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Blackheath 30 (Tries: Aseme, Allen, Boyle. Cons: McCashin 3. Pens: McCashin 3.)
Doncaster 0 (.)
Not quite sure what to make of this result as Blackheath inflicted only Doncaster’s second defeat of the season and stopped them scoring in the process as well.
Steve McCashin kicked a couple of early penalty goals to give the home side a 6-0 lead in the opening nine minutes. Then the back row pair of Ken Aseme and David Allen touched down for tries and with McCashin converting both they were 20-0 ahead after 33 minutes and they took that lead into the break.
In the second half it took 25 minutes for the score to change with McCashin putting over a third penalty goal. The win was wrapped up on 80 minutes when centre Jonathan Boyle scored the third Blackheath try and McCashin added the extras.
Esher 52 (Tries: Cormack, Moore 2, Clouston, Penalty try, Defty, O’Reilly. Cons: Hallett 4. Pens: Hallett 3.)
Launceston 12 (Tries: Lacey, Burnett. Con: Perry.)
Esher are safe in National Two for another season after this emphatic win over Launceston.
Neil Hallett gave them a fourth minute lead with a penalty goal and they got the first of their seven tries when NCA play of the Month Duncan Cormack went over for an 11th minute try which Hallett converted for 10-0. Two tries in two minutes put Esher in control with wing Matt Moore and centre Toby Clouston touching down in the 27tth and 28th minutes and with Hallett again on target they were 24-0 ahead. They were awarded a penalty try on 34 minutes and with Hallett doing the necessary they went in 31-0 ahead at the break and game won.
Launceston did get the first score of the second half with winger Martin Lacey touching down but two Hallett penalty goals in two minutes saw Esher go 37-7 ahead.
Three more tries saw the home side go into a 52-7 lead after 66 minutes as Moore completed a double. Launceston did manage the final score of the match but by then Esher were home and dry and looking forward to another season in National Two.
Harrogate 32 (Tries: Chester, Back, Cholewa, Boyle. Cons: Cholewa 3. Pens: Cholewa 2.)
Manchester 19 (Tries: Bramhall, Wilson, Wood. Cons: Bramhall 2.)
Huge win for Harrogate who are now out of the relegation zone with one match left, an away fixture at Waterloo which, if they win will see them safe in National Two for another season.
Harrogate had the better of the first half and went in 18-5 ahead, with Lee Cholewa scoring eight of the home sides points with a conversion and two penalties whilst scrum half Mark Chester and second row Brendan Back got the other points with a try each. Manchester scored a first half try through scrum half James Bramhall. In the opening nine minutes of the second half the home side scored two more tries to go into a commanding 32-5 lead thanks to tries from Cholewa and No 8 Andy Boyle and both were converted by Cholewa. Manchester did manage a couple more tries with one either side of the hour mark with fly half Andre Wilson and wing David Wood crossing the home try line and Bramhall converted them both.
Moseley 29 (Tries: N Bressington, McIntosh. Cons: Thomas 2. Pens: Thomas 5.)
Waterloo 25 (Tries: Kerfoot 2, Aikman. Cons: Hunter 2. Pens: Hunter 2.)
Moseley will have to settle for third place now with Newbury winning ay Stourbridge.
The home side made a good start and were 13-0 ahead after 16 minutes with a try from flanker Tom McIntosh converted by Ollie Thomas who kicked a penalty ether side of the try. Waterloo were off the mark on 24 minutes when scrum half Craig Aikman went in for a try and Neil Hunter converted. Before half time Thomas kicked a third penalty goal to see the home side go in 16-7 ahead.
Four minutes into the second half and it was game on with Waterloo getting a second try as winger Neil Kerfoot touched down to trail by just four points 16-12.
Four minutes later and the home side went 11 points clear with wing Nathan Bressington going over for his 16th try of the season and Thomas converted for 23-12.
Thomas and Hunter then kicked a couple of penalty goals each to make it 29-18 after 70 minutes. On 80 minutes Waterloo were back to within four with Kerfoot getting a second try, his 10th of the season, and Hunter converted.
Rosslyn Park 6 (Pens: Fennell 2.)
Nuneaton 29 (Tries: Jones 2, Williams, Gibson, Marshall, G Southwell. Cons: Cull 4. Pen: Cull.)
Nuneaton continue to give themselves hope after this big win over already relegated Rosslyn Park. The first half was a tight affair with the visitors going in 15-6 ahead with Jonathan Fennell kicking a couple of penalties for the home side. Nuneaton got two tries in the opening 40 minutes through wing Alex Williams and second row Chris Jones, Gareth Cull converted one of them and added a penalty goal.
In the second half Nuneaton ran in four unanswered tries with Jones completing a double with the final try in injury time.
Nuneaton picked up all five points and know they now have to win their final game at home to Stourbridge and hope Harrogate lose at Waterloo this weekend.
Stourbridge 12 (Tries: Penalty try, Hughes. Con: Hughes.)
Newbury 26 (Tries: Tuamoheloa 2. Cons: Harvey 2. Pens: Harvey 3. DG: Harvey.)
Newbury clinched second place and promotion to National One with this away success at Stourbridge and had to overcome a 12-0 half time deficit to do so.
It took till the 35th minute for the deadlock to be broken with the referee awarding the home side a penalty try and Duncan Hughes added the extras. Hughes then went in for a try on 40 minutes and the home side took a 12-0 lead into the break.
Newbury were off the mark early in the second half with two Dave Harvey penalty goals in the opening four minutes.
They were ahead on 50 minutes when flanker Johnny Tuamoheloa went over for a try and Harvey converted for 13-12. . Harvey added a third penalty goal on 50 minutes a when he dropped a goal in the 67th minute the visitors were 19-12 ahead.
They sealed the win with Tuamoheloa grabbing a second try on 69 minutes and Harvey again converting.
Wharfedale 13 (Tries: Meehan, Malherbe. Pen: Davies.)
Bracknell 9 (Pens: Frost 3.)
Wharfedale made sure they could not possibly go down with the win over Bracknell who now find themselves second bottom dropping two places after both Harrogate and Nuneaton won at the weekend.
Jonathan Davies kicked the home side ahead in the 5th minute but this was cancelled out when Andrew Frost kicked one for the visitors on 17 minutes. Two minutes later and Wharfedale were ahead again with fly half Chris Meenan touching down for an unconverted try. Frost added a second penalty goal before the break as Bracknell trailed 8-6.
Six minutes into the second half and the home side went further ahead with centre Chris Malherbe touching down and Wharfedale were 13-6 ahead.
Frost did pull three points back on the hour mark with a third penalty goal in what turned out to be the final score of the match.
Bracknell have to beat Blackheath next week to have a chance of avoiding the drop and need both Nuneaton and Harrogate to lose. |
