Ealing Trailfinders vs London Scottish

By Ryan Fitzgerald-Nolan

Ealing Trailfinders fastened their grip on first place in the Championship with another double-figure try return, with Matt Williams’ London Scottish falling to a 101-7 loss at Trailfinders Sports Club.

On a fine afternoon in West London, Trailfinders touched down 15 times for their biggest win of the season so far.

Despite the score, there were large portions of the first half where Scottish held their own and posed the question of scoring a try with prolonged periods in Trailfinders’ territory.

Nevertheless, the try bonus point was secured in the first half, with Jan-Henning Campher scoring a brace and Charlie Walker, Matt Gordon, Rayn Smid running in their own alongside a penalty try.

Campher completed his hat trick soon after the interval with an additional eight tries in the final fourty, including a Tadgh McElroy hat-trick, in what can only be best described as a forceful second half performance.

Trailfinders were put under immediate threat with the visitors winning several penalties, with Scottish firmly situated in the opposing ’22 in the opening stages.

Good work at the breakdown by Ben Ward’s side won back possession and relieved such pressure, with the breakthrough following soon after.

Craig Hampson and Charlie Walker revived their famous linkup to put the hosts in front, the scrum-half opting for a quick tap-and-go whilst shadowed by Walker to the try line to touch down.

A knock-on from Simon Uzokwe just short of the line denied the boys in Green and White their second of the afternoon, following some swift hands in the build up play.

This time it was Hampson who was denied so close to the whitewash, employing typical quick thinking and spotting a gap tin the Scottish back line to dot over from the ruck, only to fumble the ball.

A matter of minutes after Scottish re-entered Trailfinders territory following a risky kick and chase from a loose ball by Reuben Bird-Tulloch, the hosts were over again with half hour gone.

Steven Shingler kicked for touch with the following rolling maul involving all but two Trailfinders, as hooker Jan-Henning Campher dotted down with Shingler adding his second conversion of the afternoon.

In a half that was fraught with loose hands from Trailfinders, their industry on the ground won back possession several times and led to the third try.

Shingler once again opted for the corner the lengthen the distance between the sides, but it was the Exiles’ own ill-discipline that was adjudged to be preventing a score with a penalty try awarded.

Former Scot Matt Gordon that bagged his side’s try bonus point with his side just warming up in one of the final action of the first half, in his first start of the season.

Captain Rayn Smid peeled off the base of the scrum to offload to the centre, dashing from the halfway line to cross over with Shingler adding more extras.

It was indeed Trailfinders’ leading man in Smid to inflict more damage on the scoreboard next, receiving a smart offload from fellow countryman Bobby de Wee to cross the whitewash.

Shingler’s sumptuous kick from halfway found touch at the five metre line for Campher to grab his brace after yet another dominant rolling maul, with the Welshman’s conversion concluding proceedings for the first period.

HT- Ealing Trailfinders 42-0 London Scottish

Scottish acquiesced early possession of the ball and Trailfinders kicked for touch again, with Campher securing his hat trick three minutes into the second period but was replaced by debutant Tadgh McElroy soon after.

Exile Noah Ferdinand registered his side’s first return, touching down in the corner with Hayden Hyde assisting with a neat one-handed offload.

But it was replacement Jordan Burns who retorted by sniping through a break in the Scottish defence off the ruck, racing away uncontested to dot down with fellow half-back substitute Craig Willis adding the conversion.

Uzokwe’s work ethic in the ruck, alongside backchat from Scottish’s Rory Hughes, enabled Willis to kick for the corner with another double-figured maul attempting to crash over.

After several recycled phases with the ball, McElroy assumed the scoring nous of his hooker counterpart to touch down for his maiden five points as a Trailfinder.

It was rinse and repeat for Ward’s men with McElroy touching down for his brace off the back of another rolling maul- the fifth try for the matchup for a hooker.

Trailfinders mercenary attitude did not let up for a second- scoring from their first possession from the kick off with Gordon racing away on the left flank, working it inside initially to Burns and then again to Walker to score.

