Plymouth Albion 19 (Tries: Sestaret (10), Arscott (40), Fisilau (80). Cons: Van Eyk 2.
Cornish Pirates 9 (Pens: Di Bernardo (22, 40, 80).
Plymouth Albion went above Cornish Pirates in the table into fourth place after this win in front of 5,981 fans.
The prolific Nicholas Sestaret gave Albion the lead on 10 minutes for his 27th try of the season and Regardt Van Eyk converted.
Alberto Di Bernardo put the Pirates on the scoreboard on 22 minutes with a penalty goal. On 40 minutes the other Albion wing Tom Arscott went over and with Van Eyk on target they were 14-3 ahead. In injury time Di Bernardo pulled three points back for the visitors to make it 14-6 at the break.
Three minutes into the second half Di Bernardo pulled three points back for the visitors to get back within a score of Plymouth.
Albion did not settle the match till the 85th minute with centre Ken Fisilau going over.
Moseley 38 (Tries: Binns (8), Rodwell (14), Thomas 2 (39, 46). Cons: Thomas 3. Pens: Thomas 4 (25, 52, 56, 65).
Nottingham 32 (Tries: Molenaar (6), Sherriff (61), Duffey (75), Nirmalendran (80). Cons: Barlow 3. Pens: Barlow 2 (5, 12).
Moseley moved out of the bottom two after this home win over Nottingham picking up all five points on offer.
They were 8-0 down after six minutes after Tom Barlow put over a penalty goal and centre Tim Molenaar touched down.
Two minutes later and Andy Binns went over to get the home side off the mark.
Barlow put over a second penalty goal but on 14 minutes Moseley were in front. No 8 James Rodwell went over and Ollie Thomas converted to make it 12-11.
Thomas added a penalty goal and when he converted his own try on 39 minutes it sent them in 22-11 ahead.
Early in the second half Thomas got a second try which he converted to pull his side 29-11 ahead and secure the try bonus point.
Thomas increased the lead with a couple more penalty goals. In the last quarter Nottingham got back in the game with three tries whilst Moseley were restricted to a penalty goal but still edged to pick up five valuable points and move three points clear of Otley.
Otley 12 (Tries: Smith (26), Andre (43). Con: Shuttleworth
Leeds Tykes 40 (Tries: Biggs 2 (9, 49), Oakley (33), Penalty try (61), Tuilagi (66), Welding (76). Cons: Hinton 5.
Leeds Tykes took the National One title with this win over Otley - they are ten points clear of Earth Titans with two matches to play but the Titans can only draw level with the Tykes on points but the Leeds club will have more wins and this takes precedence over points difference.
Leeds were ahead on nine minutes with left wing Tom Biggs going over for a try and a 5-0 lead.
Otley took the lead on 26 minutes when winger Danny Smith went over and Ian Shuttleworth converted. Seven minutes later they were back in front when No 8 Rhys Oakley went over and Leigh Hinton converted for 12-7.
Three minutes into the second half and Otley were level with winger Xavier Andre going over for an unconverted try.
After that it was all Leeds on the scoreboard, they regained the lead on 49 minutes with Biggs completing a double. Just after the hour mark they were awarded a penalty try and there were further tries with Andy Tuilagi and Richard Welding going over and Hinton added the extras.
Earth Titans 17 (Tries: Hanna (8), Tuohy (56), Penalty try (69). Con: Steenson.
Doncaster 36 (Tries: Jones (23), Davies (40), Gollings (52), Griffiths (76). Cons: Rees 2. Pens: Rees 4 (22, 58, 60, 73).
Any chance Earth Titans had of catch Leeds Tykes disappeared with this home defeat at the hands of Doncaster at Clifton Lane.
Titans started well and went 5-0 ahead on eight minutes with hooker Neil Hanna going over for the opening try of the match.
Doncaster got the next score with Cerith Rees putting over a 22nd minute penalty goal and a minute later they were in front with scrum half Ben Jones going over for a try and an 8-5 lead.
On half time they went further ahead with a try from left wing Wes Davies and they led 13-5.
12 minutes into the second half centre Ben Gollings touched down and this time Rees converted and they led 20-5.
The Titans got back into the match with a second try as wing Brian Tuohy went over but two Rees penalty goals saw Doncaster go into a 26-10 lead and three scores clear going into the final quarter.
Titans were awarded a penalty try on 69 minutes but a fourth Rees penalty goal and a try from replacement second row David Griffiths saw Doncaster home but left Earth Titans ten points adrift of leaders Leeds Tykes but with Leeds Tykes having won three matches more than the Titans the title is theirs.
Waterloo 31 (Tries: Penalty try (38), Van Deventer 2 (41, 78). McKay (62). Cons: Davies 4. Pen: Davies (5).
Sedgley Park 43 (Tries: Jones (10), Newton 3 (14, 67, 34), Du Plessis (18), Albinson (26), Hall (58). Cons: Jones 3, Riley.
