Ealing Trailfinders vs Scarlets

Ealing Trailfinders reached the semifinals of the British and Irish Cup for the first time after they ran in 12 tries against the Scarlets Premiership Select XV.

It was a dominant performance from Ben Ward’s side and after an early scare they took a firm grip on proceedings and held it to the final whistle. Their physicality and organisation in defence stopped the Welsh side from breaking through and then when they went on the attack they were ruthless in taking their chances.

Nonetheless Scarlets started the stronger and after Gareth Owen had powered his way through the home side’s defence, his partner in the centres Richard Smith dotted down in the corner for a try that Billy McBryde converted.

Rory Clegg slotted a penalty to calm nerves and soon after Arthur Ellis took Rayn Smid’s pass to finish off a slick passing move.

Clegg added his second penalty and then his soft hands set Aled Jenkins free to wiggle through the Scarlets defence to round fullback Aled Thomas and score. Then as halftime drew nearer Curtis Wilson outpaced Scarlets captain Morgan Allen to gather his kick-through and touch down.

After the break there was no let-up and James Cordy-Redden took little time to score in the corner before fullback Will Harries swooped on a loose ball to scoot round behind the posts.

As the game opened up Smid and Mark Bright began to relish running at the Scarlets defence and both were rewarded by ending the match on the scoresheet.

Scarlets continued to give their all and while Jack Maynard added energy off the bench they were still unable to find a way past Ealing Trailfinders’ defence.

In the last 10 minutes Joe Munro, Lewis Jones and Josh Davies finished off swift counter-attacks to cap an impressive performance and set up a semifinal away to either Munster A or Ulster A over the first weekend of April.

Scorers
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Ellis 16, Jenkins 27, Wilson 38, 68 Cordy-Redden 44, 70, Harries 53, Smid 57, Bright 65, Davies 72, Lewis Jones 75, Munro 77), Conversions (Clegg 27, 38, 53, 57, 65, 70, 72, 75, 77), Penalties (Clegg 11, 22)
Scarlets Premiership Select
Tries (Richard Smith 6), Conversions (McBryde 6)

Ealing Trailfinders
Will Harries, James Cordy-Redden, Aled Jenkins, Joe Munro, Curtis Wilson, Rory Clegg, Luke Carter; Will Davis, Alun Walker, Lewis Thiede, Llewelyn Jones, Glen Townson, Rayn Smid, Arthur Ellis, Mark Bright (captain)
Reserves
Matt Cornish, James Gibbons, Alex Penny, Harry Casson, Willie Ryan, Josh Davies, Lewis Jones

Scarlets Premiership Select
Aled Thomas, Tom Williams, Richard Smith, Gareth Owen, Matthew Owen, Billy McBryde, Declan Smith; Luke Garett, Daf Hughes, Nicky Thomas, Josh Helps, Rynier Barnardo, Jack Condy, Tom Phillips, Morgan Allen (captain)
Reserves
Rhys Fawcett, Taylor Davies, Haven Sabastian, Joe Powell, Shaun Evans, Connor Lloyd, Jack Maynard

Referee – Nigel Correll
Attendance – 650
STORM Watches Man of the Match – Curtis Wilson

Yorkshire Carnegie vs Ealing Trailfinders

Ealing Trailfinders were unable to hold onto their unbeaten run in the British and Irish Cup, but their losing bonus point ensured that they finished top of Pool 5, two points ahead of their hosts at Scarborough RFC and so qualify for the quarterfinals for the first time.

Luke Carter scored an early try that new signing Rory Jennings converted and after the fly-half added a penalty the visitors led 10-0. While Andy Saull and Michael Cusack scored tries for the hosts that Warren Seals converted, they were unable to score the points they needed to be in with a chance of winning the pool.

Ealing Trailfinders took control of the match early on thanks chiefly to the pack that used the rolling maul to suck in numbers and put pressure on Carnegie’s line.

It quickly paid dividends as first flanker Ollie Steadman was yellow-carded for persistent infringing and while he was in the bin scrum-half Carter spied a gap that he dashed through to open the scoring.

