SATURDAY 18th FEBRUARY 2006

Pertemps Bees 23 (Tries: White, Gerry. Cons: Harvey 2. Pens: Harvey 3.). 

Exeter Chiefs 16 (Try: Yapp. Con: Yapp. Pens: Yapp 3.). 

Much needed win for the Pertemps Bees at home to Exeter Chiefs to move them six points clear of the relegation zone. .

Ben Harvey gave the Bees a 6-0 lead with two penalties in the opening 20 minutes. The Chiefs though took the lead in the 33^rd minute when fly half Tony Yapp went in for a try and added the conversion to make it 7-6. He extended the visitors lead with a late penalty goal to give them a 10-6 lead.

Four minutes into the second half and the Bees were back in front after second row Duncan White went in for a try and Harvey converted to make it 13-10.

Yapp levelled in the 66^th minute before Harvey gave the home side the lead again with a 71^st minute penalty goal.

They moved 10 points clear with a try from replacement Ben Gerry and Harvey converted to make it 23-13.

Yapp did slot over a late penalty goal to give them a losing bonus point but the Bees took four much needed points.

NEC Harlequins 52 (Tries: Monye 2, Jones 2, Duffy, Easter 2, Williams. Cons: Jarvis 4, Mehrtens 2.). 

Coventry 12 (Tries: Stewart, Moore. Con: Moore.). 

NEC Harlequins make it 19 in a row with this comfortable home win over Coventry in front of another bumper crowd of 8950.  

The Quins made a perfect start with winger Ugo Monye going in after just 18 seconds of the match for a 5-0 lead It was 10-0 on 16 minutes when Monye completed a double to move onto 13 for the season. Coventry did pull five points back with full back Apoua Stewart going over the home try line. 

Before the break prop Ceri Jones bagged a double and with Jarvis converting them both they went in 24-5 ahead.

Centre Gavin Duffy got the opening score of the second half 20 minutes in and Jarvis converted for 31-5. The visitors did pull seven points back when left wing James Moore went over and added the conversion to make it 31-12.

The Quins ran in three more tries in the final 15 minutes including a double from No 8 Nick Easter and a try for full back Tom Williams.

Nottingham 18 (Tries: Easter, Kay. Con: Stenhouse. Pens: Stenhouse 2.). 

Cornish Pirates 16 (Tries: Welding 2. Pens: Barlow 2.). 

Excellent home win for Nottingham over third placed Cornish Pirates to see them move up to eighth place in the table.   

It was the Pirates who did the scoring in the first half with winger Richard Welding bagging a brace with tries in the 13^th and 32^nd minutes and a half time lead of 10-0 as he took his try scoring tally for the season to 14 and back to the top of the try scorers list.

Two tries in the opening 10 minutes of the second half saw the home side go into a 12-10 lead as flanker Mark Easter and wing Joshua Kay went over for tries and Neil Stenhouse added a conversion.

The Pirates regained the lead with Tom Barlow putting over two penalty goals in a minute to make it 16-12 after 59 minutes.

Neil Stenhouse kicked the home side to victory with penalty goals on 77 and then deep into injury time to snatch the win. 

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Otley 25 (Tries: Steele, Whatmuff, Scully. Cons: Kitching 2. Pens: Kitching 2.). 

London Welsh 28 (Tries: Cox, Fitzgerald, Meenan, Ritchie. Cons: Pugh 4.).  

London Welsh snatched a late injury time win at Otley to take five points and move eight points clear of the relegation zone. .

The home side were first on the scoreboard when hooker Ben Steele went over the Welsh line for 5-0 after three minutes. The visitors were ahead seven minutes later when flanker Paul Cox went in and Dylan Pugh converted for 7-5. 

Three minutes later Otley took the lead again when centre Robert Whatmuff went over and this time Robin Kitching converted for 12-7.

Kitching extended the lead with two penalty goals in the 26^th and 30^th minutes.

Just as half time was approaching the visitors were right back in the match with No 8 Matt Fitzgerald touching down and Pugh adding the conversion to go in four points down 18-14. 

Eight minutes into the second half and the Welsh full back Mark Meenan went over the Otley line, Pugh converted, and they were 21-18 ahead.

