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Manchester 6 (Pens: Brown 2.)
Bristol 27 (Tries: Oniyide-Frampton, Hodgson, Morgan, Gray, Nicholls. Con: Gray.)
Just what the doctor ordered for Bristol as the end a four match losing run and pull even further away from the relegation zone.
The Shoguns went ahead on 11 minutes when debutante Victor Oniyide Frampton crossed the home line for an unconverted try. Manchester though responded with Stuart Brown kicking a couple of penalties to give them the lead after 27 minutes. Bristol regained control before the break with tries from Paul Hodgson and Chris Morgan to go in 15-6 ahead at the break.
It took them till the 73rd minute to secure the bonus point with Danny Gray going over and this time he converted. They sealed the win in injury time when replacement scrum half Greg Nicholls went over.
Otley 28 (Tries: Scully, Whatmuff, Thorpe. Cons: Binns 2. Pens: Binns 3.)
Henley Hawks 21 (Tries: Reeves, Venner. Con: Reeves. Pens: Reeves 3.)
Despite the win Otley drop a place in the league table with Exeter moving above them.
Henley Hawks were first on the scoreboard with Barry Reeves crossing for a rare try, which he also converted for 7-0. Two minutes later and Otley were off the mark with a Simon Binns penalty goal. They went ahead on 10 minutes when scrum half Dave Scully went over for a try and Binns did the rest for 10-7. Binns and Reeves exchanged penalty goals before Otley went further ahead with half time approaching.
The try came from centre Robert Whatmuff and Binns converted for a 10-point half time lead, 20-10.
In the second half Otley took just two minutes to move further ahead with No 8 Ed Thorpe going over for a try. Reeves and Binns again exchanged penalty goals. In the 71st minute Mark Venner went over for a try for the Hawks but Reeves was unable to convert. He did though kick an 80th minute penalty goal, which gave them a bonus point, which in the long term could prove vital.
Worcester 38 (Tries: Hinshelwood 2, Hickey, Hylton, Powell, Evans. Cons: Hayes 4.)
Plymouth Albion 13 (Tries: Robinson, Luxton. Pen: Barlow.)
Comfortable win in the end for leaders Worcester as they again pick up all five points on offer.
It took them till the 31st minute though to break down the excellent Albion defence with winger John Hylton crossing the visitors line and Tommy Hayes converting for 7-0.
Six minutes later they doubled their lead with centre Ben Hinshelwood going over and again Hayes converted.
In the second period they took just a minute to go 21-0 ahead with No 8 Drew Hickey scoring and Hayes making it three out of three.
Plymouth were on the scoreboard three minutes later when winger Lee Robinson went over for his 19th try of the season, Tom Barlow missed the conversion but added a penalty soon after.
Worcester added three more tries as Hinshelwood completed a double whilst the visitors did manage a second try through second row Brett Luxton.
Coventry 17 (Try: Olver. Pens: Cull 4.)
Orrell 22 (Tries: Slemen, Palepoi, Reay. Cons: Hinton 2. Pen: Hinton.)
Coventry were not expected to win this one so a bonus point for losing by less than seven was realistically the best they could hope for and they got it.
Orrell second row Opeta Palepoi went over for the games opening try on eight minutes and with Leigh Hinton converted they were 7-0 ahead.
They went further ahead when Simon Haughton, on as a blood replacement went over for a try and a 12-0 lead. Coventry then got off the mark with a couple of Gareth Cull penalty goals. Hinton and Cull then exchanged penalty goals as the visitors led 15-9. Just before half time though Dave Slemen back on after his blood injury went over for a try and Hinton converted to sent them in 22-9 ahead at the break.
In the second half Coventry managed to cross the visitors line through prop Adrian Olver and then Cull added a late penalty to reduce the deficit to five points and claim the bonus point.
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Exeter Chiefs 54 (Tries: Kelly 2, Thomas 2, Yapp, Sanders, Trethewey, Richard Baxter. Cons: Yapp 7.)
Exeter’s improved form continued on Saturday with a comprehensive victory at College Grove keeping a clean sheet in the process.
Scrum half Hayden Thomas got them on the way with a try on eight minutes, which Tony Yapp converted for 7-0. Two more tries by half time saw them go in 19-0 ahead thanks to a double from full back Diarmuid Kelly.
In the second half they got five more tries with Tony Yapp getting the first on 55 minutes, Thomas completed a double and his replacement Ian Sanders round things off with a final try on 75 minutes. The win was enough to see them move up a place in the table above Otley.
London Welsh 37 (Tries: R Greenslade-Jones, Pugh, Lewsey, Johnson. Cons: Pugh 4. Pens: Pugh 3.)
Penzance & Newlyn 5 (Try: Newton.)
Comprehensive win for London Welsh after they lost narrowly down in Penzance a few weeks back.
Winger Rory Greenslade Jones got the home side off to a great start with a try on two minutes, which the boot of the reliable Dylan Pugh converted.
Second row Andy Johnson got the second try on 14 minutes and again Pugh added the extras for 14-0.
Pugh then slotted over three penalty goals to help his side establish a 23-0 lead. In injury time at the end of the half they went further ahead with scrum half Tom Lewsey scoring and Pugh converting for a 30-0 half time lead.
In the second half it took the home side till the 70th minute to build on their lead with Pugh helping himself to a try, which he also converted.
The final score of the match was a consolation try from Richard Newton for the Pirates.
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