New boy Jennings converted the score, but was unable to extend it further as he pulled his first penalty of the match wide.

The hosts found some rhythm as the half wore on, but Ealing Trailfinders’ defence held out and while they were unable to capitalise on their chances, Ben Ward’s side enjoyed the better of the territorial battle and went in at half time seven points ahead.

A high tackle allowed Jennings another shot at the posts and he didn’t miss a second time around.

Carnegie began to work their way back into the match and they were eventually rewarded for their improvement with a try when former Saracens flanker Saull collected Phil Nilsen’s inside pass to go over.

They scored a second with less than seven minutes to go after Cusack touched down from the back of a rolling maul. With fly-half Warren Seals converting both it put Carnegie ahead and while they held the lead to the final whistle, it wasn’t enough to knock Ealing Trailfinders off top spot in the group.

Scorers
Yorkshire Carnegie
Tries (Saull 65, Cusack 73), Conversions (Seals 65, 73)
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Carter 20), Conversions (Jennings 20), Penalties (Jennings 55)

Yorkshire Carnegie
Stevie McColl, Oli Goss, Alex Gray, Tom Casson, Taylor Prell, Warren Seals, Max Green; Rob O’Donnell, Phil Nilsen, James Thraves, Dan Sanderson, Ben West, Ollie Stedman, Andy Saull, Ryan Burrows (captain)
Reserves
Mike Mayhew, Lewis Boyce, Mike Cusack, Mike Myerscough, Josh Bainbridge, Sam Allan, Seb Stegmann

Ealing Trailfinders
Rhys Crane, Will Harries, Aled Jenkins, Joe Munro, Curtis Wilson, Rory Jennings, Luke Carter; Will Davis, Alun Walker, Alex Penny, Harry Casson, Glen Townson, Willie Ryan, Rayn Smid, Mark Bright (captain)
Reserves
Rhys Lawrence, James Gibbons, Sam Rodman, Chris York, Seb Nagle-Taylor, Alex Walker, Lewis Jones

Referee – Rhys Thomas
Attendance – 837

Ealing Trailfinders vs Dragons

Ealing Trailfinders stayed top of British and Irish Cup Pool 5 with an eight-try win over the Dragons Premiership Select.

The result means they remain in first place, five points clear of Yorkshire Carnegie, who beat Bedford Blues 29-12 at Goldington Road. As such Ben Ward’s side require one point from their match away to Carnegie at Scarborough RFC next Saturday to progress in first place.

Ealing Trailfinders didn’t hang around from the start and they were into double figures before the 10-minute mark after a brace of tries from Alun Walker.

Frist he dummied and dived over from close range after a good break from James Cordy-Redden and the two Luke’s, Carter and Peters. Then he finished off a rolling maul after the scrum had won a penalty that was kicked to touch.

The backline began to come into the match more and Carter finished a counter-attack that was started by Rayn Smid and carried on by Harry Casson.

Two minutes later Peters hit a strong line to break the Dragons’ defence and his partner in the centres, Aled Jenkins was on his shoulder to finish off the move.

Ealing Trailfinders’ greater experience told throughout the first half and their intensity in defence helped them hold out as the Dragons pressed hard the end of the half, most notably when centre Connor Edwards broke the line.

There was little the defence was able to do when Edwards repeated the trick early in the second half to open the Dragons’ scoring, but Ealing Trailfinders quickly re-imposed themselves on the match.

Walker completed his hat-trick with another close-range effort and then Peters finished off another backs move that swept from their 22 to the try-line.

Dragons hit back with tries from Barney Nightingale and Henri Williams, but they were book-ended with efforts from Rhys Lawrence, who had the last word just before the stroke of fulltime.

