Ealing Trailfinders vs Cornish Pirates

Ealing Trailfinders were unable to give their fans a festive treat when they slipped to only their second loss at Vallis Way.

Curtis Wilson scored a try and Aaron Penberthy added a conversion and three penalties, but it wasn’t enough to stop a determined Pirates side who were inspired by livewire scrumhalf Stuart Townsend.

Ben Ward’s side did at least finish with a losing bonus point that takes them to 31 points in the Greene King IPA Championship.

Wilson came close to opening the scoring early on, but he was unable to reach Alex Walker’s grubber before it ran dead.

Instead it was Pirates who struck first when Toby May finished in the corner after scrumhalf Stuart Townsend had sparked their back line with a tapped penalty on the halfway line.

Townsend continued to cause problems and Laurence May also came close to breaking through before Ealing Trailfinders’ defence had to bundle Alex Cheesman into touch close to their line.

Soon after Pirates hooker Tom Channon was held up after a driven line-out, as was Marlen Walker as the Pirates continued to set the tempo.

Ealing Trailfinders began to work their way back into the match and Aaron Penberthy slotted his first penalty after the Pirates defence was penalised for offside.

The home defence continued to work hard as Pirates continued to apply the pressure, but neither side added to the score before the break.

The home side came out and immediately raised their intensity. Alun Walker came close to the hosts first try, before Penberthy kicked them ahead early in the second period.

Pirates Laurence May replied almost immediately with his first penalty and then picked out wing Jack Arnott with a carefully threaded grubber kick.

Penberthy kicked his third penalty and then after Arthur Ellis had broken into the Pirates half, Wilson was set free down the right wing to score in the corner.

The fly-half’s conversion put Ealing Trailfinders ahead for the first time, but Pirates prop Tyler Gendall wiggled over after Joe Munro had twice stopped the Cornish backline from breaking through.

Ealing Trailfinders did their best to fight back as the clock ran down, but the Pirates controlled possession and ran the clock down by kicking deep whenever they could to stop the home side facing a packed defence whenever they ran the ball back.

Scorers
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Wilson 62), Conversions (Penberthy 63), Penalties (Penberthy 32, 46, 60)
Cornish Pirates
Tries (Toby May 7, Arnott 51, Gendall 68), Conversions (Laurence May 52, 68), Penalties (Laurence May 48)

Ealing Trailfinders
Luke Daniels, Curtis Wilson, Aled Jenkins, Joe Munro, Phil Chesters, Aaron Penberthy, Alex Walker; James Gibbons, Alun Walker, Lewis Thiede, Carwyn Jones, Glen Townson, Willie Ryan, Arthur Ellis, Mark Bright (captain)
Reserves
Matt Cornish, Ignacio Lancuba, Sam Rodman, Barney Maddison, Kieran Murphy, Luke Carter, Lewis Jones

Cornish Pirates
Toby May, Jack Arnott, Max Bodilly, Nicolas De Battista, Kyle Moyle, Laurence May, Stuart Townsend; Marlen Walker, Tom Channon, Tyler Gendall, Chris Morgan (capt), Brett Beukeboom, Sam Simmonds, Alex Cheesman, Tom Duncan
Reserves
Jack Innard, Alan Paver, Jake Parker, Dan Lee, Alex Day, Will Cargill, Bar Bartlett.

Referee – Mike Hudson
Attendance – 856

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

London Scottish vs Ealing Trailfinders

Ealing Trailfinders endured a torrid night away to London Scottish under the lights of the Athletic Ground as the hosts controlled the match from start to finish to impose the visitors fourth defeat in the Greene King IPA Championship this season.

The pack earned a penalty try at the end of the first half and Alun Walker was driven over in the second half, but otherwise the hosts pulled the strings to help them climb the Championship table.

London Scottish kicked off and were rewarded for keeping their visitors pinned in their own half for the first five minutes when fullback Peter Lydon kicked a penalty to take an early lead.

