National League One

Blackheath 30

AFTER back-to-back home wins Cinderford went to Blackheath with high hopes, but a strong second half from the Londoners condemned Cinderford to another away defeat.

The match began well for Andy Deacon's men, with Mike Wilcox creating an unconverted try for winger Lloyd Stapleton.

A line-out catch and drive then enabled hooker Tom Bozzard to touch down, with Mark Davies kicking the conversion.

Cinderford continued to dominate but failed to take advantage of a couple of good scoring opportunities.

Former Cinderford fly-half Rory Teague opened Blackheath's account with a penalty.

The home side scored again when centre Richard Windsor went over for a try, which Teague converted.

A Mark Davies penalty right on the stroke of half-time put Cinderford 15-10 up at the interval.

It was a different story in the second half as Blackheath upped their game to take total control.

Influential scrum-half Jack Walsh darted over the whitewash, with Teague's conversion putting his team ahead.

Two further penalties from Teague stretched the lead and he also converted Richard Lankshear's try to put Blackheath out of sight at 30-15.

Cinderford grabbed a third try when Jack Preece scored from another line-out drive. Davies added the extras but they just missed out on a losing bonus point.

Cinderford: Mike Wilcox, Nev Codlin, Jack Adams, Dewi Scourfield (Kai Done 77), Lloyd Stapleton, Mark Davies, Danny Pointon, Joe Smart (Chris Bundy 57), Tom Bozzard (Jack Preece 59), Nick Selway, Ben West, Ed King (Dale Critchley 70), Luke Allen, Will Foden (capt, Rob Langley 57), George Evans.