Scottish squandered what looked to be their final chance of reaching a double-figure score when a threatening maul was knocked on.

Luke Daniels capped off a positive first start of the season to take the Trailfinders total beyond 80 points with less than five minutes to go, the fluid attacking move spawning from Willis’ quick turn in midfield.

James Cordy-Redden moved the ball to Jack Digby for the latter’s first try in Green and White, with Reuben Bird-Tulloch drawing his side closer to 100 points with a try of his own.

Simon Uzokwe’s monster tackle directly forced a turnover in the Exiles’ ’22, with Gordon collecting and distributing to the ever-determined youngster to power home.

With the Vallis Way crowd desperate to see 100 points, it looked as though Digby was the man to take them into touching distance but for his intercepted pass on the breakaway.

A penalty won soon after awarded a final opportunity for the home crowd, as McElroy scored his own hat trick try from a rolling maul.

With bated breath, the Damian Bugeja Stand went into raptures with Willis’ conversion taking the haul past 100- another successful afternoon at Trailfinders Sports Club, to say the least.

FT- Ealing Trailfinders 101-7 London Scottish

Ealing Trailfinders:

15. David Johnston (replaced by James Cordy-Redden, 73 minutes), 14. Charlie Walker, 13. Reuben Bird-Tulloch, 12. Matt Gordon, 11. Luke Daniels, 10. Steve Shingler (replaced by Craig Willis, 40 minutes), 9. Craig Hampson (replaced by Jordan Burns, 40 minutes); 1. Dylan Smith (replaced by Will Davis, 63 minutes), 2. Jan-Henning Campher (replaced by Tadgh McElroy, 45 minutes), 3. Lewis Thiede (replaced by Kyle Whyte, 63 minutes), 4. Bobby de Wee, 5. Harry Casson (replaced by Simon Linsell, 18 minutes), 6. Jack Digby, 7. Simon Uzokwe, 8. Rayn Smid (C)

Replacements:

16. Tadgh McElroy, 17. Will Davis, 18. Kyle Whyte, 19. Simon Linsell, 20. Malon al-Jiboori, 21. Craig Willis, 22. Jordan Burns, 23. James Cordy-Redden

Tries: Charlie Walker (2), Jan-Henning Campher (3), Penalty Try, Matt Gordon, Rayn Smid, Jordan Burns, Tadgh McElroy (3), Luke Daniels, Jack Digby, Reuben Bird-Tulloch

Conversions: Steven Shingler (6), Craig Willis (7)

London Scottish:

15. Rory Hughes, 14. Noah Ferdinand, 13. Hayden Hyde, 12. Sam Hanks, 11. Dalton Grant, 10. Laurence May, 9. Dan Nutton; 1. Jake Ellwood, 2. Nick Selway (c), 3. Joe Rees, 4. Tom Baldwin (vc), 5. Matas Jurevicius, 6. Morgan Dawes, 7. Jack Ingall, 8. Cameron King

Replacements:

16. Will Routledge, 17. Maurice Nwakor, 18. Alex Gibson, 19. Ehize Ehizode, 20. Brian Tuilagi, 21. Ed Hoadley, 22. Javiah Pohe, 23. Aaron Purewal

Tries: Noah Ferdinand

Conversions: Laurence May

Yellow Cards: Dalton Grant

Coventry vs Ealing Trailfinders

The West Londoners travelled to Butts Park Arena to face a Coventry side unbeaten at home so far this Championship Rugby season. In a line up which was saw an unchanged starting 15 from the one that beat Nottingham a fortnight ago, Ealing Trailfinders headed north looking to keep hold of their top spot in the Championship.

It was Coventry who started spritely and put the first points on the board when they were awarded a penalty after Ealing Trailfinders were penalised for not rolling away, with Tony Fenner successful from the boot.

It didn’t take long for Trailfinders to kick into gear though, when with just minutes into the game a break down the left wing from Charlie Walker put Craig Hampson in at the corner to dot down for the travelling sides first try of the game.

Just moments later the West Londoners put another five points on the board when another quick break from the back line saw Craig Hampson dot down once again, this time being fed the ball after a great break from Pat Howard, a dominate opening 10 minutes putting Trailfinders well in control.

