Ealing Trailfinders secure an outstanding 92-0 victory at home against Ampthill in their round five Championship fixture.

The hosts impressively scored 14 tries in total and denied the visitors a single point for the entire 80 in what can only be described as a clinical performance from the hosts.

There were individual tries from Francis Moore, Matt Cornish, Angus Kernohan, Rayn Smid, Will Montgomery, Mikey Willemse, and Jordy Reid, with Reuben Bird-Tulloch and Tobi Wilson scoring braces as well as a hat-trick from Tom Collins.

It was an unfortunate opening minute for the visitors, with winger Wilson Ijeh shown an early yellow for a deliberate knock-on.

Trailfinders immediately capitalised on the extra man advantage as Reuben Bird-Tulloch opened the scoring with a brace of tries within a matter of minutes of one other, both on beautiful counter-attacks.

Tom Collins made it three for the Trailfinders in his first score of the game, executing a perfectly weighted chip-and-chase, which he finished himself.

Tobi Wilson secured the bonus point before the 20-minute mark with his first try, gliding over the whitewash untouched.

Jordy Reid scored next for Trailfinders, diving over from the back of a powerful rolling maul, which became a running theme throughout the game.

Collins followed it scoring his second as he finished off a lovely counter-attack once again as Ampthill were struggling to deal with the attacking flair.

The hosts had one more on the cusp of the break, with Willemse over at the back of another driving maul.

Half-Time Score- Ealing Trailfinders 45-0 Ampthill

The second period opened with yet another flurry of tries, with Trailfinders scoring three within five minutes

Collins started it by making an acrobatic finish to take Trailfinders to 50 points, and Montgomery saw that and thought he could do one better with the number eight scoring an outrageous superman finish of his own in the corner.

Collins secured his hat trick after putting a perfect grubber through which he gathered and scored.

Play slowed down for a period, which allowed fans to catch their breath, but picked right back up when Rayn Smid went over at the back of yet another driving maul for the hosts.

Kernohan followed it with a finish from yet another graceful counter-attacking score.

There were two more tries for the Trailfinders before the full-time whistle.

Cornish got in on the action at the back of, you guessed it, a rolling maul and Francis Moore scored our last after a grubber and chase, which he collected himself, and that was the final whistle.

On the event of Craig Hampson’s 100^th appearance for the club, the squad put in an outstanding performance as they make the charge towards the top of the league.

Full-Time Score- Ealing Trailfinders 92-0 Ampthill

Ealing Trailfinders-

Tries: Bird-Tulloch 6, 9, Collins 12, 34, 47 Wilson 17, 42, Reid 25, Willemse 39, Montgomery 45, Smid 62, Kernohan 69, Cornish 75, Moore 76

Conversions: Jones 7, 18, 26, 35, 40, 46, 47; Willis 62, 70, 76, 77

Ampthill-

Yellow Cards: Ijeh 1,

Ealing Trailfinders face their first defeat of this year’s Championship season in a one-point loss to Doncaster Knights at home.

 

Tries from Rayn Smid, Jordan Holgate, Francis Moore and Matt Cornish, as well as 15 points from the boot of Dan Jones, just weren’t enough to clinch the win.

 

It was a breathless start to the game, with both sides getting tries on the board within the opening five minutes. 

 

The visitors struck first as back-row Rhys Tait broke through a weak tackle and dove over for the opening score. 

 

Trailfinders responded immediately through a try of their own courtesy of captain Rayn Smid.

 

Doncaster were clearly keen to build a score, taking the opportunity to take the three points with Alex Dolly slotting the after winning a scrum penalty and again a few minutes later.

 

It was a tale of ill-discipline for both sides in the first half for both sides as Doncaster allowed Trailfinders multiple entries into the 22, the first of which led to an easy walk in for Jordan Holgate.

 

It was a try fest as Doncaster responded immediately through fullback Jordan Olowofela, who made a clean break and got his first.

 

Trailfinders earned a scrum penalty on the halfway line, and instead of kicking deep, Jones caught the Doncaster defence unaware with the quick tap, opening up space for Francis Moore to score.

 

After another three points from Dolly, Trailfinders got another try from a Matt Cornish classic off the back of a rolling maul.

 

As if that wasn’t enough for one half of rugby Olowofela scored just before the half-time whistle from a kick in behind to take his side two points up at the break.

