Nat 1 Round-up

Waterloo 0    

Doncaster 44 (Tries: Forster 3 (15, 40, 80), Gollings 2 (23, 76), Cannon (35), Woodrow (51), Cannon 35, Carter (70). Cons: Woodrow, Gollings.

Doncaster moved to the top of the league table with this emphatic away win at bottom of the table Waterloo running in eight tries.

Leading the way was captain and flanker Jason Forster who bagged a hat trick to take his total to 20 for the season.

They were 22-0 up at half time and had the four try bonus point wrapped up already, their 11^th of the season the joint highest total in the division.

Earth Titans 22 (Try: Penalty try (29). Con: Steenson. Pens: Steenson 5 (9, 48, 59, 65, 75).   

Leeds Tykes 19 (Try: Schusterman (39). Con: Hinton. Pens: Hinton 4 (15, 34, 37, 62)

Leeds Tykes lost top spot as they slipped down to third in the table after losing at Clifton Lane to the Earth Titans. 

The Titans took the lead when Gareth Steenson put over a 9^th minute penalty goal which Leigh Hinton cancelled out six minutes later. Just before the half hour mark referee Tim Wigglesworth awarded the Titans a penalty try and Steenson converted for 10-3. Hinton put over penalties on 34 and 37 minutes before converting a 39^th minute try from flanker Martin Schusterman to send the visitors in 16-10 ahead.

By the end of the third quarter in was all square after Steenson put over a couple of penalty goals.

Hinton edged the Tykes ahead again on 62 minutes but three minutes later it was all square again with Steenson’s 4^th penalty of the match. On 75 minutes he put over the winning kick and finished the match with 17 points to carry the Titans to victory.  

Plymouth Albion 22 (Tries: Arscott (13), Rice 2 (23, 43), Sestaret (62). Con: Barnes.)   

Bedford Blues 8 (Try: Kettle (39). Pen: Pritchard (30).

Albion are up into second place after this home win over Bedford Blues running in four tries to secure the four try bonus point.

Albion were ahead on 13 minutes when right wing Tom Arscott went over for a try and a 5-0 lead. 10 minutes later prop Martin Rice went over the Blues line and Albion were 10-0 ahead.

The Blues were back in it when James Pritchard put over a penalty goal and flanker Adam Kettle touched down to go in two points behind at the break.

Three minutes into the second half and Rice completed a double to make it 15-8.

They sealed the win on 63 minutes when their prolific try scorer winger Nicholas Sestaret went in for his 16^th try of the season and Ed Barnes converted in what turned out to be the final score of the match.

Otley 3 (Pen: Shuttleworth (13)   

Exeter Chiefs 34 (Tries: Barrett (4), A Fatialofa (8), Kelly (38), Walker (66). Cons: Yapp 4. Pens: Yapp (20), Staniforth (77).

The Chiefs got off to a great start and were 14-0 ahead after just eight minutes after tries from scrum half Kevin Barrett and centre Ali Fatialofa and Tony Yapp converted both.

Ian Shuttleworth, Otley fly half, and Yapp exchanged penalty goals before replacement Wade Kelly got the Chiefs third try just before the break Yapp converted and they went in 24-3 ahead.

It took till the 66^th minute for the next score as flanker Tony Walker secured the four try bonus point and Yapp again converted for 31-3. Adam Staniforth rounded off the win when he put over a 77^th minute penalty goal as the Chiefs took the win to move into seventh place in the league table.

London Welsh 6 (Pens: Mark 2 (24, 27.)   

Moseley 13 (Try: Bick (55). Con: Thomas. Pens: Thomas 2 (14, 80).

Moseley picked up an important win over fellow strugglers London Welsh to move out of the relegation zone and the Welsh replace them.

Ollie Thomas kicked a 14^th minute penalty goal to give Moseley the lead. Jon Marks then kicked the Welsh into a 6-3 lead with penalties in the 24^th and 27^th minutes and they took that lead into the break.

On 55 minutes the visitors went over for the games only try and hooker Dean Bick touched down and Thomas converted for 10-6. It was not till injury time that Moseley rounded of the win with Thomas putting over a second penalty goal.

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Coventry 29 (Tries: Sanders (31), Penalty try (43), O’Connor (45), Dixon (67), Toft (76). Cons: Russell 2.)   

Nottingham 12 (Tries: Springhall (79), Hall (80). Con: Stenhouse.)

After a quiet first half which saw the home side go in 7-0 ahead after a try from centre Donovan Sanders and Ben Russell converted for a 7-0 lead. 

Three minutes into the second half and Coventry were 14-0 ahead after they were awarded a penalty try and Russell again converted.

Two minutes later it was 19-0 after flanker John O’Connor touched down. Two more tries from wingers George Dixon and Ben Toft was them go 29-0 up after 76 minutes.

Nottingham finally managed it onto the scoreboard when replacement scrum half Rob Springhall and prop Nigel Hall late in the game but it was too late with the match already settled as Coventry moved above Nottingham into ninth place in the table.  

Pertemps Bees 8 (Try: Nutthall (22). Pen: Davies (62).    

Cornish Pirates 17 (Tries: Cowley (36), Heard (41). Cons: Di Bernardo 2. Pen: Di Bernardo (78).

The Pirates returned to winning ways with this away win at Pertemps Bees.

It was the Bees who took the lead when winger Matthew Nutthall went over for a try in the 22^nd minute which went unconverted.

With half time approaching the Pirates took the lead when No 8 Tim Cowley went over for a try and Alberto Di Bernardo converted for a 7-5 half time lead.

Early in the second half the Pirates went further ahead when prop Sam Heard went over and again Di Bernardo again converted.

Just after the hour mark Brad Davies put over a penalty goal for the home side to get them back within bonus point territory. With time running out Di Bernardo put over a penalty goal to seal the win for the visitors. 

Newbury AB   

Sedgley Park AB

Match abandoned after 17 minutes due to the weather conditions.