Scorers
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Walker 2, 6, 52 Carter 22, Jenkins 25, Peters 54, Lawrence 67, 79), Conversions (Daniels 2, 6, 23, 25, 52, 54, 67, 79)
Dragons Premiership Select
Tries (Edwards 42, Nightingale 72, Henri Williams 77), Conversions (Prosser 72, Robson 77)

Ealing Trailfinders
Luke Daniels, Will Davies, Aled Jenkins, Luke Peters, James Cordy-Redden, Ben Ward, Luke Carter; Will Davis, Alun Walker, Alex Penny, Harry Casson, Glen Townson, Willie Ryan, Arthur Ellis, Rayn Smid
Reserves
Rhys Lawrence, James Gibbons, Lewis Thiede, Chris York, Mark Bright, Josh Davies, Lewis Jones

Dragons Premiership Select
Josh Prosser, Joe Goodchild, Connor Edwards, Barney Nightingale, Matthew Powell, Arwel Robson, Charlie Davies; John Lavender, Darran Harris, Craig Mitchell (capt), Joe Davies, Ashley Sweet, James Thomas, Nathan Hudd, Andrew Waite
Reserves
Alun Rees, Keagan Bale, Chris Coleman, Henri Williams, Max Williams, Owen Davies, James Dixon

Referee – Fergus Kirby
Attendance – 433
STORM Watches Man of the Match – Harry Casson

Ealing Trailfinders vs Bedford Blues

Ealing Trailfinders ensured they go into the festive period top of Pool 5 in the British and Irish Cup after they ran in five tries against a determined Bedford Blues team.

Curtis Wilson, Mark Bright, Seb Nagle-Taylor and Phil Chesters scored tries in the first half and Matt Cornish came off the bench to add a fifth in the second. Aaron Penberthy also weighed in with three conversions and three penalties.

Ealing Trailfinders quickly took control of the match. After three minutes Penberthy picked out Wilson with a cross-kick and the wing collected and shrugged off the Bedford Blues defence to score in the corner.

Penberthy added the conversion from out wide, but the Blues hit back immediately when Myles Dorrian converted a penalty.

The home fly-half replied with a penalty of his own minutes later and following another penalty Bright was driven over from the back of a maul.

Bedford Blues hit back and their pack peppered the line with attacks from close range, but Alex Walker made a vital try-saving tackle to deny the visitors their opening score.

The Blues continued to attack the line and while flanked Ed Taylor knocked on at the line, Dorrian scored his second penalty to reduce the arrears.

The home pack won another penalty from a scrum and from the resulting driven lineout Nagle-Taylor touched down. Minutes later Glen Townson nearly wrapped up the up the bonus point, but he was held up after driving over the line.

Ealing Trailfinders continued to attack and after the forwards had their turn Penberthy set the backline running and Lewis Jones put Chesters away to score in the corner.

Nagle-Taylor marked the start of the second half with two rasping runs through the Bedford Blues defence and while Chesters was unable to capitalise on a Penberthy cut-out pass, the fly-half converted his second penalty to open the second-half scoring.

The Blues responded with another concerted period of pressure. Captain Mike Le Bourgeois wiggled his way close to the line and after wrapping round his backline Dorrian raced away to score in the corner.

Alex Penny came off the bench and immediately came up with an important turnover from a Blues scrum. It allowed Ealing Trailfinders to build some pressure and Penberthy knocked over his third penalty to keep the visitors at arm’s length.

Cornish scored the fifth try with only his second touch after coming off the bench, but Bedford Blues continued to push forward and Jake Sharp came off the bench to score his side’s second.

Jordan Burns raced away for Bedford Blues’ third try just ahead of the final whistle, but the five points mean that Ealing Trailfinders now sit five points ahead of Yorkshire Carnegie with two matches remaining in the pool.

Scorers
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Wilson 3, Bright 13, Nagle-Taylor 26, Chesters 38, Cornish 63), Conversions (Penberthy 4, 14, 26) Penalties (Penberthy 9, 43, 57)
Bedford Blues
Tries (Dorrian 48, Sharp 75, Burns 79), Conversions (Dorrian 48), Penalties (Dorrian 5, 24)

Ealing Trailfinders
Luke Daniels, Curtis Wilson, Lewis Jones, Joe Munro, Phil Chesters, Aaron Penberthy, Alex Walker; James Gibbons, Alun Walker, Lewis Thiede, Carwyn Jones, Glen Townson, Willie Ryan, Seb Nagle-Taylor, Mark Bright (captain)
Reserves
Matt Cornish, Ignacio Lancuba, Alex Penny, Harry Casson, Adam Preocanin, Josh Davies, Will Harries

