilco Nienaber (RSA) 76 71, Marc Hammer (Ger) 75 72, Jake Hapgood (Southerndown) 75 72, Ludvig Aberg (Swe) 74 73, Clayton Mansfield (RSA) 74 73, Gian-Marco Petrozzi (Trentham) 74 73, Vince Van Veen (Ned) 74 73, Jake Bolton (Ogbourne Downs) 73 74, Benjamin Jones (Northamptonshire County) 73 74, Luca Denk (Austria) 73 74, Callan Barrow (Royal Lytham & St Annes ) 73 74, Arrun Singh Brar (Parkstone ) 72 75, Lukas Lipold (Austria) 71 76, Euan Walker (Kilmarnock (Barassie) 71 76

CUT

148 Jannik De Bruyn (Ger) 75 73, Pierre Verlaar (Ned) 75 73, Alex Dixon (City of Newcastle) 75 73, Nicholas Peoples (Royal Lytham & St Annes) 74 74, Harry Goddard (Hanbury Manor) 74 74, Jordan Sundborg (Shanklin & Sandown) 73 75, Jacob Davies (Rhuddlan) 73 75, Martyn Horters (Ned) 72 76, Jason Stokes (La Moye) 72 76

149 James Robinson (Redditch 80 69, David Langley (Castle Royle Golf & Country Club) 76 73, Alex Fitzpatrick (Hallamshire) 75 74, Nick Bachem (Ger) 74 75, Christoffer Palsson (Swe) 73 76, Alex Gleeson (Castle) 73 76, Albin Bergstrom (Swe) 72 77, Colin Woodroofe (Dun Laoghaire) 72 77, Stuart McLaren (Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society Ltd) 71 78, Samuel Turner (Royal Lytham & St Annes) 71 78

150 Mark Collins (Littlestone) 79 71, Jake McGoldrick (Enville) 78 72, Robert Foley (Sui) 78 72, George Bloor (Cavendish) 78 72, Paul Waring (Felixstowe Ferry) 77 73, James Billingham (Cosby) 77 73, Kieran Cantley (Liberton) 76 74, Timothy Shin (Castle Royle Golf & CC) 76 74, Falko Hanisch (Ger) 75 75, Arron Edwards-Hill (Chelmsford) 75 75, David Hague (Malton & Norton) 75 75, Matty Lamb (Hexham ) 75 75, Steven Capper (Royal Liverpool) 74 76, Malcolm Mitchell (RSA) 73 77, Sam Done (Kenwick) Park) 73 77

151 Simon Richardson (Spalding 80 71, Taylor Carter (Hanover (Now Lords Golf & Country Club, Rayleigh) 77 74, Laird Shepherd (Rye) 76 75, Olly Huggins (Frilford Heath) 76 75, John Paterson (New St Andrews) 76 75, Ben Firth (Leeds Golf Centre) 75 76, Ronan Mullarney (Galway) 75 76, Ludvig Eriksson (Swe) 75 76, Mark Halliday (Royal Aberdeen) 75 76, Deon Germishuys (RSA) 74 77

152 Jake Burnage (Saunton) 79 73, Jacob Oakley (Styal) 77 75, Jean Bekirian (Fra) 77 75, Nicholas Smits (Gog Magog) 77 75, Daniel Brown (Littlestone) 77 75, Sam Bairstow (Hallowes) 75 77, John Carroll (Huyton & Prescot) 75 77, David Houlding (Moortown) 75 77, Eugene Smith (Laytown & Bettystown) 74 78

153 Kiet Van Der Weele (Ned) 76 77, Kieron Harman (Southerndown 76 77, Jake Whelan (Newlands) 75 78, Peter Melching (Ned) 74 79, Mark Power (Kilkenny) 73 80 

154 Kyle Harman (Southerndown 82 72, Jim Johnston (Ayr Belleisle) 78 76, Jack Gaunt (Drayton Park) 78 76, Christopher Chilton (Stockport) 78 76, Henry Alls (Notts) 78 76, Callum Farr (Priors Hall) 76 78, Stefan Labuschagne (Bishop Auckland) 75 79, Will Poole (Mendip Spring) 75 79 )
155 Charlie Thornton (Fulford) 80 75, Luke Kelly (Ashton-under-Lyne) 79 76, Thomas Dorier (Fra) 79 76, Paul Coughlan (Castleknock) 76 79

156 Mike Toorop (Ned) 82 74, James Wilson (Balmore) 81 75, Max Martin (Harborne) 79 77, Luke Colgate (Berkhamsted) 78 78, Daniel Hebenstreit (Austria) 77 79

157 Rhys Lawrence (Coventry Hearsall) 82 75, David Atkins (Russia) 81 76, Alasdair Plumb (Chelmsford) 80 77, Tom Sloman (Taunton & Pickeridge) 79 78, Michael Smyth (Royal Troon - Old Course) 75 82, Lewys Sanges (Celtic Manor Resort) 74 83

158 Loris Schuepbach (Sui) 82 76, James Newton (Prestbury) 80 78, Daniel Taylor (Manchester) 80 78, Jordan Shaw (Boat of Garten) 77 81

159 Sean Phillips (Chartham Park) 79 80

160 Charlie Salter (Northamptonshire County) 81 79, Robert Spence (Furness) 80 80, Robin Van Deutekom (Ned) 79 81

161 Maxime Muraca (Sui) 81 80, Laurie Owen (Letchworth) 78 83

163 James Glenn (Bishop Auckland) 85 78, Mats Markovits (Ned) 80 83, Taylor Stote (Enmore Park) 78 85

165 James Wilson (Tyneside) 83 82