Six minutes later it was time for try number three for Trailfinders, after a number of phases with referee Sara Cox penalising Coventry at the breakdown within their own 22, the ball was fed to Back-Row Simon Uzokwe to power home for his third try for the season.

The bonus point was almost wrapped up mid way through the opening half, when some clever footwork from Angus Kernohan after a dropped ball led to a break down the right side with David Johnston looking for the corner, speeding away he was just caught before the try line as the ball was lost and Coventry were able to clear to touch at the half way line after some quick hands within their own 5 metre.

The first half was becoming quite the penalty fest with Coventry being constantly pinged for infringements, however Trailfinders couldn’t quite take advantage as it remained 3-19 for another 15 minutes as both teams traded blows.

The Coventry wall was finally broken down again though after another penalty conceded by Coventry led to a number of phases from Trailfinders within the opponents 5 metre, the ball ending up fed back by Hampson to Pat Howard who showed strength to battle his way over the line to dot down, and the bonus point in the bag.

Moments later Hampson intercepted a loose Coventry pass at Trailfinders 10 metre line, racing away he couldn’t be caught, dotting down for his hat-trick and Ealing Trailfinders fifth try of the afternoon.

With Trailfinders well on top, momentum was well with the travelling side and they made it six tries just moments before the break, a line out drive from the line out, after another penalty was awarded led to Shaun Malton driving over the line at the back of the rolling maul.

Half-time Coventry 3 – Ealing Trailfinders 38

The second half burst into action and fast! As winger Charlie Walker intercepted another loose Coventry pass, sprinting away from just inside the Coventry half to score and extend Trailfinders lead to 43-3 with 35 minutes still on the clock.

Coventry weren’t to go down without a fight and something for the home fans to celebrate, a good spell of possession within Trailfinders 22 finally led to some success. Several attempted drives for the line finally led to club captain Ryan Burrows dotting down, much to the avail of the Butts Park Arena faithful.

Moments later it was time for Trailfinders substitute Jordan Burns to pick up a loose ball, running 35 metres clear of the chasing Coventry defence, to score on his 50th appearance for the West London side.

The home side were given another chance to celebrate with just over 10 minutes left on the clock when the ball was quickly spread along the back line to Sam Aspland-Robinson who raced away in the corner to score.

In what was becoming a very end to end affair substitute Jan-Henning Campher scored with a carbon copy of Shaun Malton’s try, powering over the line at the back of the driving maul for the eight score of the game.

Coventry were not giving up on their hunt for a losing bonus point though as a great break down the wing led to substitute Aaron Hinkley fighting his way over the line for the home sides third try of the afternoon.

Charlie Walker try, ball worked along the backs from Reuben Bird-Tulloch to Charlie Walker who dots down in the corner to wrap up another convincing win for Ben Ward’s men, with another 70 point hall against Championship opposition.

A result that the Trailfinders will be happy with, as they head home next week to face local rivals London Scottish at Trailfinders Sports Club.

Full-time Coventry 24 – Ealing Trailfinders 73

 

 

Coventry Rugby Starting XV

1 Toby Trainer

2 Jordon Poole

3 Phil Boulton

4 Nile Dacres

5 Jonathan Kpoku

6 Adam Peters

7 Josh Bainbridge

8 Ryan Burrows (c)

9 Josh Barton

10 Tony Fenner

11 Sam Aspland-Robinson

12 Tom Griffiths

13 Rob Knox

14 Rob Stevenson

15 Tom Howe

Replacements – 

16 Suva Ma’asi

17 Dan Richardson

18 Cal Ford

19 Fred Betteridge

20 Aaron Hinkley

21 Joe Snow

22 Evan Mitchell

23 Will Owen

Tries – Aspland-Robinson, Hinkley, Burrows

Conversions – Fenner x3

Penalties – Fenner

Ealing Trailfinders Starting XV

1 James Gibbons

2 Shaun Malton

3 Lewis Thiede

4 Simon Linsell

5 James Cannon

6 Jack Digby

7 Simon Uzokwe

8 Rayn Smid (c)

9 Craig Hampson

10 Steven Shingler

11 Angus Kernohan

12 Pat Howard

13 Max Bodilly

14 Charlie Walker

15 David Johnston

Replacements – 

16 Jan-Henning Campher

17 Dylan Smith

18 Kyle Whyte

19 Harry Casson

20 Bobby De Wee

21 Jordan Burns

22 Reuben Bird-Tulloch

23 Malon Al-Jiboori

Tries – Hampson x 3, Walker x 2, Burns, Uzokwe, Campher, Malton, Howard, Shingler