Bedford Blues
Michael Le Bourgeois (captain), Elliot Clement-Hill, Tom Farrell, Ollie Dodge, Dean Adamson, Myles Dorrian, Tom James; Jack Culverhouse, Dan George, Christian Judge, Mike Howard, Will Carrick-Smith, Ed Taylor, Josh Buggea, Paul Tupai
Reserves
Jacob Fields, Camilo Parilli-Ocampo, Byron Hodge, Justin Blanchet, Ben Adams, Jordan Burns, Jake Sharp

Referee – Gareth Newman
Attendance – 428

Bedford Blues vs Ealing Trailfinders

Ealing Trailfinders maintained their unbeaten run in the British and Irish Cup by securing a draw against Bedford Blues at Goldington Road on Saturday.

Alun Walker scored a hat-trick and Aaron Penberthy added two conversions in a match that was played in heavy rain and which was the first time that Ealing Trailfinders have avoided defeat away to Bedford Blues.

The means that Ben Ward’s team remain top of Pool 5 after Yorkshire Carnegie failed to take all five points on offer from their match at home to the Dragons Premiership Select XV.

Ealing Trailfinders have now won twice and drawn once and top the pool with 11 points, one more than Carnegie, who they face in their final pool match on Sunday 22 January at Scarborough RFC.

The match started well for the visitors and they quickly grabbed a 14-point lead after the first of Walker’s tries.

His first came from the back of a driven lineout and his second arrived soon after when he finished off a series of drives from the pack close to the posts.

Penberthy kicked both conversions, but Bedford Blues began to find their rhythm as the half wore on and they opened their scoring when Elliott Clements-Hill powered over from a driven lineout.

Debutant Glen Townson was involving himself in the thick of the forward-oriented action and made a number of important interventions to stop the Bedford Blues’ forwards from building momentum.

Nonetheless Jake Sharp added two penalties to his conversion to mean that the hosts were only a point behind at half-time.

Walker completed his hat-trick early in the second half by rounding off another attacking foray from the Ealing Trailfinders’ forwards.

Myles Dorrian closed the deficit again with another penalty and then drew the home team level with his second soon after.

Both teams continued to push for the win and Will Harries made an important intervention to stop Tom James’ kick ahead, before Oli Dodge knocked on as the match drew to a close.

Next Saturday Bedford Blues make the return journey to Vallis Way for the fourth round of matches in the British and Irish Cup.

Scorers
Bedford Blues
Tries (Clements-Hill), Conversions (Sharp) Penalties (Sharp x 2, Dorrian x 2)
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Alun Walker x 3), Conversions (Penberthy x 2)

Bedford Blues
Matt Gallagher, George Perkins, Tom Farrell, Ollie Dodge, Elliot Clement-Hill Jake Sharp, Jordan Burns; Camilo Parilli-Ocampo, Dan George, Billy Walker, Will Carrick-Smith, Byron Hodge, Ed Taylor (captain), Ben Adams, Jason Hill
Reserves
Charley Robinson, Hayden Thompson-Stringer, Chris Judge, Paul Tupai, Tom James, Myles Dorrian, Josh Buggea

Ealing Trailfinders
Harries, Cordy-Redden, Jones, Peters, Chesters, Penberthy, Carter; Gibbons, Walker, Penny, Casson, Townson, Bradley, Nagle-Taylor, Ryan (captain)
Reserves
Lawrence, Davis, Rodman, Preocanin, Jenkins, Davies, Ward

Referee – Adam Lille
Attendance – 1,707

Dragons vs Ealing Trailfinders

Ealing Trailfinders ensured they topped British and Irish Cup Pool 5 after a tough contest away to the Newport-Gwent Dragons Premiership Select.

Aaron Penberthy’s penalty five minutes from time ensured Ben Ward’s team the victory after the young Dragons pushed Ealing Trailfinders hard throughout the 80 minutes.

