Nat 1 Round-up


By Tony
December 5 2006

Here’s a round up of all the National Division One games played last weekend. The round up has been compiled by Stephen McCormack on behalf of the RFU.

NATIONAL ONE ROUND-UP

Bedford Blues 34 (Tries: Dickson (13), Harding 2 (17, 25), Penalty try (68), Strauss (79). Cons: Pritchard 3. Pen: Pritchard (8).  

Moseley 10 (Try: Knight (80). Con: Thomas. Pen: Thomas (40).  

Bedford Blues were home winners over struggling Moseley at Goldington Road.

James Pritchard kicked the home side in front with an 8th minute penalty goal. Five minutes later and scrum half Karl Dickson touched down and Pritchard converted for 10-0. A quick double for flanker Sasha Harding saw the home side move 22-0 ahead Late in the half the visitors were off the mark with Oliver Thomas putting over a penalty goal.      

The third quarter was scoreless but in the fourth quarter the Blues went over for a couple of tries, a penalty try and one for flanker Nick Strauss.    

The visitors did manage a try late in the game when scrum half Paul Knight went over for a consolation score and Thomas converted.

  

Exeter Chiefs 22 (Tries: Walker (19), Brown (40), Luff (41). Cons: Yapp. Pen: Yapp (13).  

Pertemps Bees 11 (Try: Qera (68). Pens: Nutthal 2 (12, 24).    

Exeter are up into the top half of the table after this home win over Pertemps Bees.

The Bees took the lead on 12 minutes when Matthew Nutthal put over a 12th minute penalty goal. A minute later and the Chiefs were level with Tony Yapp putting over a penalty goal. Six minutes later and the Chiefs were in front with flanker Tony Walker going over the Bees line and Yapp converted for 10-3.

Nutthal pulled three points back with a penalty goal but a try from second row Ian Brown saw the Chiefs go in 15-6 ahead.

A minute into the second half and the Chiefs were 22-6 ahead with wing Jason Luff touching down.      

The Bees did manage to cross the home line with flanker Akapusi Qera touching down late in the half but by then the result was not in doubt.  

 

Doncaster 52 (Tries Forster 3 (3, 13, 28), Bailey (5), Carter (20), Earnshaw (37), Woodrow (42), Kenworthy (51). Cons: Woodrow 6.    

Sedgley Park 17 (Tries: Skurr 2 (61, 67), Hall (76). Con: Jones.   

The home side got off to a flyer with two tries in the first five minutes from flanker Jason Forster and wing Paul Bailey and with Woodrow converting one of them they were 12-0 ahead. By the end of the first quarter the home side had the four try bonus point in the bag with Forster getting a second try and full back Anthony Carter getting the other. Forster completed a hat trick in the 28th minute to take his total for the season to 16 and with No 8 Russell Earnshaw getting the 6th try on 37 minutes the home side went in 38-0 ahead.

Two tries in the first 11 minutes of the second half saw the home side pass the 50 point mark.

In the final quarter the visitors took over the scoring with three tries including a doubler from No 8 Jon Skurr and one for right wing Chris Hall.     

 

Earth Titans 56 (Tries: Conroy (8), Feeley (10), Penalty Try (19), Fourie (37), Burke (45), McCormish (48), Tuohy (55), Jacobsz (58). Cons: Steenson 8. 

Coventry 10 (Try: O’ Connor (4). Con: Russell. Pen: Russell (24).   

The Titans maintain third place after this comprehensive win over Coventry running in eight tries and Gareth Steenson converted them all.

It was Coventry who took the lead in the fourth minute when openside flanker John O’Connor went over for a try and Ben Russell converted.

The lead lasted just four minutes before hooker Nigel Conroy crossed the Coventry line and Steenson converted. Two minutes later and the Titans were in front after winger Jonathan Feeley touched down to Steenson added the conversion.

They got try number three on 19 minutes when they were awarded a penalty try and went 19-7 up. Russell pulled three points back for the visitors but by half time the home side had the bonus point secured when flanker Hendrie Fourie went over and again Steenson converted to make it 28-10 at half time.

Four tries in the third quarter took the home side into an unassailable 56-10 lead after 58 minutes but that was the end of the scoring with the fourth quarter scoreless. 

