Davies ensures he has debut to savour

TRAILFINDERS launched a second half comeback to score 32 unanswered points and overturn a 28-12 deficit to take all five points.

Ben Ward’s trailed three tries to two at half-time and then watched as Mike Mayhew scored a fourth for last year’s runners- up.

Tries from Phil Chesters and Seb Nagle-Taylor gave them renewed belief and No.9 Josh Davies marked an impressive debut by dotting down twice.

Davies said: “The first half was a bit scrappy and three of our errors equated to three of their tries. Second half the effort was there and the accuracy was there. We got the momentum and we didn’t lose it.”

Ealing captain Chris York ran in an interception try with less than a minute on the clock before Cranegeie hit back through Oli Goss and Ollie Stedman.

Sam Rodman pulled one back for Ealing, but Ross Graham wiggled over before half time half.

Mayhew came off the bench to grab his first, but Chesters hit back after Davies had taken a quick penalty and Nagle-Taylor scored from a line-out.

Davies then scored two superb solo efforts before Rhys Crane opened his Ealing account for the season.

Mayhew grabbed his second from close range, but the home side enjoyed the last word when Lewis Jones scored his first try in a green and white shirt.

“At 28-12 we should have won the game, definitely,” Carnegie director of rugby Bryan Redpath said.