Ealing Trailfinders came close to starting in explosive fashion when scrumhalf Josh Davies sniped down the blindside and nearly put Phil Chesters away. Instead it was the home team who opened the scoring following the opening exchanges.

Dragons’ fly-half Arwel Robson jinxed his way through the visitors’ defence and centre Barney Nightingale popped up on his shoulder for a simple run-in.

Penberthy opened Ealing Trailfinders’ account with his first penalty, on 18 minutes, but Robson landed one of his own to keep the gap to seven before Nightingale took advantage of a James Cordy-Redden error to hack through and dive on the ball for his second.

Rhys Lawrence grabbed Ealing Trailfinders’ first try from a rolling maul, then just on the stroke of half-time Curtis Wilson peeled round off his wing to force his way over the line.

Penberthy’s conversion meant that the hosts only trailed 17-15 at the break and they enjoyed the better of the match at the start of the second half, but the Dragons’ defence held them out.

Nightingale secured his hattrick after Robson again broke through and off-loaded to his half-back partner Owen Davies, who in turn set Nightingale free to run in.

Mark Bright hit back with a classic number 8 pick-up try and it signalled a rise in Ealing Trailfinders’ intensity.

Penberthy’s second penalty gave Ealing Trailfinders the lead for the first time in the match before Robson’s three-pointer put the Dragons back in front. Penberthy then landed his third from just inside the Dragons’ half.

Robson had two chances from the tee as the clock ran down, but Ealing Trailfinders held on for the win which means they top their pool with nine points, three more than Yorkshire Carnegie in second.

Scorers
Dragons Premiership XV
Tries (Nightingale 13, 26, 56), Conversions (Robson 14, 27, 28), Penalties (Robson 22, 74)
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Lawrence 31, Wilson 40, Bright 63), Conversions (Penberthy 40, 64), Penalties (Penberthy 17, 65, 75)

Dragons Premiership XV
Will Talbot-Davis, Matthew Powell, Barney Nightingale, Connor Edwards, Jared Rosser, Arwel Robson, Owen Davies; John Lavender, Ellis Shipp, Leon Brown, Joe Davies, Rhys Clarke, Josh Skinner (capt), Andrew Waite, Robson Blake
Reserves
Alun Rees, Keegan Bale, Richard Cornock, Henri Williams, Ieuan Jones, Owain Leonard, James Dixon

Ealing Trailfinders
James Cordy-Redden, Curtis Wilson, Lewis Jones, Callum Wilson, Phil Chesters, Aaron Penberthy, Josh Davies; Will Davis, Rhys Lawrence, Alex Penny, Scott Andrews, Sam Pailor, Willie Ryan, Seb Nagle-Taylor, Chris York (captain)
Reserves
Matt Cornish, Ignacio Lancuba, Lewis Thiede, Mark Bright, Aled Jenkins, Alex Walker, Ben Ward

Referee – Mark Turbey
Attendance – 200

Ealing Trailfinders vs Yorkshire Carnegie

Ealing Trailfinders scored 32 unanswered points as they fought back in the second half to beat Yorkshire Carnegie in their first British and Irish Cup match of the season.

After Carnegie substitute Mike Mayhew scored early in the second half Ben Ward’s side turned around a 28-12 deficit by running in five tries before Mayhew scored his second late on.

Even then Ealing Trailfinders had the poise to claim the last word with the last try of the day through Lewis Jones.

The action had barely started when captain for the day Chris York opened the scoring when he popped up to intercept a loose pass and run in between the posts.

Both teams continued to press each other, though it was the home side who were in the ascendancy in the early stages. However, despite good breaks from Rhys Crane and Lewis Jones it was Carnegie who scored next.

Flanker Andy Saull was first to a loose-ball around a ruck. He hammered it down the pitch and the ball bounced perfectly for Oli Goss to collect and race away.

They struck again just before the half-hour when scrum-half Max Green got behind the Ealing Trailfinders defence, Warren Seals kept the move going and Jack Whetton off-loaded for Ollie Stedman to score.

