Canterbury 44 Chinnor 5

CANTERBURY ran in six trires tro secure a third league victory in a row against last year's South West 1 champions.

The home side were 11 points ahead by the break with James Reilly kicking two penalty goals before Gert De Kock seized on a mistake to dive in at the corner.

Five minutes after the re-start the game had been effectively settled as Pat Sykes twice carved through midfield, grabbing one try himself after earlier setting up Rowan O'Gorman.

Scrum-half Nicky Woodbridge's tap and go penalty on half-way produced the best try of the day as the scrum half danced down the left wing past bewildered defenders before giving Mike Melford the perfect off-load.

That score, converted by Reilly, came on the hour and the rest of the match, apart from a good solo effort by Chinnor wing Mike O'Mahony in the final minute, belonged to the city club.

Replacement Benn Smith was denied a try when he put a foot in touch but Canterbury had plenty in the locker and with 14 minutes remaining hooker Matt Ford was driven over from a maul.

The sixth and last touchdown saw De Kock, wrong-footing defenders in typical fashion, race 50 metres to leave David Dorton a simple conversion. Efficiency, plus a little flair, had won the day.

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