 

London Welsh 7 (Try: Hayward (48). Con: Ulph.    

Plymouth Albion 55 (Tries: Arscott (1), Rice (6), Barnes (10), Van Eyk (17), Zimmerman (29), Sestaret (36), Oxley (62), Lowrie (72), Cane (77). Cons: Neethling 2, Barnes, Van Eyk 2.)   

Plymouth Albion maintain second place in the table after this comfortable away win against London Welsh.  

Albion were ahead in the first minute with winger Tom Arscott touching down and just five minutes later they had a second as prop Martin Rice went over and this time Wihan Neethling converted.

They had the four try bonus point in the bag after 17 minutes with tries from fly half Ed Barnes and centre Regart Van Eyk and with Neethling adding another conversion to make it 24-0. By half time they had two more tries with prop Scott Zimmerman and wing Nicholas Sestaret to lead 34-0 at half time.

Eight minutes into the second half and the Welsh were on the scoreboard as centre Duncan Hayward went over and Sam Ulph converted.

After that it was one way traffic with Albion running in three tries in the fourth quarter to round off the win.  

 

Leeds Tykes 45 (Tries Lock (5), Welding 2 (12, 26), Cusack (23), Hughes (59), Holtby 2(65, 78).  Cons: Vasey 5.)  

Newbury 13 (Try: Roberts (45). Con: Walsh. Pens: Walsh 2 (13, 52).   

Leeds Tykes maintained top spot in the National One table with this comfortable win at home to Newbury.

Flanker Mark Lock gave the Tykes a 5th minute led with the games opening try and Richard Vasey converted for 7-0.  It was 14-0 after 12 minutes when winger Richard Welding touched down. Tim Walsh pulled three points back for the visitors but with prop Michael Cusack and Welding getting another try they went 28-3 up after 26 minutes and had the bonus point secured.

The home side scored three further tries in the second half including a double from the other winger John Holtby. The visitors did manage a try when full back Mal Roberts got the opening score of the second half for his 10th try of the season. 

 

Nottingham 35 (Tries: Hall (8), Duffey 2 (13, 76), Loney (36), Coles (65). Cons: Barlow 2. Pens: Barlow 2 (18, 54).  

Otley 22 (Try: Smith (59). Con: Binns. Pens: Binns 5 (4, 22, 24, 34, 43).   

Nottingham are up to 10th in the table after this home win over Otley.

Otley took an early lead when Simon Binns put over a 4th minute penalty goal.

Four minutes later and prop Nigel Hall went over the Otley line and they were 5-3 ahead. Five minutes later they went further ahead when hooker Joe Duffey touched down and this time Tom Barlow converted. before adding a penalty goal to make it 15-3 after 18 minutes. Binns then put over three penalty goals to make it 15-12 after 34 minutes.

Before the break Nottingham got a third try with flanker Alex Loney going in for an unconverted try to make it 20-12 at half time.

Binns and Barlow exchanged penalty goals early in the second half before Otley got back to within a point with a try from wing Danny Smith and Binns converted to make it 23-22. Nottingham pulled clear with tries from Warren Coles and a second for Duffey made it 35-22 with four minutes remaining.   

 

Cornish Pirates 36 (Tries: Winnan, 5), Cracknell 2 (19, 76), Betty (24), Bell (51), Hylton (54). Cons: Di Bernardo 3.  

Waterloo 18 (Tries: McKay (15), Lyon (64). Con: Loader. Pens: Loader 2 (27, 43).   

The Pirates maintain their 100% record at home with this win over Waterloo who beat them earlier in the season.

It took the home side five minutes to get on the scoreboard with full back Adryan Winnan touching down for a 5-0 lead. 10 minutes later and Waterloo took the lead with No 8 Rory McKay going over the Pirates line and Daniel Loader converted

Four minutes later flanker Chris Cracknell went over the Waterloo line and Alberto Di Bernardo converted. Five minutes later they increased their lead when flanker Sam Betty but three minutes later Loader pulled three points back to go in at the break trailing 17-10.   

Loader pulled three more points back early in the second half but two tries in three minutes from centre Duncan Bell and wing John Hylton and the home side were 31-13 ahead with Di Bernardo converting one of them.

Both sides scored tries in the four quarter with the result already decided.      

 

 

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