Conversions – Shingler x 9

Ealing Trailfinders vs Nottingham

By Ryan Fitzgerald-Nolan

Ealing Trailfinders got their Championship campaign back on track on Saturday afternoon, with a 12-try win over Craig Hammond’s Nottingham Rugby at Trailfinders Sports Club, finishing 78-19.

Ben Ward’s side responded well following a narrow 15-12 away loss to Cornish Pirates last time out, touching down six times in each half of the convincing win.

Simon Uzokwe, Rayn Smid, Pat Howard, Shaun Malton, Charlie Walker, Craig Hampson and eight points from the boot of man of the match Steven Shingler, gave the boys in Green and White a 24-point lead at the break.

Smid and Walker both completed their braces in the second forty minutes, alongside tries from Jan-Henning Campher and Reuben Bird-Tulloch, as Jordan Burns also touched down twice in the space of two minutes to conclude proceedings.

Trailfinders set an early precedent with consecutive dominant scrums, the second of which the pack were able to win possession of the ball just inside the visitors ‘22.

Scrum-half Craig Hampson raced away and offloaded to Simon Uzokwe, evading tackles to touch down, with Steven Shingler adding the extras.

Uzokwe turned provider for captain Rayn Smid to dot down under the posts to finish a rapid breakaway by the boys in Green and White, the latter stealing a Nottingham lineout to begin the counter.

With Trailfinders 14 points to the good, the Archers knew they had to start edging their way into the game, and did so with a swift reply.

Archie Vanes scored following a rolling maul to pull his side back into the affair, with Dan Lancaster adding a conversion but missing a rangey penalty from halfway minutes later.

A concerning rise in the penalty count afforded Nottingham a chance to once again kick for the corner, but once again a lineout was well intercepted by Smid to give some relief to his side.

Pat Howard restored some parity between the sides after picking up from the base of the ruck just short of the whitewash to score in the corner, as Shingler was unable to convert from the touchline.

Elliott Creed was sent to the bin in an attempt to stop yet another fast, fluid move originating from Trailfinders’ own half, where Shaun Malton consequentially scored.

Trailfinders captain Smid soon joined Creed for a brief spell on the sidelines, as Craig Hammond’s side were awarded a penalty try.

Nimble feet from Hammond found the scrum-half some space to run into, who passed to Charlie Walker infield to score under the posts.

The deadly linkup between the aforementioned pair punished the Archers for Trailfinders’ sixth and final score of the half, this time with the number nine dotting down for his first five points of the game.

HT- Ealing Trailfinders 38-14 Nottingham

Having been held up on the line in the opening attacking phases of the half, Trailfinders maintained their pressure towards the try line as head injury replacement Jan-Henning Campher crossed and scored from a brutish advancing maul.

Hampson and Walker resumed their collaborative efforts in the second half as the former assisted the latter, with Shingler converting Walker’s effort to take their side’s total to 50.

An unfortunate knock-on from Walker denied the winger a hattrick and David Johnston an assist on his 50th appearance after some terrific movement with the ball.

Trailfinders did nonetheless win the resulting scrum and after several phases, Smid crossed the whitewash for his second with Shingler adding an impressive converted kick.

Summer signing Reuben Bird-Tulloch was next to pile on the pressure in the final phase of more fantastic attacking rugby, his first try for the club as Shingler once again split the posts from a testing angle.

Good work at the breakdown denied Nottingham what looked to almost certainly be their third score of the afternoon just shy of the try line, keeping the deficit at a resounding 50 points.