The hosts hit back immediately. New signing Seb Nagle-Taylor broke the line from a line-out move, Josh Davies took the ball on further and after the forwards took over Rodman was driven over to reduce the arrears.

Carnegie began to exert their dominance and while Lewis Jones made a try-saving tackle on his opposite number Andy Forsyth, Carnegie managed to find their way across the line for a third time before half-time through hooker Ross Graham.

Luke Peters made another vital tackle on Forsyth early in the second period and after York stole a Carnegie line-out, Davies’ box-kick gave the home side good field position. However, the Carnegie defence held out and then went up the other end to score a fourth through reserve hooked Mike Mayhew.

Ealing Trailfinders hit back with their third try after Davies tapped a penalty and Phil Chesters popped up on his shoulder to run home. Debutant Nagle-Taylor then ensured a four-try bonus point when he peeled round the front of a line-out to crash over.

Will Magie sent Chesters free on the counter-attack and after the pack pounded the Carnegie line, Davies sniped round the blindside to mark his first start with a try and put Ealing Trailfinders back in the lead. Magie then knocked over a penalty to stretch the advantage further.

Carnegie fought back strongly and were camped on the Ealing Trailfinders line. In a flash though the momentum changed. Callum Wilson made a try-saving tackle on Mayhew and then Crane swept to intercept and celebrate his birthday with a try.

Davies his scored his second with a cheeky grubber behind the defence that he was first to and Wilson then came up with another thumping tackle to stop Carnegie breaking away.

Mayhew burrowed over for his second as Yorkshire launched a late assault on the Ealing Trailfinders line, but Lewis Jones teamed up with his namesake Carwyn to drive over for a late score on the final whistle.

Scorers
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (York 1, Rodman 30, Chesters 52, Nagle-Taylor 58, Davies 63, 74 Crane 71, Lewis Jones 79), Conversions (Magie 1, 52, 63, 79), Penalties (Magie 67)
Yorkshire Carnegie
Tries (Goss 18, Stedman 26, Graham 40, Mayhew 46, 78) Conversions (Seals 18, 26, 40, 48, Green 78)

Ealing Trailfinders
Rhys Crane, Callum Wilson, Lewis Jones, Luke Peters, Phil Chesters, Will Magie, Josh Davies; Ignacio Lancuba, Rhys Lawrence, Sam Rodman, Scott Andrews, Carwyn Jones, Alex Bradley, Seb Nagle-Taylor, Chris York (captain)
Reserves
Matt Cornish, James Gibbons, Alex Penny, Sam Pailor, James Cordy-Redden, Luke Carter, Ben Ward

Yorkshire Carnegie
Christian Georgiou, Oli Goss, Andy Forsyth, Tom Casson, Taylor Prell, Warren Seals, Max Green; Charlie Beech, Ross Graham, James Thraves, Jack Whetton, Dan Sanderson, Andy Saull, Chris Walker, Ollie Stedman
Reserves
Mike Mayhew, Lee Imiolek, Ciaran Parker, Dan Preston-Routledge, Richard Beck, Oliver Fox, Max Wright

Referee – Veryan Boscawen
Attendance – 468
STORM Watches man of the match – Alex Penny

Rotherham Titans vs Ealing Trailfinders

Ealing Trailfinders were unable to break their duck against Rotherham Titans as the South Yorkshire side ran in seven tries to secure their third win from three this season in the re-arranged British and Irish Cup match.

Nathan Buck scored Ealing Trailfinders’ only try and Academy flanker Tyler Bush came off the bench to make his debut in a fixture that was initially due to be played on 16 January, before the team had to turn around halfway up the M1 after the Clifton Lane pitch was deemed unplayable.

The result marked a winning start for their new Titans coach Justin Burnell and ended their run of 10 consecutive losses.

Ealing Trailfinders made a great start as Nathan Buck was driven over from a driving maul that Alex Davies converted to give the visitors a 7-0 lead after 10 minutes.

Rotherham wing Will Goodwin knocked a penalty off a post, but the host side continued to build their pressure and flanker Tom Calladine was driven over for a try that Goodwin converted to ensure the scores were level at half-time.

