Lichfield picked up another win as they came out on top in against Newark.
The action was immediate as the visitors kicked out on the full and the hosts broke blind from the resulting scrum, with David Mott making ground before two quick rucks allowed Rich Burton to go over inside the first minute. Kai Lucas-Dumolo added the first of his three conversions.
On 14 minutes, Newark replied with a try from a maul five metres out. Mattie Ashton was at the bottom of the pile of the bodies, but there was no conversion.
Within two minutes, Lichfield were back in the ascendancy and Freddie Wilson timed his dart for the line off a ruck just right to give the visitor’s defence no chance.
Shortly afterwards, the Myrtle Greens were mixing their play between forwards and backs well enough to stretch the Newark rearguard and Lucas-Dumolo finished with aplomb in the left corner.
The confidence from having a lead of 19-5 gave the city side the opportunity to play some decent rugby for the rest of the half, despite being down to 14 men for ten minutes after one high tackle too many.
The final try of the half was scored by Kieran Reynolds, with a nonchalant dummy included, which bought him the room to sprint over from the 22 line. The conversion was added to effectively sealed the game for the home side with a 26-5 advantage.
It took a further 15 minutes for Lichfield to score their final try. Newark fancied their chances of running the ball from their own line, but stern defence stopped them in their tracks and Wilson grabbed his second of the afternoon under the posts.
A further yellow card for the hosts hindered their ability to control the next phase of the game and the visitors gained some confidence from scrum half James Tarbutt sniping over from close range to round off the scoring.
There is no league game this coming weekend, which means the next action will be a top of the table clash at Long Eaton on 4th November..
On Sunday, there was a double home victory to celebrate over Silhillians. The women’s green team has become the only unbeaten side in their league with their 40 point success, while the colts engineered a much needed fillip for themselves, winning 31-8.