High scoring away win for Sedgley Park taking all five points at Blundellsands. Waterloo took the lead with a 5th minute penalty goal but three tries in an eight minute period changed the game and put Park 19-3 ahead after 18 minutes. There were tries for fly half Phil Jones, flanker Adam Newton and prop Petrus Du Plessis and Jones added a couple of conversions. .
Park got two more tries and scrum half Jamie Albinson went over and Newton completed a double to go 31-3 ahead. Late in the half Waterloo were awarded a penalty try.
Early in the second half they got a second try as winger Jay Van Deventer went over and Davies again converted to make it 31-17. Just before the hour mark Park got a sixth try with right wing Chris Hall going over and Matt Riley converted.
In the final quarter Waterloo picked up a try bonus point with two more tries as Van Deventer completed a double and No 8 Rory McKay touched down. In between these tries Newton completed a hat trick for the visitors.
Coventry 33 (Tries: Sanders 2 (32, 38), Geraghty (56). Cons: Russell 3. Pens: Russell 4 (13, 51, 63, 68).
Pertemps Bees 33 (Tries: Martin (46), Davies (48), Qera 2 (52, 77), Gabey (64). Cons: Higgins 4.
All square at the Butts Bay Arena but the Bees left with three points after picking up the try bonus point.
In the first half it was Coventry who were in control building up a 17-0 lead after a brace of tries from centre Donovan Sanders and Ben Russell converted them both and pout over a penalty goal.
Two tries in the opening eight minutes saw the Bees right back into the match with tries from centres Simon Martin and Tristan Davies and Jon Higgins converted them both.
Russell put over a second penalty goal to make it 20-14 after 51 minutes. A minute later and the Bees were in front with flanker Akapusi Qera going over and Higgins converting.
Back came the home side with a try from their other centre Kieran Geraghty and Russell converted and added another penalty goal to make it 30-21 after 63 minutes. Second row Mark Gabey went over for the Bees to reduce the deficit but a 4th Russell penalty goal saw the home side go 33-26 ahead after 68 minutes.
On 77 minutes it was all square with the visitors getting a fifth try as Qera completed a double and Higgins put over the vital kick to give the Bees the draw.
Newbury 13 (Try: Brown (54). Con: Defty. Pens: Defty 2 (1, 40).
Exeter Chiefs 22 (Tries: Luff (33), Murdoch (59). Pens: Yapp 4 (4, 48, 53, 76).
The Chiefs pick up a valuable away win at Newbury to maintain seventh place in the table.
It was the home side that took the lead with an opening minute penalty goal form full back Nick Defty. The Chiefs were level three minutes later with Tony Yapp putting one over.
They went ahead on 33 minutes when winger Jason Luff touched down. Before half time Defty narrowed the gap to two points with a late penalty goal.
In the second half two Yapp penalty goals saw the visitors go 14-6 ahead after 53 minutes.
A minute later No 8 Tom Brown got the home side right back in it with a try and Defty converted to make it a one point game 14-13.
Just before the hour mark Exeter got a second try with centre Alistair Murdoch going over, Yapp missed the conversion but sealed the win with a 76th minute penalty goal.
London Welsh 10 (Try: Ritchie (2). Con: Marks. Pen: Marks (30).
Bedford Blues 47 (Tries: Percival (32), Johnson (40), Penalty try (50), Roberts (53), Harding (55). Cons: Pritchard 4. Pens: 3 (8, 12, 26)
Comfortable away win for Bedford Blues at Old Deer Park taking all five points on offer running in five tries.
After half an hour the home side were leading 10-9 after Chris Ritchie put them ahead on two minutes with a try and Tom Marks converted. James Pritchard put over three penalty goals for the Blues but Marks put over a penalty goal to make it 10-9 after 30 minutes.
17 points form the Blues in 12 minutes before half time saw Bedford take control with second row James Percival and hooker Chris Johnson touching down, Pritchard converted them both and put over a penalty goal to go in 26-10 ahead.
In the second half it took ten minutes for the Blues to increase their lead with a penalty try. Three minutes later they had the try bonus point in the bag with centre Liam Roberts going over and Pritchard converting. Two minutes later they got a fifth in what turned out to be the final score of the match leaving them just short of the 50 point mark.
Bedford Blues 41 (Tries: Dodge 2 (5, 13), Patston (13), Youngs (35), Cole (50), Cons: Pritchard 5. Pens: Pritchard (50), Hallett (76).
Cornish Pirates 10 (Try: Hylton (32). Con: Moore. Pen: Moore (9).
Comfortable home win for Bedford Blues over Cornish Pirates out scoring them five tries to one. Leading the way with a first half brace was winger Ollie Dodge in the opening 20 minutes as the home side went into a 21-3 lead. They had the trey bonus point in the bag by half time as they led 28-10. |
