HARTPURY RFC suffered a sixth successive Championship defeat as Chinnor overturned a 12-point deficit to secure a convincing 36-12 victory at the 4ED Stadium on Sunday.

The hosts made an encouraging start and looked capable of ending their losing run after scoring twice inside the opening quarter of an hour.

Scrum-half Cai Gealy struck first after just eight minutes, finishing from close range when Hartpury drove a lineout towards the visitors' try line.

Another driving maul then brought a penalty try, with Chinnor flanker Will Cave sent to the sin-bin for illegally stopping the attack.

However, the visitors responded immediately despite their numerical disadvantage, as lock Conor Brockschmidt crossed following a Hartpury knock-on from the restart.

Chinnor continued to build momentum, with scrum-half Callum Pascoe finishing beneath the posts after Ben Currie broke through the home defence.

Captain Alun Walker then scored in the corner shortly before the half-time whistle to give the visitors a 19-12 advantage at the interval.

Any hopes of a Hartpury comeback faded after the break as Chinnor took complete control and kept the home side scoreless throughout the second half.

Walker grabbed his second try from another lineout drive before winger Kieran Goss went over out wide as the visitors stretched their lead.

Replacement Scott Hall completed the scoring with 12 minutes remaining, finishing a sweeping attack featuring several offloads from halfway.

The result marked Chinnor's first victory over Hartpury and left the Gloucestershire side rooted to the bottom of the Championship table.

Hartpury have not won since beating Caldy 42-40 on the opening weekend of the campaign, and have now lost all six matches since.

They will attempt to halt that miserable run when they travel to newly promoted Rotherham Titans on Saturday, November 14, with a much-needed response required after another difficult afternoon.