They continued to exert the early pressure and Lydon slotted his second penalty five minutes later to put the hosts comfortably in control. Wing Jason Harries then opened the try-scoring when he popped up on centre Patrick Kelly’s shoulder to run in.

Ealing Trailfinders finally managed to build some momentum and Harry Casson and Willie Ryan both broke the line with powerful runs, but eventually Scottish won a turnover and kicked deep to pin the visitors back in their own half.

Again they left with points after Lydon slotted his third penalty of the night, but Scottish continued to dominate possession and Lydon scored his fourth penalty from just inside his own half.

Ealing Trailfinders weathered the pressure but were still unable to find a toe-hold in the match, but again Scottish made their pressure count when Lydon scored his fifth penalty of the night.

The first half ended with Ealing Trailfinders hammering the Scottish line and the earned their breakthrough when they were awarded a penalty try that Aaron Penberthy converted on the stroke of half-time.

Lydon started the second half as he started the first with another penalty, but Ealing Trailfinders responded by driving over Alun Walker from a lineout close to the Scottish line.

They were unable to build on it though and Lydon made it seven penalties from seven just as the clock ticked past the hour mark. That is how it remained as neither team were able to break either side down over the final 20 minutes.

Ealing Trailfinders will now face Bedford Blues at Goldington Road in the British and Irish Cup on Saturday 10 December.

Scorers
London Scottish
Tries (Harries 14), Conversions (Lydon 14), Penalties (Lydon 5, 10, 19, 22, 36, 43, 59)
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Penalty 40, Walker 50), Conversions (Penberthy 40)

London Scottish
Peter Lydon, Alec Coombes, Robbie Fergusson, Patrick Kelly, Jason Harries, Harry Sheppard, Ed Hoadley; Grant Shiells, George Turner, Ewan McQuillin, Rory Bartle (captain), Neale Patrick, Ally Miller, Danny Kenny, Ifereimi Boladau
Reserves
Devlin Hope, Jonny Harris, Dan Koroi, Callum Hunter Hill, Joe Atkinson, Craig Holland, Tom Galbraith

Ealing Trailfinders
Luke Daniels, Rhys Crane, Aled Jenkins, Joe Munro, Curtis Wilson, Aaron Penberthy, Alex Walker; James Gibbons, Alun Walker, Lewis Thiede, Harry Casson, Adam Preocanin, Willie Ryan, Arthur Ellis, Mark Bright (captain)
Reserves
Matt Cornish, Ignacio Lancuba, Alex Penny, Llewelyn Jones, Lewis Jones, Luke Carter, Ben Ward

Referee – John Merideth
Attendance – 951

Ealing Trailfinders vs London Welsh

Ealing Trailfinders left it late, but eventually ground down a determined London Welsh side to grab four of the five points on offer to maintain their position of third in the Greene King IPA Championship.

After 75 minutes the pack won a penalty that Aaron Penberthy converted to take the lead for the first time at 13-11.

As the clock ran down and Welsh tried desperately to fight back, Penberthy held his nerve to score his third penalty and then with the final kick of the game, wiggled his way onto his left foot to drop a goal that meant the visitors left empty-handed.

It didn’t take London Welsh long to open the scoring. Fullback Martyn Thomas ran back a high kick and broke into the Ealing Trailfinders half. He was stopped by a combination of Alex Walker and Luke Daniels, but hooker Nathan Morris was on hand to collect the pop pass and run home.

The Exiles used the try to assert their dominance early on, notably through their attacking line-out and Joe Carlisle knocked over a penalty to extend their early advantage.

Ealing Trailfinders’ first chance came after Aled Jenkins charged down a Carlisle clearance. Matt Cornish took it on, but the team were able to capitalise. They maintained the pressure though and Penberthy slotted a penalty soon after.

The points preceded a good period of pressure for Ealing Trailfinders, who found their rhythm with backs and forwards linking up together and eventually they were rewarded when Penberthy scored his second penalty.

On the stroke of half-time Penberthy had the chance to put the hosts into the lead for the first time, but his kick rebounded back off a post to leave the Exiles ahead at the break.

