Check out the weekend action.
Barking 41 (Tries: Cadby 2, Green, Stannard, Azzopardi. Cons: Azzopardi 4. Pen: Azzopardi.)
Haywards Heath 7 (Try: Wattam. Con: Charnley.)
Barking home win to retain fourth spot with Redruth breathing down their neck.
The first quarter was scoreless and it was not till the 22nd minute that we had our first score of the afternoon as winger Stuart Green went over the visitor’s line for a 5-0 lead. The lead was increased in the 27th minute when No 8 Paul Everitt went over and this time Justin Azzopardi converted and before the break added a penalty for a half time lead of 15-0.
In the second half Barking went further ahead with centre Glen Stannard going over for 20-0.
The visitors were on the scoreboard soon after when flanker David Wattam went over the Barking line and Stuart Charnley converted.
A double from flanker Paul Cadby in the 60th and 68th minutes saw them pull well clear at 34-7 as Azzopardi converted both before rounding off the win with a try himself a couple of minutes from time.
Basingstoke 11 (Try: Buckland. Pen: Calder. DG: Roeske.)
Southend 15 (Tries: C Green, Wagstaff. Con: Chambers. Pen: Chambers.)
Basingstoke pushed Southend all the way but could not beat them and Southend are up to eighth in the National Three South league table.
The home side went ahead with a penalty from Ian Calder in the 16th minute. Southend were level by half time with Ali Chambers putting over a 32nd minute penalty goal.
Early in the second half Southend Full back Chris Green went over for the games first try and his side were 8-3 ahead.
Just before the hour mark it was all square again with right wing Simon Buckland going over for a try, which went, unconverted at 8-8.
The home side went ahead when Murray Roeske dropped a goal in the 63rd minute but with five minutes left Southend went over for the winning try.
It came from blindside flanker James Wagstaff and Chambers added the extras for a four point lead which was how it stayed till the end.
Launceston 29 (Tries: Heyns 2, Nancekivell, Risdon. Cons: Porter 3. Pen: Porter.)
Dings Crusaders 3 (Pen: Gasson.)
Launceston went two points clear at the top of the league table after this home success over Dings Crusaders who they also beat last Saturday.
It was Dings who took the lead when Waylon Gasson slotted over a 12th minute penalty goal. Simon Porter levelled seven minutes later and added the conversion four minutes later after No 8 Michael Heyns went over for the games opening try. Heyns got a second try three minutes later and they went in 15-3 ahead after 40 minutes.
Dings defended well and restricted Launceston to just two tries in the second half as centre Eddie Nancekivell and hooker Dave Risdon scored in the 49th and 71st minutes and both were converted by Porter.
North Walsham P (.)
Blackheath P (.)
Old Patesians 29 (Tries: Foxwell, Pettigrew, Fenley, Mitchell. Cons: Nock 3. Pen: Nock.)
Weston 12 (Tries: Edwards, Sprague. Con: Reid.)
Old Patesians are up to seventh place after this home success over Weston, which gives them the double over them this season.
The first quarter was scoreless and the home side went ahead when Robert Nock slotted over a 21st minute penalty goal. Centre David Foxwell followed up his debut try last week with another try this week and with Nock converting they were 10-0 ahead after 27 minutes.
Before half time they were right back in it with full back Jonathan Edwards scoring a try for Weston and James Reid added the conversion.
Nine minutes into the second half and the home side went two scores clear with No 8 James Pettigrew going over for a try and again Nock converted for 17-7.
The win was sealed when Old Pats scored two tries in four minutes on the hour mark as first scrum half Bruce Fenley and then prop Pete Mitchell went over for tries and with Nock adding one conversion they were 29-7 ahead.
Left wing Paul Sprague scored the final try of the afternoon for Weston but it was just a consolation.
Redruth 26 (Tries: Harrison, Bonds, Corin. Con: Martin. Pens: Martin 3.)
Tabard 15 (Tries: Colborne, Johal. Con: Colborne. Pen: Colborne.)
Redruth’s excellent recent run carries on with another home success beating out of sorts Tabard.
Hooker Sam Harrison put the home side ahead in the third minute with a try, which Scott Martin converted for 7-0. Three minutes later Martin added a penalty goal, which he followed up with another one on 17 minutes. The second Redruth try came on the half hour mark with blindside flanker Neil Corin going over for an unconverted try and an 18-0 lead. Before half time the visitors did get on the scoreboard when Rob Colborne slotted over a penalty goal.
Redruth were first on the scoreboard in the second half when Martin kicked another penalty goal. Tabard then staged a mini comeback with Colborne going over for a try on 59 minutes and when flanker Jag Johal went over in the 70th minute and Colborne added the extras they were just six points behind at 21-15.
Centre Craig Bonds though made the game safe for Redruth with a try in the 78th minute.
Westcombe Park 36 (Tries: M Littlechild 2, Croall, Peters, Cornell. Cons: Garfoot 3. Pen: Garfoot.)
Old Colfeians 10 (Tries: Lewis, Lock.)
Park up to ninth in the table after this home success over Old Colfeians.
Mark Garfoot gave the home side the lead in the third minute with a penalty goal for 3-0. Park got their first try in the seventh minute when prop Stephen Croall went over for a try, which Garfoot converted for 10-0. Just three minutes later it was 17-0 when winger Miles Littlechild went over and Garfoot again converted.
Just before the break the visitors were on the scoreboard with winger David Lewis going over for an unconverted try.
Two early tries in the opening 13 minutes of the second half saw the home side go into a winning 29-5 lead as Littlechild completed a double and the other winger Tim Cornell got in on the act and Garfoot added one conversion.
Old Colfeians did get a second try through centre Stuart Lock but the final score went to Park when flanker Nathan Peters went over in the 72nd minute and Garfoot converted. |
