A weakened Folkestone went down 24-14 to Park House after gifting the home side three tries the first 20 minutes in London South East 4 on Saturday.

So stretched were Folkestone's resources that no first string front row players were available and coach Lee Jeffery had to field five wingers in the the three-quarters.

The Park House right wing grabbed their first try, and after a penalty had stretched the lead to 8-0 the home side grabbed two more tries before the interval to open up an 18-0 lead.

Stones lost forwards Dave Easby and Paul Hodges in the second half leading to uncontested scrums but just before he went off Hodges set up Folkestone's first try, scored by Ben Brooks and converted by Seyhan Fell.

Another penalty saw Park House 21-7 ahead but Brooks then sent Ben Crawford through under the posts for a try which Fell converted before a third Park House penalty completed the scoring.