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Bedford Blues 33 (Tries: Paramore, Dickson, Strauss. Cons: Hinton 3. Pens: Hinton 4.)
Bristol Shoguns 20 (Tries: Cox, Strange. Cons: Strange 2. Pens: Strange 2.)
Champions Bristol Shoguns were beaten at Goldington Road by Bedford Blues on Saturday in front of a 3000 plus crowd.
The Shoguns took the lead with Jason Strange kicking a 10th minute penalty goal which was cancelled out five minutes later by Leigh Hinton the hero from Twickenham the week before. Strange kicked a second penalty goal but the home side took the lead on 19 minutes when No 8 Junior Paramore went over for a try and Hinton converted for 10-6.
The Shoguns were back in the lead on 24 minutes with Strange going over for a try and added the conversion for 13-10. Bedford levelled before the break with Hinton kicking a penalty goal.
Five minutes into the second half and Bristol were ahead with a try from centre Sam Cox and with Strange again on target they were 20-13 ahead.
Hinton pulled six points back with penalty goals in the 66th and 67th minutes.
They were in front on 69 minutes with a try from replacement back Karl Dickson, Hinton converted and then four minutes later converted a try from flanker Nic Strauss and the Blues had pulled off a shock win.
Exeter 35 (Tries: Kingdom, M Fatialofa, Murdoch, A Staniforth. Cons: Yapp 2, Kingdom. Pens: Yapp 3.)
Pertemps Bees 17 (Tries: Martin, Carter, Jenner. Con: Walsh.)
Exeter moved to within five points of the leaders with this home win over out of form Pertemps Bees.
The Chiefs opened up a 16-0 lead in the opening 25 minutes with centre Mark Fatialofa touching down and the boot of Tony Yapp contributing 11 points with a conversion and three penalty goals. Full back Simon Martin got the Bees on the scoreboard with a try on 26 minutes but the home side went 23-5 ahead on 35 minutes with left wing Alistair Murdoch going over for a try and Yapp converted. Before the half time break the Bees did go over for a second try to trail 23-10 after 40 minutes.
In the second half Full back Gary Kingdom got the third Chiefs try 14 minutes into the half and No 8 Jim Jenner replied for the visitors.
Exeter did not secure the bonus point till three minutes into injury time with replacement Adam Staniforth going in for the try and with that point could still finish level on points with Bristol.
Henley Hawks 19 (Try: Smaje. Con: Honeyben. Pens: Honeyben 4.)
Rotherham 16 (Try: Wood. Con: Benson. Pens: Benson 3.)
Henley Hawks are relegated after this win as they failed to secure the bonus point which the Welsh managed at Nottingham.
The Hawks got a great start with a try on two minutes form scrum half Dan Smaje which Matt Honeyben converted for 7-0.
John Benson got the Yorkshire side back in it with two quick penalty goals in the 10th and 14th minutes. Honeyben and Benson exchanged penalties before the half time whistle as the home side went in 10-9 ahead.
In was till 23 minutes in that the score changed in the second half with Honeyben making it 13-9 with a penalty goal.
A minute later it was all change with Rotherham going over for a try with wing Michael Wood finishing it off and Benson converted to make it 16-113 to Rotherham.
Honeyben though kicked the home side to victory with penalty goals on 67 minutes levelling it and then on 74 minutes they took the lead with Honeyben’s fourth of the afternoon.
Nottingham 30 (Tries: Fowkes, Easter, Wyles, Loney, Jackson. Con: Stenhouse. Pen: Stenhouse.)
London Welsh 40 (Tries: Meehan, Woods, Pugh, Bowley, Cadwallader. Cons: Pugh 3. Pens: Pugh 3.)
Just the win that London Welsh needed to make Henley unable to catch them in the fight to avoid relegation to National Two. The bumper crowd of over 2000 were treated to 10 tries, five in each half.
