YOUTH: THREE TRIES ARE ENOUGH TO TOPPLE LONDON IRISH
Maidstone under-16s beat London Irish 24-20. Irish started the sharper, scoring an unconverted try after just two minutes but Maidstone stayed in touch with three points from an Oli Leyland penalty. A second Irish try put them 10-3 ahead but solid defence by the backs kept Maidstone in the game until the forwards started fully occupying their opposite numbers at the breakdown, allowing forays in to the Irish half. An
PW D L F A Ps Sidcup .......... 12 11 1 0 451 166 55 Havant .......... 12 9 1 2 512 208 47 Tun Wells...... 12 9 0 3 347 178 44 Tottonians..... 12 8 0 4 394 259 42 CS Rugby ...... 12 8 0 4 334 236 38 Gravesend .... 12 7 0 5 335 264 35 Cobham ........ 12 6 0 6 314 272 34 Chobham ...... 12 6 0 6 267 213 31 Sevenoaks .... 12 6 0 6 310 260 31 Maidstone..... 12 6 0 6 272 276 30 Chiswick ....... 12 4 0 8 250 345 14 Dover............ 12 2 0 10 148 565 10 Brighton........ 12 1 0 11 175 360 9 Gosport & F... 12 0 0 12 103 610 1 Results: Chiswick 68 Dover 0, Gravesend 37 CS Rugby 19, Havant 55 Cobham 10, Maidstone 20 Brighton 19, Sevenoaks 16 Sidcup 32, Tottonians 36 Chobham 35, Tunbridge Wells 97 opportunistic tap and go by scrum-half Leyland led to an unconverted try and more pressure won a penalty which captain Matthew Fairway kicked over for an 11-10 lead. Irish changed tactics for the start of the second half, relying on their forwards to make progress and to harry the half-backs. Maidstone’s forwards were, however, on top and a series of hard-hitting rucks resulted in prop Harvey Beaton going over to extend the advantage to six Gosport & Fareham 5. Fixtures: Brighton v Sevenoaks, Chobham v Havant, Cobham v Gravesend, CS Rugby v Chiswick, Dover v Tunbridge Wells, Gosport & Fareham v Maidstone, Sidcup v Tottonians. Thanet Wdrs . 10 8 0 2 329 149 41 Pulborough ... 10 8 0 2 308 187 41 Lewes........... 10 7 0 3 282 230 35 Haywrds Hth . 10 8 0 2 264 114 34 Folkestone .... 10 6 0 4 312 241 31 Eastbourne ... 10 4 0 6 189 239 21 Sheppey ....... 10 3 1 6 240 317 20 G’ham Anch .. 10 4 0 6 248 261 18 Park House ... 10 3 0 7 189 269 18 O D’stonians . 10 4 1 5 252 315 11 Ashford ......... 10 3 0 7 176 283 8 Aylesford ...... 10 1 0 9 151 335 6 Fixtures: Aylesford Bulls v Haywards points at 16-10. Leyland kicked a penalty to stretch the lead further but Irish got right back in it after winning a penalty of their own and scoring from a tap and go to reduce the gap to four points with six minutes left. No.8 Myles Fredericks then scored in the corner to put Maidstone 24-15 up, with Irish replying in the dying seconds. Maidstone: Beaton, Fairway, Martindale, Royden, Trumper, Hughes, Warby, Fredericks, Game, Gilligan; Leyland, Reeves, Skinner, Mulrooney, Hoyte, Faux, Roberts, Booker. Heath, Eastbourne v Folkestone, Gillingham Anchorians v Lewes, Old Dunstonians v Thanet Wanderers, Pulborough v Park House, Sheppey v Ashford. Hastings ....... 10 9 0 1 295 71 44 Cranbrook ..... 10 7 1 2 305 180 39 O Wills .......... 10 8 0 2 257 145 38 Beccehmian.. 10 6 0 4 195 196 28 HSBC ............ 10 5 1 4 224 261 28 Southwark .... 10 5 0 5 195 280 24 King’s Hosp .. 10 4 0 6 178 178 22 Sittingbrne .... 10 4 0 6 193 222 22 Vigo .............. 10 3 0 7 192 230 19 New Ash Grn. 10 3 0 7 175 235 15 Brockleians ... 10 3 0 7 130 257 14 Snowdown.... 10 2 0 8 145 229 6 Fixtures: Beccehamian v King’s College Hospital, Cranbrook v Brockleians, Hastings & Bexhill v Sittingbourne, HSBC v Old Williamsonians, New Ash Green v Snowdown CW, Southwark Lancers v Vigo. Bristol ............. 9 8 0 1 326 134 39 Lichfield.......... 9 7 0 2 312 153 36 Aylesford ........ 9 7 0 2 275 126 33 Saracens ........ 9 5 0 4 264 143 27 Worcester V .... 9 5 0 4 240 236 24 Richmond ....... 9 2 0 7 150 300 12 Darlington M ... 9 1 0 8 144 355 8 Wasps ............ 9 1 0 8 143 407 7 Results: Bristol 34 Worcester Valkyries 10, Darlington Mowden Park 15 Aylesford Bulls 29, Richmond 10 Saracens 52, Lichfield 75 Wasps 17. Fixtures: Saturday: Aylesford Bulls v Lichfield, Wasps v Richmond. Sunday: Bristol v Darlington Mowden Park, Worcester Valkyries v Saracens.