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Bracknell 30 (Tries: Faivaai, Ogilvie-Bull, Hallett, Penalty try. Cons: Hallett. Pens: Hallett 2.)
Nottingham 23 (Tries: Coles, Harding. Cons: Sternhouse 2. Pens: Stenhouse 3)
Nottingham were knocked of the top of National Two after going down to a surprise defeat at Bracknell.
The home side made the perfect start with prop Kepi Faivaai that Neal Hallett converted for 7-0. It got even better for the home side in the 8th minute when centre James Ogilvie Bull got the second home try and they were 12-0 ahead.
Neil Stenhouse kicked a couple of penalties for the visitors on 10 and 17 minutes and they were six points adrift.
Hallett though kicked a penalty goal and then in the 28th minute went over for a try to see his side go 20-6 ahead.
Just before the break though Nottingham got a try through winger Warren Coles, which Stenhouse converted to go in seven points adrift.
In the second minute of the second half it was all level with hooker Rob Harding scoring a try and Stenhouse adding the extras.
It took Bracknell just a couple of minutes to regain the lead when they were awarded a penalty try and with Hallett converting the home side were 27-20 ahead.
Hallett took it to 30-20 with a penalty in the 48th minute which three minutes later was cancelled out with Stenhouse slotting over his third of the season.
That was how it stayed as Bracknell picked up two valuable points and are now just a point behind Harrogate and Wharfedale.
Doncaster 31 (Tries: Yates 2, Wakley. Cons: Cons: Liley, Wakley. Pens: Liley 2, Wakley 2.)
Harrogate 28 (Tries: Smithies 2, Barker, Tapster. Con: Cholewa. Pens: Cholewa 2.)
Narrow home win for Doncaster against their Yorkshire rivals Harrogate in a match that went right down to the wire.
Doncaster went ahead in the third minute with a Rob Liley penalty goal. Harrogate though were in front two minutes later after centre Jamie Barker went over for the games first try. A second Liley penalty in the 10th minute put the home side back ahead again. In the 22nd minute they went further ahead with centre Chris Yates going over for a try which Liley converted for a 13-5 lead.
Harrogate though turned it round by half time with three tries in six minutes with full back Ed Smithies bagging a brace and in between winger James Tapster crossing the home line and with Cholewa adding a conversion they were 22-13 ahead after 34 minutes.
In the second half centre Yates completed a double six minutes into the half and four minutes later they were back in front. Full back Nick Wakley went over for a try and added the conversion having taken over the kicking with Rob Liley off injured.
Wakley then added a penalty on the hour for a six point lead. Lee Cholewa though kicked two penalties in the 62nd and 73rd minutes to level the match up. Wakley though kicked the winning points in the 77th minute to give Doncaster the double over Harrogate this season.
Moseley 12 (Pens: Thomas 3. DG: Thomas.)
Esher 27 (Tries: Bennett, Wellwood, R Jennings. Cons: Wessels 3. Pens: Wessels 2.)
Huge win for Esher following on from last weeks win against Stourbridge and they are now up to ninth place in the division.
Moseley went ahead in the opening minute with Oliver Thomas dropping a goal but in the ninth minute Esher went ahead with hooker Mark Bennett scoring a try, which recent recruit Emile Wessels, converted. Three minutes later Thomas kicked a penalty to get back within a point of Esher.
Two Wessels penalties in the 14th and 31st minutes saw the visitors go 13-6 ahead but before half time Thomas pulled back three points with his second penalty of the day. .
Just before the hour mark it was a one point game again with Thomas kicking a third penalty goal.
The last quarter though saw Esher score a couple of tries through debutante James Wellwood, left winger, and centre Ross Jennings, both were converted by Wessels for a very valuable two points whilst Mosley are two points clear of the relegation zone.
Sedgley Park 30 (Tries: Voortman, Glynn, Bullough. Cons: Ueckerman 3. Pens: Ueckerman 3.)
Rosslyn Park 27 (Tries: Coull, Jackson, Friday, Lofthouse. Cons: Howard 2. Pen: Howard.)
Funny game this one with Sedgley Park returning to winning ways after some indifferent recent results and with Nottingham going down at Bracknell they also return to the top of the league.
Left wing Ross Coull gave the visitors the lead with a 6th minute try, which went unconverted. Sedgley were on the scoreboard in the 11th minute with a Ryno Ueckerman penalty goal. Centre Ian Voortman gave them the league five minutes later and Ueckerman added the extras for a 10-5 lead. Ueckerman added another penalty goal before Sedgley got a second try in the 25th minute and Ueckerman converted for a 20-5 lead.
Before the break though Rosslyn Park got a second try with full back Richard Jackson crossing the home line.
Three minutes into the second half and the visitors were back within a converted try of the home side with Howard kicking a penalty goal.
Just after the hour mark Ueckerman slotted over a penalty goal and when Ross Bullough went over for a try in the 73rd minutes and Ueckerman adding the extras they were 17 points clear. Rosslyn Park did though have a mini revival before the end with a couple of converted tries from scrum half Mike Friday and centre James Lofthouse which were both converted by Howard as they got within three points of the home side but ran out of time.
Stourbridge 57 (Tries: Bressington 3, Hughes 2, Viggers, Wilson, Cook, Horrobin. Cons: Hughes 5, Jones.)
Lydney 20 (Tries: C Vine, MaCrea. Cons: Westall 2. Pens: Westall 2.)
Much needed win for Stourbridge to put them four points above the relegation zone. Lydney were first on the scoreboard with Adam Westall kicking a penalty goal in the first minute. Five minutes later though the home side went over for a try through fly half Duncan Hughes which he also converted. In the 10th minute Lydney were ahead again with winger Charles Vine going over for a try and Westall added the extras. \The home side were back in front in the 19th minute when right wing Nathan Bressington went over for his 11th try of the season and Hughes did the rest for a 14-10 lead. They went further ahead in the 27th minute when scrum half Sam Viggers scored and again Hughes added the extras for a 21-10 lead.
Lydney though replied with a try in the 30th minute through right wing Andrew McCrea going over and with Westall converting they were back within four points.
Hughes got a second try for the home side on 34 minutes whilst Westall finished off the first half scoring with a late penalty.
The second half was completely different with Stourbridge running in five tries and 32 unanswered points.
Bressington got to off them for a hat trick and take his total for the season to an impressive 13.
Wharfedale P (.)
Newbury P (.)
Rugby Lions P (T.)
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