The second half continued as the first ended with Ealing Trailfinders enjoying the better of the possession and territory, albeit without converting it into points.

Welsh stretched their lead when Carlisle scored his second penalty and then the match swung back and forth without either side able to grab the match by the scruff of the neck.

Just over 10 minutes from time Welsh number 8 Kieran Murphy was yellow carded and after the penalty was kicked to touch. After the initial drive from Willie Ryan, Penberthy was stopped illegally short of the line.

From the scrum the pack drove hard to win a penalty try and Penberthy converted to put Ealing Trailfinders into the lead for the first time.

The pack won another scrum penalty two minutes from time and Penberthy converted the penalty to stretch the lead to five points with two to go. He then dropped a goal off his left foot to extend the advantage further still on the stroke of half-time.

Scorers
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Penalty 75), Conversions (Penberthy 75), Penalties (Penberthy 20, 24, 78), Drop goals (Penberthy 79)
London Welsh
Tries (Morris 2), Penalties (Carlisle 16, 54)

Ealing Trailfinders
Luke Daniels, Rhys Crane, Aled Jenkins, Joe Munro, Curtis Wilson, Aaron Penberthy, Alex Walker; Ignacio Lancuba, Rhys Lawrence, Lewis Thiede, Harry Casson, Adam Preocanin, Chris York, Arthur Ellis, Mark Bright (captain)
Reserves
Alun Walker, James Gibbons, Alex Penny, Willie Ryan, Lewis Jones, Josh Davies, Ben Ward

London Welsh
Martyn Thomas, Kristian Phillips, Nick Reynolds, Seb Jewell, Chris Elder, Joe Carlisle, Rob Lewis; Nathan Trevett, Nathan Morris, Ben Cooper, Ben West, Barney Maddison, Ben Pienaar, Ryan Hodson (captain), Kieran Murphy
Reserves
Koree Britton, James Hallam, Lovejoy Chawatama, Jesse Liston, Ryan Glynn, Glyn Hughes, Heath Stevens

Attendance – 792
Referee – Michael Hudson

Nottingham vs Ealing Trailfinders

Ealing Trailfinders were unable to maintain their unbeaten run against a well-drilled Nottingham side, but James Gibbons late side try ensured they returned home with a losing point that kept them in third place overnight in the Greene King IPA Championship overnight.

Ben Ward’s started strongly and their pack was quick to take control. They won penalties from two strong scrums and Aaron Penberthy kicked both to open a six-point lead.

Nottingham had chances of their own and after new-boy Mitch Lam pulled his first penalty wide, he struck his second through the posts.

Otherwise Ealing Trailfinders enjoyed the better of the first half, albeit without breaking through a well-drilled Nottingham defence that featured Ealing Trailfinders old boy James Stephenson at fullback.

After half time Nottingham came out strongly and began to impose themselves on the match and they were duly rewarded for their increase in intensity. Centre Viki Hakalo twice burst over from close range for tries that Lam converted.

It put the hosts in full control, but the visitors fought their way back into the match. Nottingham’s defence continue to dominate though, but with the last play of the match Gibbons was driven over from a mauled lineout to ensure they didn’t return down the M1 empty-handed.

Scorers
Nottingham
Tries (Hakalo 46, 52), Conversions (Lam 46, 52), Penalties (Lam 24)
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (James Gibbons 79), Conversions (Penberthy 80), Penalties (Penberthy 3,12)

Nottingham
James Stephenson, David Williams, Oli Evans, Vili Hakalo, Charlie Thacker, Mitch Lam, Murray McConnell; Harry Morley, Jimmy Stevens, Ben Hooper, Toby Freeman, Tom Holmes, Ben Morris (captain), Jordan Coghlan, Shane Buckley
Reserves
TJ Harris, Tom West, Tom Heard, Matt Everard, Josh Poullet, Darryl Veenendaal, Sam Yawayawa

