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Sat 13 Jan 2018  ·  Midlands 2 East (South)
Belgrave
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29
Luton Rugby Football Club
1st XV
Midlands 2 East (South): Belgrave 0 - 29 Luton

Midlands 2 East (South): Belgrave 0 - 29 Luton

Ian Nancollas16 Jan 2018 - 13:31
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Luton moved up to third in the Midlands 2 East (South) table after beating Belgrave 29-0 away from home.

Aiden Kenny, Ryan Staff and Tom Mahendren got a try each, while David Hamm made up the rest of the points with a score, a penalty and three conversions.

The result means Luton are five points behind second placed Market Harborough and six points off leaders Oadby Wyggestonians.

The first half lacked excitement, Hamm missed an early penalty from just beyond the 22-metre line to give the visitors the lead.

The fly half made up for the missed penalty as Dave Evans passed the ball out from the ruck to Mahendren, his pass caught well above his head by Hamm and the fly half dived over to make it 5-0. Hamm failed to convert.

Hamm made it 8-0 with a penalty from about 25 metres, minutes into the second half.

Staff then scored one of the tries of the season, the blindside flanker received the ball from Evans on his own 30-metre line and went on a fantastic run fooling the opposition winger with a dummy pass, skipping round the next attempted tackle and the other winger couldn’t stop him from putting the ball down between the posts. Hamm converted the simple conversion.

Belgrave conceded in quick succession as Kenny was found on the wing, 22-metres out by Rik Hobbs, the winger held off several players to just about squeeze his way over the line. Hamm converted brilliantly from the touchline to make it 22-0.

Mahendren scored to secure the bonus point victory after Evans went on a fantastic run making good ground, he laid it off to Hobbs just before being tackled, the latter passed it to Don Baiser Govere and he gave it to Mahendren, who dived over the line. Hamm’s boot added on the extras to make it 29-0.

Luton travel to eight placed Olney next weekend for their rearranged fixture.

Match details

Match date

Sat 13 Jan 2018

Kickoff

TBC

Competition

Midlands 2 East (South)

League position

3
Belgrave
4
Luton
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