Taylor scores four tries in Foresters’ win

NATHAN Taylor denied Bishop’s Stortford a comeback victory as he scored all four tries for Cinderford in their 24-22 National League One win at Dockham Road.

With the conditions in their favour the Foresters dominated in the first half winning multiple scrum penalties for consistently driving Stortford backwards.

All the Cinderford tries in the first half were identical to one another, as three driving mauls from line outs led to Taylor keeping control at the back and finding his way over the line.

Mike Austin converted two out of three, but Stortford did manage to squeeze one try into the first half as they found themselves with a scrum under the posts.

They sent the ball out to Joshua Stannard who took a dive to the line. Lloyd missed the conversion, however his successful penalty earlier in the half meant that the half time score was 19-8.

Cinderford appeared to lose their spark in the second half as Stortford stepped up a gear.

The visitors scored a terrific try as quick hands to the wing drew the home defence in leaving space for Jake Morris to sprint to the line, Lloyd adding the extras.

After multiple phases just short of their try line, Alex Rayment grasped another five points for Stortford as he dodged the Cinderford defence, the score converted by Powell to put the visitors 22-19 ahead.

Tensions were high in the last 10 minutes as Cinderford made it back into the attacking half.

After a long hard fight against a strong Stortford defence, Cindy stuck to what they know best and kicked a penalty into the corner for the line out, which allowed Taylor to score the winning try out the back of a maul. Cinderford: Morgan Adderlyjones, Mason Tonks, Will Baldwin, George Boulton, Will Gilderson, Mike Wilcox, Mike Austin, George Porter, Nathan Taylor, Shaun Knight, Tyler Jerrum, Jack Shields, Matt Lane, Joe Mullis, Harry Hone (capt) Replacements: Alex Chalkin, Tim Brockett, Dan Hodge, George Angell, Jimmy Williams.