The hosts didn’t hang around to take control in the second half when wing Michael Keating swept on a loose ball to race in, with Goodwin adding the conversion. Calladine then scored his second and Goodwin his third conversion to stretch their lead further.

Before the hour mark Rotherham wrapped up a try bonus point when centre Will Owen collected the ball on the right hand side and galloped through. Two minutes later second row George Oram powered over and with Goodwin making it five from five from the tee the hosts had a lead of 35-7.

Rotherham Titans kept their foot on the accelerator as the match ran to its conclusion; first Josh Redfern crashed over in the corner following good work by the pack and then Willie Ryan hacked through to chase down and score the seventh Titans try.

Scorers
Rotherham Titans
Tries (Calladine 2, Keating, Owen, Redfearn, Ryan), Conversions (Goodwin 5)
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Buck), Conversion (Davies)

Rotherham Titans
Sean Scanlon (captain), Michael Keating, Jordan Davies, Will Owen, Will Goodwin, James McKinney, Dan White, Robin Hislop, Darran Harris, Mark Tampin, Toby Salmon, George Oram, Willie Ryan, Tom Calladine, Josh Redfern
Reserves
Charlie Maddison, Toby Williams, Lewis Thiede, Jack Preece, Lloyd Hayes, Andy Davies, Luke Carter

Ealing Trailfinders
James Love, Callum Wilson, Sam Stanley, Joe Munro, James Stephenson, Tristan Roberts, Alex Davies; Jamie Kilbane, Karl Gibson, Nathan Buck, Nathan Hannay, Paul Spivey, Eoghan Grace, Alex Bradley, Danny Kenny (captain)
Reserves
George Porter, Matt Cornish, Michael Holford, Harrison Orr, Tyler Bush, Tom Trotter, Andy Reay

Referee – Jack Makepeace
Attendance – 618

Ealing Trailfinders vs Moseley

Ealing Trailfinders ran in three tries against Moseley in their third meeting of the season, but ultimately five tries for the West Midlanders made the difference.

New signing Jonny Bentley was handed his first start and he gave the Vallis Way crowd an early glimpse of his quality by breaking the Moseley line, though he was unable to find James Stephenson with a grubber kick.

Moseley started in equally energetic mood as they chased a place in the quarter-finals. Centre Greg King came close to opening the scoring before he was bundled into touch, but moments later captain Chris Brightwell touched down in the corner.

Alex Davies knocked over his first penalty shortly afterwards and he and Hughes exchanged penalties before Alex Bradley was driven over from close range to give Ealing Trailfinders the lead for the first time.

Joe Munro then made a slashing break that Danny Barnes was unable to gather with the line beckoning, but Ben Ward’s team maintained the pressure without breaching the Moseley line.

As half-time drew close Moseley scored their second try when Greg Charlton barged over from close-range to give the visitors the lead at the break.

They extended their lead soon after half-time when wing Drew Cheshire danced his way through the home defence for Moseley’s third before Sam Stanley narrowly missed out on scoring the home team’s second try when he followed up his own up and under.

Moseley continued to hammer Ealing Trailfinders’ line and while the home defence held out their forwards Cheshire ran in his second of the match to secure the four-try bonus point.

Another Bentley run broke the Moseley line and he was able to pop the ball to Stephenson for a simple run-in, but the visitors scored next when Greg King cut a sharp angle through the home side’s defence.

Bradley was driven over for his second try to set up a thrilling last 10 minutes but neither side was able to add to the scoring as the match drew to a close.

