Five-try win takes Hornets into third
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From the scrum, Pointon fed Wheatcroft who found Callum Dacey appearing at first receiver to jink his way to the line. Wilson again converted.
That was it for the first half. Hornets did squander a chance from a penalty line-out 5m from the Hoppers line when the ball was overthrown and, right on the whistle, the Povoas brothers combined to almost score what would have been a spectacular end to end try had Henry not been tackled into touch by the last Hoppers defender. There was though little else of note to entertain the crowd.
After the break, Hornets soon extended their lead. A free kick on 35m gave Ben Pointon the opportunity to set off on one of his trademark runs deep into the Hoppers 22m but the move fizzled out when Hornets were forced into touch 6m out on the right. The danger seemed to have passed for Hoppers but an overthrown throw-in landed directly in the arms of Adam Johnson who had to do little more than fall over the line for his second score. Wilson added the extras to take the score to 3-21.
Ten minutes later, Hornets secured the bonus point. Hoppers lost the ball on halfway. Joe Glover collected the loose ball and put in a delightful grubber kick towards the corner. It looked as if Hoppers No. 8 Ben Dorrington had it covered but he failed to deal with the bobbling ball and a chasing Josh Smith collected. Smith only had to dot the ball down to score but Dorrington knocked the ball out of Smith’s hands as he went for the touch-down. The referee was not