Just one place separated both teams on the league table before kickoff but Luton’s brutal attack proved too much, as they ran in 11 tries to move them within three points of top of the table, Eton Manor.

Luton were on top from the first whistle and scored after just three minutes when Ben Murphy burrowed his way over after a driving maul got the hosts close to the Chingford’s try line, Chris Talanoa added the conversion to give Luton a seven point lead.

The hosts had the chance to extend their lead in the fifth minute but Talanoa pushed the penalty wide of the posts and the visitors responded well to get themselves on the board through a Dan Broughtwood penalty after Tom Mahendren was penalised for not releasing in the tackle.

Luton continued to look threatening on every attack and in the 15th of the game, when centre Steve Ellis gathered the ball inside his own 10m line before stepping two players to race 40 metres down field before off loading to Talanoa, who then avoided three defenders to feed Michael Weston who then pushed off a couple of defenders to get within five metres of the try line before passing the ball to Ellis to score under the post for a converted try.

Ellis was in for his second, two minutes later when he forced his way through the visitors defence before racing 30m to touch down in the corner for another converted try.

Luton were in again four minutes later when good pressure in the scrum forced the ball out to allow scrum-half Robbie Smith to pick up and race 30m to score under the post for a converted try.

It got even worse for the visitors as they were reduced to 13 men within the space of a minute, when Michael Christaki and Jesse Milne were both shown yellow for being off their feet in the ruck.

Luton made them pay three minutes later when a superb delayed pass by Ellis sent Craig South racing clear before he drew in the full-back to feed Adam Harris who then placed down under the posts for another converted try.

Chingford gave themselves something to build on in the second half when Adam Batt raced clear to score in the corner to take the half time score to 35-8 Luton.

It didn’t take Luton long to get into their stride in the second half as, South broke through Chingford’s initial defensive line before throwing a long pass out wide to Talanoa who then helped it onto Jake Hobbs who raced 30m to score in the corner for a converted try in the 45th

Luton was then sent down to 14 men in the 50th minute when Mahendren was sin-binned for throwing a punch.

But this didn’t affect Luton and they was in for another try four minutes later when Tom Wilmore raced down the right wing before off loading to Weston who touched down under the post for a converted try.

And the hosts were in again just three minutes later when a sweeping move from a scrum created an overlap to allow Chris Davis to dive in at the corner for an unconverted try.

Luton were ripping through Chingford’s defence at free-will now and Smith was in for his second try of the game in the 60th minute when Jack Elston broke clear to feed Smith who then raced under the post for a converted try.

Chingford finally asserted some pressure onto Luton’s defence in the 67th minute and after a period inside the hosts 22m, Tom Lowry forced his way over with Broughtwood converting to take the score to 61-15 Luton.

This only seemed to spur Luton on and they responded three minutes later through J. Hobbs who crossed in the corner for a converted try after a slick passing move created room for the centre to touch down.

J.Hobbs finished off proceedings with his hat-trick, when he picked up a loose ball to race 60m to score under the post, Talanoa added his tenth conversion to take the final score to 75-15.

Match day photographs can be found at Ian Nancollas Images

Luton Team: Sam Pacey, Ben Murphy, Jack Elborne (Mark Tindall 45), Craig South, Tom Albone Karl Roddell 40), Adam Harris, Jack Elston, Michael Weston, Robbie Smith, Chris Talanoa, Chris Davis (Rik Hobbs 58), Steve Ellis, Jake Hobbs, Tom Mahendren.

T: Murphy, Ellis 2, Smith 2, Harris, J.Hobbs 3, Weston, Davis. C: Talanoa 10.

Chingford Team: Stephen Piper (Joe Perks 46), Billy Mackie, Michael Christaki, Nick Lynch, Chris Small, Stephen Carr, Kieran Bowling, Jesse Milne, David Duffus (Marcus Hughes 23), Adam Batt, David Howells, Dan Boughtwood, Jon Hollis, Tom Lowry, Luke Campbell.

T: Batt, Lowry. C: Boughtwood. P: Boughtwood

Referee: Alec Unsworth

Luton Man of Match: Craig South. His strong runs and defence gave Luton’s exciting backline a platform to work from.