Scorers
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Bradley 21, 71 Stephenson 57), Conversions (Davies 21, Bentley 57, 71), Penalties (Davies 13, 19)
Moseley
Tries (Brightwell 10, Charlton 35, Cheshire 42, 53, King 66), Conversions (Hughes 10, 35, Foley 66), Penalties (Hughes 16)

Ealing Trailfinders
Will Harries, Callum Wilson, Danny Barnes, Joe Munro, James Stephenson, Jonny Bentley, Alex Davies; Will Davis, Rhys Lawrence (captain), Nathan Buck, Llewelyn Jones, Adam Preocanin, Harrison Orr, Alex Bradley, Chris York
Reserves
Jamie Kilbane, Karl Gibson, Alex Penny, Paul Spivey, Iain Grieve, Alex Walker, Sam Stanley

Moseley
Mike Penn, Kyle Evans, Greg King, Aaron Pinches, Drew Cheshire, Glyn Hughes, Dave Brazier; Tom Fidler, Adam Caves, Aaron Gardiner, Harris Casson, Greg Charlton, Aaron Flagg, Ed Siggery, Chris Brightwell (captain)
Reserves
Tom Warren, Craig Voisey, Scott Tolmie, Jordan Onojaife, Harry Hone, Charles Foley, Sam Brown

Referee – Fergus Kirby
Attendance – 456

Ealing Trailfinders vs Leinster

Ealing Trailfinders ran in two tries against an impressive Leinster A side, who continued their unbeaten British and Irish Cup form by running in five tries at Vallis Way.

James Stephenson and Carwyn Jones crossed the line for Ben Ward’s team, but a hat-trick from Dan Leavy helped the 2013 winners to victory.

With both teams used to playing on 3G pitches there was a frenetic opening period with the Irish side in particular aiming to move the ball wide as soon as possible. They missed a great opportunity to open the scoring on five minutes when Tadhg Beirne opted to pass inside despite Cian Kelleher being free outside him.

Shortly after though Leinster A opened the scoring when Adam Byrne stepped through a gap after Ross Molony had won lineout, but Ealing Trailfinders hit back immediately when Stephenson forced his way over in the corner.

Leinster A continued to strengthen their grip on proceedings and Leavy scored a second try when he was driven over from a line-out. They were only denied a third when Byrne was unable to control his kick-through over the line, but Mick McGrath escaped down the left wing soon after.

The hosts stuck to their game plan and enjoyed a good period as the half came to a close, but were unable to find a way through the blue-shirted defence.

The second half began in similar fashion to the first with both teams trying to stretch the play, but with defences continuing to stay on top. Eventually Leinster A made the breakthrough when Leavy scored his second in similar style to his first from a driven line-out.

A Joe Munro kick through on 55 minutes gave Ealing Trailfinders good field position, but again they were unable to take advantage. A powerful Stephenson hit on Byrne lifted the team, but again it was Leinster who came closest to adding to the score when captain Peadar Timmins knocked on over the line.

Leavy was denied a hat-trick when he was held up from another driven line-out and good work from Adam Preocanin secured the turn-over. After clearing their half Alex Bradley’s charge took the hosts to within touching distance of the try-line and eventually Jones drove over from close range.

Leinster A immediately hit back when Leavy was driven over for his third and they comfortably closed the match out to ensure a happy flight back over the Irish Sea.

Scorers
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Stephenson 12, Jones 69)
Leinster A
Tries (Byrne 9, Leavy 22, 48, 73 McGrath 29), Conversions (Marsh 9, 22, 29, 73), Penalties (Marsh 16)

Ealing Trailfinders
James Love, Callum Wilson, Sam Stanley, Joe Munro, James Stephenson, Tristan Roberts, Alex Davies; Will Davis, Rhys Lawrence (captain), Alex Penny, Carwyn Jones, Adam Preocanin, Harrison Orr, Alex Bradley, Chris York
Reserves
Jamie Kilbane, Karl Gibson, Sam Rodman, Danny Kenny, Arthur Ellis, Alex Walker, Luke Daniels

Leinster A
Cian Kelleher, Adam Byrne, Collie O’Shea, Tom Daly, Mick McGrath, Cathal Marsh, Charlie Rock; Peter Dooley, Bryan Byrne, Oisin Heffernan, Tadhg Beirne, Ross Molony, Josh Murphy, Dan Leavy, Peadar Timmins (captain)
Reserves
Aaron Dundon, Jeremy Loughman, David O’Connor, Tony Ryan, Matthew D’Arcy, Steve Crosbie, Ian Fitzpatrick

Referee – Dan Jones

Attendance – 804

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