Otley regained the lead again on the hour when scrum half Dave Scully went over the Welsh line and Kitching converted for 25-21. 

The winning score came in the 3^rd minute of injury time with hooker Chris Ritchie going in and Pugh converted.

Plymouth Albion 27 (Tries: Sestaret, Barnes, Arscott. Cons: Hayes 3. Pens: Hayes, Defty.). 

Doncaster 25 (Tries: Cannon, Penalty try, Cook. Cons: Liley 2. Pens: Liley 2.). 

Plymouth snatched a late win at Brickfields against Doncaster to move back into fourth spot in the league table. 

At half time they looked on their way to a home victory leading 24-8. They ran in three tries with wing Nicholas Sestaret getting the first in the 2^nd minute and second row Tommy Hayes slotted over the conversion after taking on the kicking duties in the absence of regular kicker Nat Saumi. He added a penalty goal and then converted tries from fly half Ed Barnes and full back Luke Arscott. For the visitors centre John Cannon went over and Rob Liley added a penalty goal.

In the second half Liley pulled three points back with a 44^th minute penalty goal. They were than awarded a penalty try on 52 minutes and Liley converted to make it 24-18. They took the lead in the 79^th minute when Oliver Cook playing on the wing instead of his normal position in the back row went over in the corner to make it 24-23; Liley made a difficult touchline conversion and Doncaster took the lead for this first time in the match 25-24. 

The match was won when replacement Nick Defty put over an injury time penalty goal which denied Doncaster their first away win of the season.

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Earth Titans 9 (Pens: Whitehead 2. DG: Whitehead.). 

Bedford Athletic 29 (Tries: Moir 2, Brooks, Paramore. Cons: Hepher 4. Pen: Hepher.). 

Bedford Blues bounced back from last Sunday’s defeat at the Cornish Pirates with this thorough win over the Earth Titans at Clifton Lane.  

The damage was done by half time with the visitors building up a 24-9 lead.

The Titans took the lead when Michael Whitehead dropped a 5^th minute goal. The Blues were in front on 18 minutes when prop John Brooks, went over for a try and Ali Hepher converted. Six minutes later they went further ahead with flanker Junior Paramore going over and again Hepher converted. Whitehead kicked a penalty for the home side but the Blues went further ahead on the half hour mark with a third try as right wing Craig Moir went over and Hepher added the extras for 21-6. Whitehead and Hepher exchanged penalty goals in the final 10 minutes of the half.

The only score in the second half was a fourth try for the Blues as Moir completed a double and Hepher converted just six minutes into the second half in what was the final score of the match as the final 34 minutes remained scoreless.  

Sedgley Park 35 (Tries: Woof, Oxley, Feeley 2, Hall. Cons: Jones 2. Pens: Jones 2.). 

Newbury 35 (Tries: Radbourne, Smaje, Bingham, Simpson Daniel. Cons: Cons: Feeney 3. Pens: Feeney 3.). 

This game could have gone either way before both sides had to settle for three points as they both also picked up a four try bonus point as well.  

Newbury were first on the scoreboard with second row Tom Radbourne going over for a 2^nd minute try converted by Blair Feeney.

Park got back in the match with a Phil Jones penalty goal and when centre Shaun Woof went over for a 19^th minute try, Jones converted and they were 10-7 up and when Jones added a second penalty goal they were 13-7 ahead.

Feeney pulled three points back with a penalty goal but hooker Richard Oxley got the second home try on the half hour mark and the home side went in 18-13 ahead after Feeney pulled back another three points with a penalty goal.

Just two minutes into the second half and Newbury were ahead after scrum half Dan Smaje went over and Feeney converted, he added a penalty goal and when he converted a try from wing Kenneth Bingham on 49 minutes they were 30-18 ahead.

Park came back six minutes later with wing Jon Feeley going over quickly followed by the other wing Chris Hall and Jones converted this time to see the home side draw level at 30 all after 59 minutes.   

In the 75^th minute replacement scrum half Mark Simpson Daniel went over the home line to make it 35-30 with time running out.

Park snatched a draw in the 79^th minute when Feeley completed a double but as with the final Newbury try the conversion was off target and they shared the points.       

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