Ealing Trailfinders
Luke Daniels, Rhys Crane, Aled Jenkins, Joe Munro, Curtis Wilson, Aaron Penberthy, Luke Carter; Ignacio Lancuba, Rhys Lawrence, Lewis Thiede, Carwyn Jones, Adam Preocanin, Willie Ryan, Seb Nagle-Taylor, Mark Bright (captain)
Reserves
Matt Cornish, James Gibbons, Alex Penny, Harry Casson, Chris York, Alex Walker, James Cordy-Redden

Attendance – 1,050
Referee – Matt O’Grady

Ealing Trailfinders vs Rotherham Titans

Ealing Trailfinders took their unbeaten run to six matches by running in eight tries against a dogged Rotherham Titans side, who claimed a four-try bonus of their own.

It means Ben Ward’s side stay third in the Greene King IPA Championship with two weeks till their next match, away to Nottingham on Friday 18 November.

Captain Mark Bright started the try-scoring early on and Aled Jenkins and Curtis Wilson both scored a brace of tries. Rhys Lawrence, Luke Daniels and Luke Carter also got on the scoresheet to help take the home side’s points up to the half-century.

Ealing Trailfinders started with the wind in their faces and Rotherham Titans were happy to use their tailwind to build pressure with kicks. They had an early chance to open the scoring, but fly-half Will Robinson hooked a penalty wide.

Instead it was the hosts who scored first. Carter wiggled through a gap, Lawrence took play up to the line and Bright crashed over after the ball was recycled.

Lawrence then added the second soon after to put Ealing Trailfinders well in control before the quarter hour mark.

Rotherham Titans were in the mood to play and Robinson and fullback Will Thomas both looked to try their hands in attack. However, their first points came from loose-head prop Toby Williams as the Yorkshiremen counter-attacked swiftly.

Jenkins hit back though with his fourth of the season, ghosting through the Rotherham Titans defence and Daniels then guaranteed the four-try bonus with a show and go before out-pacing the Titans cover defence.

They maintained the pressure and from another Daniels counter-attack and the fullback set Wilson free to race in to score against his former club.

There was a slow start to the second half and neither side was able to build much momentum, though eventually Rotherham Titans’ flanker Dan Grange was driven over to end the stalemate.

Ealing Trailfinders regathered and after a powerful run from James Cordy-Redden put Titans on the backfoot, Jenkins jinked his way through for his second score. Wilson then grabbed his second when Daniels again set him free to race home in the corner.

Rotherham hooker Luke Cole was driven over from a line-out with 10 minutes to go and it meant that visitors had the scent of a four-try bonus as the clock ticked down.

The home side had the final word though as Carter latched onto Aaron Penberthy’s cross-kick, with the fly-half’s conversion bringing up the half-century of points.

With the last play Cole scored again for Rotherham Titans to ensure they returned north with a losing bonus point.

Scorers
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Bright 8, Lawrence 12, Jenkins 22, 56, Daniels 28, Wilson 37, 65, Carter 77), Conversions (Penberthy 12, 22, 28, 56, 77)
Rotherham Titans
Tries (Williams 18, Grange 52, Cole 70, 80), Conversions (Robinson 18, 80)

Ealing Trailfinders
Luke Daniels, James Cordy-Redden, Aled Jenkins, Joe Munro, Curtis Wilson, Aaron Penberthy, Luke Carter; Ignacio Lancuba, Rhys Lawrence, Lewis Thiede, Carwyn Jones, Adam Preocanin, Willie Ryan, Arthur Ellis, Mark Bright (captain)
Reserves
Matt Cornish, James Gibbons, Alex Penny, Harry Casson, Chris York, Alex Walker, Ben Ward

Rotherham Titans
Will Thomas, Dan Tai, Will Goodwin, Will Owen, Jake Henry, Will Robinson, George Tressider; Toby Williams, Luke Cole, Joe Rees, Ollie Curry, Tom Hicks, Buster Lawrence, Dan Grange, Tom MacDonald
Reserves
Joe Graham, Tom Williams, Danny Herriott, Toby Salmon, James Tyas, Matt Walsh, Dan Kelly

Referee – Simon Harding
Attendance – 638

Ealing Trailfinders vs Bedford Blues

Ealing Trailfinders held off a Bedford Blues fightback to record their fifth win in a row and go up to third in the Greene King IPA Championship table.

