Canterbury 30 Rosslyn Park 27

CANTERBURY staged a remarkable recovery to pip Rosslyn Park with the last kick of the match in National League Division 3 at Merton Lane on Saturday.

A Wessel Wolmarans penalty goal gave the city club maximum league points at the end of a stirring second-half fightback.

Referring to a first half which ended with the visitors leading 27-3, Canterbury head coach Danny Vaughan said: "We must learn to focus for 80 minutes. It's a mental thing."

An early Wolmarans penalty put the home side ahead, but Rosslyn Park then took command running in four tries.

But Canterbury were a side transformed after the break and four tries, two from Rowan O'Gorman, one from Andy Pratt and one from Chris Hinkins levelled matters before Wolmarans won it at the death.

Canterbury: G.De Kock, C.Littlechild (repl P.Gill), A.Pratt, P.Sykes, M.Melford, W.Wolmarans, N.Woodbridge, D.Weston, B.Kubainski, M.Pinnick (repl J.Forsyth), R.Keir, A.Bernthal (repl Z.Koller), C.Hinkins, T.Aistrope, R.O'Gorman.

* See Thursday's Kentish Gazette for a full report.