Quick thinking from replacement Jordan Burns saw the scrum-half bag a brace with two pickups from the ruck to dart over each time, as Trailfinders’ final substitution Craig Willis registered his first four points from the boot.

Tim Hoyt went over in the final few minutes of the game to restore some pride in his team’s performance, with decent footballing from both Harry Graham and Morgan Bunting nearly securing a try bonus point but for the ball to make its way into touch.

FT Ealing Trailfinders 78-19 Nottingham

Ealing Trailfinders:

15. David Johnston, 14. Charlie Walker, 13. Max Bodilly, 12. Pat Howard (replaced by Reuben Bird-Tulloch, 54 minutes), 11. Angus Kernohan, 10. Steven Shingler (replaced by Craig Willis, 73 minutes), 9. Craig Hampson (replaced by Jordan Burns, 54 minutes); 1. James Gibbons (replaced by Dylan Smith, 56 minutes), 2. Shaun Malton (replaced by Jan-Henning Campher, 43 minutes), 3. Lewis Thiede (replaced by Kyle Whyte, 56 minutes), 4. Simon Linsell (replaced by Bobby de Wee, 51 minutes), 5. James Cannon, 6. Jack Digby, 7. Simon Uzokwe (replaced by Malon al-Jiboori, 64 minutes), 8. Rayn Smid (C)

Replacements:

16. Jan-Henning Campher, 17. Dylan Smith, 18. Kyle Whyte, 19. Bobby de Wee, 20. Malon al-Jiboori, 21. Jordan Burns, 22. Craig Willis, 23. Reuben Bird-Tulloch

Tries: Simon Uzokwe, Rayn Smid (2), Pat Howard, Shaun Malton, Charlie Walker (2), Craig Hampson, Jan-Henning Campher, Reuben Bird-Tulloch, Jordan Burns (2)

Conversions: Steven Shingler (7), Craig Willis (2)

Yellow Cards: Rayn Smid

Nottingham Rugby:

15. Luke Hibberd, 14. Harry Graham, 13. Elliott Creed (replaced by Morgan Bunting), 12. Jacob Cusick (replaced by James Peachey), 11. Joe Browning, 10. Dan Lancaster, 9. Sam Edwards (replaced by Matt March); 1. Toby Williams (replaced by James Whitcombe), 2. Archie Vanes (replaced by Storm Hanekom), 3. Josh McNulty (replaced by Tim Hoyt), 4. Jack Ramshaw, 5. Scott Hall (replaced by Callum Allen), 6. Carl Kirwan (replaced by Jacob Wright), 7. Lewis Barrett, 8. Josh Poullet (C)

Replacements:

16. Storm Hanekom, 17. Tim Hoyt, 18. James Whitcombe, 19. Callum Allen, 20. Jacob Wright, 21. Matt March, 22. Morgan Bunting, 23. James Peachey

Tries: Archie Vanes, Penalty Try, Tim Hoyt

Conversions: Dan Lancaster (2)

Yellow Cards: Elliott Creed

Cornish Pirates vs Ealing Trailfinders

It was a tough day at the office for Ben Ward’s men as Ealing Trailfinders fell to defeat on their first away fixture of the season in a 15-12 loss at The Mennaye Field.

The home side came out of the block the fastest as early pressure led to Bobby De Wee being penalised and sent to the sin bin. Making the most out of their numerical advantage a knock through from the boot looking to put Tommy Wyatt through at the corner led to a line out when Hampson it put into touch, for the subsequent line out the ball was worked well from Pirates driving towards the line with Sara Cox awarding a penalty try for the home side due to Ealing Trailfinders coming in at the side.

Moments later a sustained period of pressure from the Pirates really put the Trailfinders under the cosh with the majority of the opening 20 minutes being played within Ealing’s half.

In a frustrating half for the Trailfinders, a number of lost line outs cost the travelling side in the attempt to swing momentum away from the home side. However as much pressure was applied Pirates were made to rue not getting another score on the board when the ball was worked along the back line well from a 22 metre line out and fed to Malon Al-Jiboori who crashes through the Pirates defence to dot down and level things going into half-time.