The Welsh had the better of the first half and went in 20-13 ahead at the break scoring three tries with full back Mark Meehan, fly half Dylan Pugh and flanker Richard Woods scoring them and Pugh adding five more points with the boot. For the home side there were tries for hooker Neil Fowkes and No 8 Mark Easter and Neil Stenhouse slotting over a penalty goal after missing both conversions.
Pugh extended the Welsh lead early in the second half but Nottingham were right back in it when replacement wing Thomas Wyles went in for a try and Stenhouse converted for 23-20.
Either side of the hour mark though the visitors changed the match with 17 unanswered points with tries for second row William Bowley and centre Alex Cadwallader, Pugh converted both and kicked a penalty goal for a 40-20 lead to the Welsh.
Nottingham did manage two late tries but by then it was all too late and the Welsh had guaranteed their National One survival.
Otley 24 (Tries: Sovatabua, Stockdale, Oakes. Cons: Binns 3. Pen: Binns.)
Plymouth Albion 17 (Tries: Friswell, Penalty try, Schusterman. Con: Carrington.)
Despite this victory over Plymouth Albion Otley actually dropped a place in the league table with Penzance overtaking them after their big win over Orrell on Sunday.
Most of the scoring came in the opening 40 minutes with Albion going in 17-14 ahead.
Otley opened up a 14-5 lead with tries form wing Waisale Sovatabua and flanker Matt Stockdale which were both converted by Simon Binns whilst hooker Stuart Friswell went over for Albion. In the final ten minutes of the half Albion were awarded a penalty try and flanker Martin Schusterman also crossed the Otley line and fly half Matt Carrington added a conversion.
Eight minutes into the second half and Otley were back in front with a try from second row Jason Oakes which Binns converted before adding a 54th minute penalty goal after Albion had No 8 Alfie Too’ala red carded for foul play in what turned out to be the final score of the match. .
Sedgley Park 22 (Tries: Feeley, Welding, Holtzhausen. Cons: Feeney 2. Pen: Feeney.)
Coventry 44 (Tries: Richards, Davies, Farani, Johnson 3, Clapham. Cons: Davies 3. Pen: Davies.)
This match was in the balance for the first hour before the visitors scored four tries in the final quarter to pull clear and win.
Coventry took a 10-0 lead with full back Richard Davies scoring a 12th minute try which he converted and then slotted over a penalty goal in the 18th minute. Park were of the mark on 20 minutes with winger Jon Feeley going in for his 13th try of the season and Blair Feeney converted. Coventry went back into a 10 point lead with a try from right wing Craig Richards which Davies converts. With half time approaching second row Louiz Holtzhausen touched down for the home side and with Feeney converting the home side were three points adrift at the break.
Two minutes into the second half and the home side took the lead for the first time in the match with their other winger Richard Welding scoring his 11th try of the season, Feeney failed with the conversion but slotted over a penalty goal on 51 minutes to help his side into a 22-17 lead.
Coventry regained the lead five minutes later with a try from No 8 Dan Farini which Davies converted to put Coventry 24-22 ahead going into the final quarter.
This was where Coventry pulled ahead with Richard scoring three tries in nine minutes to take his tally to four for the match and left wing Kurt Johnson finished of the scoring with the final try four minutes into injury time.
Penzance & Newlyn 50 (Tries: K James 2, Davies, Jarvis, Pellow, Paver, Makin, Bearman. Cons: Jarvis 5.)
Orrell 14 (Tries: Viney, Briers. Cons: Moore 2.)
Penzance & Newlyn were convincing winners over Orrell and with the four try bonus point moved above Otley into fourth spot in the National League table. They had secured the bonus point by half time with four tries after Orrell had taken the lead in the 8th minute through wing Oliver Viney and a James Moore conversion. They had built up a 24-7 lead at half time and scored four more tries in the second half to go 50-7 ahead before Orrell scored the final try. Five of the home tries came from the backs and three from the forwards including efforts form the front row pair of Alan Paver and Nick Makin.
If the Pirates can win at Henley in the final game of the season and pick up a bonus point to maintain fourth spot it will be a fantastic achievement. |