 

Half-Time- Ealing Trailfinders 26-28 Doncaster Knights

 

After the seven tries of the opening 40, both sides came out for the second period with a much more conservative game plan.

 

Dan Jones and Dolly traded penalty kicks to keep edging the scoreboard in their side’s favour until Olowofela made another clean break to score his third and complete the hat-trick.

 

Just a point behind and ten minutes left on the clock, Trailfinders threw everything at it, with possession right on the try line in the final play.

 

However, a heartbreaking knock-on meant Tom Foley blew his whistle, and Trailfinders fell short by one point and concede our first loss of the season.

 

Full-Time- Ealing Trailfinders 35-36 Doncaster Knights

 

Ealing Trailfinders:

Tries- Smid 3, Holgate 20, Moore 27, Cornish 38

Penalties- Jones 43, 61, 66

Conversions- Jones 4, 21, 28

 

Doncaster Knights:

Tries- Tait 2, Olowofela 22, 40, 71

Penalties- Dolly 8, 14, 58

Conversions- Dolly 3, 23, 35

Ealing Trailfinders open their 24/25 Championship campaign with a comfortable victory over Hartpury RFC, cementing their position as the team to beat in the league.

There were tries across the board, with a double from Jordy Reid, as well as tries from; Lloyd Williams, Jordan Holgate, Josh Taylor, Reuben Bird-Tulloch, Francis Moore on debut, Craig Hampson and Tobi Wilson.

Trailfinders started the game as well as they could have hoped with two early tries. The first came from back-row Jordy Reid, who spotted the gap and went for the pick and go and offloaded to a trailing Lloyd Williams, who was able to finish it easily for Trailfinders’ first try this Championship season.

It was followed shortly after as Reid was involved once again, this time going over for the try himself in the corner in a busy opening period.

It was the perfect start for last year’s champions. An excellent kick to touch from Dan Jones put Hartpury back under pressure, and after a quick tap, Trailfinders followed it up with their third try before the twenty-minute mark as Jordan Holgate went over out wide.

Eventually, the visitors got on the board as Trailfinders were penalised off the restart, and Hartpury had field position. They capitalised from a cross-field kick fielded and finished by Jack Johnson.

They followed it up with another one with a sneaky trick play from a lineout as the scrum-half Mike Austin darted down the short side, catching Trailfinders defence unaware and went over for the visitor’s second.

However, Trailfinders were determined to stay in the lead, and their next score was a thing of beauty. Number eight Josh Taylor rumbled over the top of the Hartpury winger and ran the ball in for an outrageous solo score.

The visitors got one more try before the break. A Trailfinders lineout on the Hartpury five-metre line went array, allowing Hartpury to break up the field with a kick ahead and one final offload meant it was finished off by Robbie Smith.

Half-Time- Ealing Trailfinders 26-21 Hartpury RFC

It was a slow start to the second half, with the game for the taking. However, that was until the visitor’s openside flanker, Harry Short, was shown yellow for collapsing the maul. The floodgates opened following that, with Rueben Bird-Tulloch getting a try quickly after, hitting a hard line and cutting through the defence to dot the ball down.

Following that score, Trailfinders launched into full attacking flow. Francis Moore got a try on debut  finishing off a scintillating try with some outrageous offloads.

That was followed by the Trailfinders pack backing up their backs flair with some scrum dominance, demolishing the Hartputy forwards.

Replacement Craig Hampson let loose finishing off a try after the backs broke away downfield

Fullback Tobi Wilson got in on the scoring action at the back of the maul, dropping down over the line in an unusual fashion for the back after the entire side joined.

Lastly, Reid got his second to finish the game off and put Hartpury to be after crashing over from close range, finishing off a statement win.

It was the perfect start to the season for Ealing Trailfinders, who will now look ahead to Cornish Pirates away next Friday night.

Full-Time- Ealing Trailfinders 58-21 Hartpury RFC

Ealing Trailfinders:

Tries- Williams 5, Reid 11, 78; Holgate 17, Taylor 35, Bird-Tulloch 53, Moore 60, Hampson 66, Wilson 73

Conversions- Jones 6, 12, 36, 54; Willis 80

Hartpury RFC:

Tries- Johnson 23, Austin 31, Smith 39

Conversions- Bazalgette 24, 32, 40

Yellow Cards- Short 52, Hayler 77

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