It was perhaps Ealing who would be the happier heading down the tunnel, seeing very little of the ball throughout the first 40 minutes.

Half-Time Cornish Pirates 7 Ealing Trailfinders 7

The men from The Mennaye started the second half exactly where they left off, going through the phases from the line out, Danny Cutmore picking and going to power forwards and dot down for the home side’s second of the game.

Moments later The Pirates put the travelling side under more pressure when Jan Henning Campher was penalised by Sara Cox for crawling with the ball after being tackled, Pirates decided to go for the posts and were successful with the boot through Arwel Robson.

Ben Ward’s men could never really find their feet in the game and any time that there seemed to be a glimpse of attacking prowess, The Pirates hit back with great defensive work to push the travelling side back.

Trailfinders were finally rewarded for their efforts in the second half when Craig Willis attempted a grubber through to the corner, a piece of skill that was appreciated by winger Angus Kernohan who scooped the ball up, darting inside to dot down with less than 10 minutes on the clock to close the gap to just three points.

We were then treated to 5 minutes of a barrage from Ealing Trailfinders who tried in a number of way to find a gap through the Pirates defence. It looked to be unlocked when the Jordan Burns worked the ball out to Craig Willis, who launched the ball over to Reuben Bird-Tulloch who looked set to dot down before losing his footing just short of the try line, with Sara Cox bringing the game back for a previous advantage.

Ealing Trailfinders couldn’t make it pay though and when another attempted kick through from Willis was gobbled up, all that was left was for The Pirates to launch the ball out of play to take home the win.

Full Time Cornish Pirates 15 – Ealing Trailfinders 12

Ealing Trailfinders vs Hartpury RFC

By Ryan Fitzgerald-Nolan

Ealing Trailfinders got off to the best possible start in the Championship opener with a 54-20 bonus-point win over Hartpury University at Trailfinders Sports Club.

Five tries in the opening 40 minutes courtesy of debutant Jan-Henning Campher, Rayn Smid, Simon Uzokwe and two penalty tries put the winning margin at 27 at the break for the home side.

With the result seemingly all but a formality, Hartpury had other ideas with their purple patch of the game arriving in the first 20 minutes of the second half, with Will Crane and Ethan Hunt adding five points each of their own.

The visitors’ strong spell initiated the impetus for Ben Ward’s men to solidify the result as Malon al-Jiboori, Angus Kernohan and Jordan Burns secured the club’s first five points of the season.

Trailfinders’ first breach into the visitors’ ‘22 came from a rapid Craig Hampson break after a pick up from the base of the scrum, but it was a near-full team effort that put the boys in Green and White in the lead a matter of minutes later.

Making his competitive debut was recent acquisition from The Lions Jan-Henning Campher, and the hooker the first to touch down after a well committed maul from the lineout as the ever-reliable Craig Willis converted.

Charlie Walker was held up after crossing the whitewash in the corner, but with his side holding an advantage, Willis again kicked for touch in an early statement of intent.

The subsequent set piece saw the home side applying unrelenting pressure towards another five points, and were close to doing just that but for former Trailfinder Oli Robinson collapsing the maul and being sent to the bin, with a penalty try awarded.

The Red and Blacks got their first points from the boot of England U20 fly-half Tommy Matthews, but it was deja vu once again with another rolling maul from a lineout being illegally interfered with, this time by Josh Gray with the inevitable penalty try to Trailfinders being given.

Despite the lopsided scoreline, perhaps the best rugby of the afternoon to that point came from John Barnes’ men after a quick tap-and-go from newly appointed co-club captain JB Bruzulier.

The scrum-half once again utilised his boot to split the Trailfinders last line of defence and Ben Foley was on the receiving end of the grubber to score, but Matthews’ extras struck the upright and away from goal.

Kyle Whyte was next in the book and sent to the bin after colliding with James Williams whilst the Hartpury man retrieved the ball in mid-air.

