Chester are back on track after victory

occasion. Ten minutes later, the hosts bagged another unconverted try as winger Vare was on hand to finish off a snipe from scrum-half Thomas Holloway. Harrogate replied less than a minute later as centre Keane Naylor finished off an outside break from a lineout to cross for a consolation score.

But the hosts had the final say when man of the match Thomas Foden broke through in the final minute and passed back inside for wing Preston to sprint over for the bonus point try. CHESTER returned to winning ways with a bonus point victory over strugglers Harrogate at Hare Lane.

Having been beaten away to Leicester Lions last time around, scores by Shaun Strudwick, Alick Croft, Harrison Vare and James Preston ensured Chester were on the right end of a bonus-point win.

It took ten minutes for the hosts to break the deadlock, with prop Strudwick receiving an offload before stepping the full-back to cross for a fine individual score. After slotting over the conversion, fly-half Callum Bennett extended their lead with two penalties before Harrogate outside-half Samuel Fox got the visitors on the scoreboard from the tee on the stroke of half-time.

Chester stretched themselves further ahead in the second-half as Croft forced his way over from a lineout although Bennett could not bisect the posts on this