Rhys Lawrence and Aled Jenkins scored in the first half and Alex Penny ran in the winner in the second half, while Aaron Penberthy weighed in with nine points with his boot.

The Blues fought back in a much improved second-half performance, but Ealing Trailfinders’ defence held them out till the very last play.

The hosts immediately went on the attack and Curtis Wilson nearly went over in the corner, but the Bedford Blues cover defence bundled him into touch. However, Jacob Fields overthrew the lineout and his opposite number Lawrence was happy to accept the invite to bundle his way over for the opening score.

Bedford hit back when Myles Dorrian knocked over a penalty, but Penberthy landed his first of the day soon after to restore the seven-point advantage.

Luke Daniels knocked on after swift hands from Joe Munro and Jenkins had set him free and Wilson then cut a strong line through the Bedford defence to keep it on the back foot.

Both teams continued to test each other’s defence up to the half-hour mark, but it wasn’t till Aled Jenkins finished off a flowing move that he started that the scoreboard ticked over again.

The centre wiggled his way through the Bedford defence and found Lawrence. He moved the ball on to Carwyn Jones and the second-row showed deft hands to release Jenkins who had looped round to race home.

Bedford roared back at the start of the second half and Alex Walker needed to be alert to clear up a George Perkins kick through. Dorrian scored his second penalty of the match and then Oli Dodge rounded off a good period of pressure by finding a gap to race through.

Lawrence came close to being driven over for his second try, but good work from Hayden Thompson-Stringer stopped him short of the line. The Ealing Trailfinders pack tried twice more, but on both occasions they were unable to find a way through the Bedford defence.

Burns and Perkins teamed up to lead a counter-attack that finished when Dorrian brought the Blues to within a point.

Daniels set James Cordy-Redden free, but again Bedford’s defence stood tall. Ealing Trailfinders third try came shortly afterwards though as Penny popped up in midfield to race home from Chris York’s flick pass.

Reigning Players’ Player of the Year Adam Preocanin came off the bench for his first appearance of the season and immediately came up with a vital lineout steal and Cordy-Redden then made a vital intercept close to the line as Bedford attacked in the dying moments.

Blues’ hooker George Edgson went over at the death and while it meant they were able to claim a losing point, there was no time left for them to go for the win.

Scorers
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Lawrence 3, Jenkins 33, Penny 70), Conversions (Penberthy 3, 33, 70), Penalties (Penberthy 11)
Bedford Blues
Tries (Dodge 47, Edgson 79), Conversions (Dorrian 47, 79), Penalties (Dorrian 8, 43, 66)

Ealing Trailfinders
Luke Daniels, James Cordy-Redden, Aled Jenkins, Joe Munro, Curtis Wilson, Aaron Penberthy, Alex Walker; Will Davis, Rhys Lawrence, Lewis Thiede, Carwyn Jones, Harry Casson, Willie Ryan, Arthur Ellis, Mark Bright (captain)
Reserves
Mark Cornish, James Gibbons, Alex Penny, Adam Preocanin, Chris York, Luke Carter, Ben Ward

Bedford Blues
Elliot Clement-Hill, Pat Tapley, Michael Le Bourgeois (c), Ollie Dodge, George Perkins, Myles Dorrian, Tom James; Hayden Thompson-Stringer, Jacob Fields, Dave Spelman, Mike Howard, Will Carrick-Smith, Ed Taylor, Ben Adams, Jason Hill
Reserves
George Edgson, Jack Culverhouse, Christian Judge, Byron Hodge, Josh Buggea, Jordan Burns, Jake Sharp

Referee – Jack Makepeace
Attendance – 789
STORM Watches man of the match – Aaron Penberthy

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

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