Brute strength from Bruzulier’s counterpart Rayn Smid secured the bonus point for Trailfinders in the first half after several phases culminating in the South African bundling through several ‘Pury players and over, giving Willis his easiest two points of the game.

Walker ran some fantastic lines for Trailfinders in the opening 40, but perhaps his most impactful action was on the defensive end to stunt a marauding Foley run into touch.

Some of the intuitive play by half-back pairing of Willis and Craig Hampson had the Vallis Way crowd purring, and it was the scrum-half who bagged his first assist of the afternoon when offloading to Simon Uzokwe for the fifth and final score of the first period.

 

 

HT- Ealing Trailfinders 35-8 Hartpury University

 

 

Harry Casson became the first player in the book in the second half following a notably high penalty count in the early stages for Trailfinders, and the visitors soon capitalised with other co-club captain Will Crane dotting over from a lineout maul.

While a 20-point cushion remained intact, Trailfinders’ slightly lethargic approach was met with a renewed sense of optimism from the travelling outfit as another debutant in Ethan Hunt’s unconverted try narrowed the deficit further.

Ben Ward’s men gained some much needed territory following Hampson’s smart box kick into space and consecutive charge downs from replacement lock Simon Linsell and fellow second-rower Casson.

Resistance eventually prevailed with ‘Pury unable to get out of their own ‘22, Malon al-Jiboori touching down after another lineout maul with Willis again converting.

Shaun Malton’s fast-break from a ruck set in motion a counter for the home side which was once again fully operating with the wind in their sails.

Irish winger Angus Kernohan rounded off the quick move after being found in space on the right flank in the following phase, with Willis missing the follow up.

Trailfinders began to put on a show for the home faithful in the final actions as a rapid breakout from the base of the ruck was coordinated and finished off by scrum-half substitute Jordan Burns after some nifty footwork to evade the last man.

FT- Ealing Trailfinders 54-20 Hartpury University

Ealing Trailfinders:

15. David Johnston (VC), 14. Angus Kernohan, 13. Max Bodilly (replaced by Reuben Bird-Tulloch, 72 minutes), 12. Pat Howard, 11. Charlie Walker (replaced by Jack Digby, 77 minutes), 10. Craig Willis, 9. Craig Hampson (replaced by Jordan Burns, 72 minutes); 1. James Gibbons (replaced by Lewis Theide, 62 minutes), 2. Jan-Henning Campher (replaced by Shaun Malton, 62 minutes), 3. Kyle Whyte (replaced by Dylan Smith, 62 mins), 4. Bobby de Wee (replaced by Simon Linsell, 59 minutes), 5. Harry Casson, 6. Malon al-Jiboori, 7. Simon Uzokwe (replaced by Max Northcote-Green, 59 minutes), 8. Rayn Smid (C).

Replacements:

16. Shaun Malton, 17. Dylan Smith, 18. Lewis Thiede, 19. Simon Linsell, 20. Max Northcote-Green, 21. Jordan Burns, 22. Reuben Bird-Tulloch, 23. Jack Digby.

Tries: Jan-Henning Campher, Penalty try (2), Rayn Smid, Simon Uzokwe, Malon al-Jiboori, Angus Kernohan, Jordan Burns.

Conversions: Craig Willis (7)Yellow Card: Kyle Whyte, Harry Casson

Hartpury University:

15. Ben Foley, 14. Sam Smith, 13. Robbie Smith, 12. James Williams, 11. Sam Goatley, 10. Tommy Matthews, 9. JB Bruzulier (CC); 1. Conor Maguire, 2. Will Crane, 3. Ciaran Knight, 4. Cameron Jordan, 5. Alex Groves, 6. Joe Howard, 7. Xavier Hastings, 8. Oli Robinson

Replacements:

16. Ethan Hunt, 17. Olly Adkins, 18. Jonathan Benz-Salamon, 19. Dale Lemon, 20. Josh Gray, 21. Oscar Lennon, 22. Luke Eves, 23. Matt McNab

Tries: Ben Foley, Will Crane, Ethan Hunt

Conversions: Tommy Matthews

Penalties: Tommy Matthews

Yellow Card: Oli Robinson, Josh Gray

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