Their great escape

who sprinted over half the pitch to score.

Nottingham tighthead Xavier Valentine capitalised on a well-executed lineout maul to dot down his first try for theclub, but Hollingsworth crucially missed the conversion.

Nottingham’s penalty count continued to rack up, Chamberlain kicking another three points just before the half-hour mark.

Nottingham inside centre Javiah Pohe pushed through a number of bodies from a lineout catchand-drive to make it a onepoint game at half-time.

Scottish came out of the break and got within a whisker of Nottingham’s tryline. After stout try line defence kept them out for a while, Anyanwu found a gap, and after some chat between the ref and touch judge over whether it was held up, the try was given.

Nottingham wing Harry Graham created a chance on the left but openside Carl Kirwan mishandled the ball by the try line.

Full-back Jordan Olowofela’s quick feet saw his shimmer past two defenders to score. And then it was hands-in-mouth stuff at either end. Nottingham wing David Williams

nearly scored, and Exiles pair Hayden Hyde and Dan Nutton both had chances late on as Scottish held on.

J Olowofela 6, D Williams 6, Neville 5 (Green 48, 5), Pohe 5, Graham 5, Hollingsworth 6 (Bunting 48, 5), Stronge 6 (Slatem 67, 5); Sio 5 (T Williams 53, 5), Dickinson 5 (Clayton 51, 5), Valentine 7 (Richardson 67, 5), Maloney 5, Hall 5 (Bundy 24, 5), Cox 5, Kirwan 7 (Wright 70, 5), Poullet (c) 5

Anderson 8, Mehson 6, Anyanwu 8 (Ingall 70, 5), Hyde 7, Cleaves 5, Chamberlain 9, Nutton 8 (Petrozzi 70, 5); Prior 7 (Charalambous 70, 6), Musk 6 (Jibulu 70, 5), Rees (c) 7 (Litterick 53, 5), Jurevicius 6 (Southon 67, 5), Ransom 6, Trenholm 5, Ingall 6, King 5 (Taulani 51, 5)

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