Six-try Cinderford destroy Blackheath

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CINDERFORD won their fourth consecutive away match at Blackheath, snatching sixth place from their National Two opponents.

The Foresters ran riot in south east London, scoring six tries and securing a bonus point by half-time.

A disturbing injury to their full-back, Danny Trigg, threatened to mar the entertaining encounter, but quick-thinking physio Claire Wozencroft swiftly prevented any serious danger.

Fly-half Tim Stevenson began the rout after two minutes when he sold Blackheath’s defence a dummy and scored, with Trigg adding another two.

Cinderford’s good defence was finally breached 13 minutes later when Blackheath scrum-half Ben Ibrahim picked up and dived over from a ruck on the Foresters’ try-line and Tom White converted.

But it was one-way traffic after that, with Cinderford scoring 34 unanswered points, beginning with the pick of the lot from Dave Knight five minutes later.

From a scrum in Blackheath’s 22, Jaike Carter arrived at speed before superbly flicking the ball to Stevenson, who passed inside to the on-rushing Knight to score. Trigg converted.

Trigg added a penalty nine minutes later after Blackheath number eight Gareth Jones was sin-binned for cynically tripping and preventing Paul Knight from starting another attack at a ruck.

Cinderford grew in confidence with every wave of attacks and they began securing quick ball.

It resulted in Rob Fidler going over two minutes before half-time from yards out. However, Trigg missed.

Just before the whistle, Stevenson’s inside pass put hooker Nigel Matthews under the posts for the bonus point and Trigg added another two going into the break.

Paul Knight then bulldozed through the tackles from halfway line two minutes into the second period, but Trigg was unsuccessful with the conversion.

On the hour, Trigg collided with Blackheath’s defenders chasing his own kick, but received fast medical attention and departed with 11 points and a relieved round of applause.

It was then Dewi Scourfield’s turn to smash through the tacklers and score Cinderford’s final try after 65 minutes, giving substitute Freddie Burns an easy conversion.

With time winding down, Ibrahim broke down the blind side from a five-metre scrum near Cinderford’s line and stretched out an arm in the corner to score, with Matt Leek converting.

BLACKHEATH: S Legg, L Wordley, D Brett, N Dewale, A Vanner, J Catt, K Aseme, G Jones, B Ibrahim, M Leek, S Smith, R Windsor, S Hamilton, S Moan, T White. Replacements: J Knight, N Winwood, C York, M Olima, L Amzaley.

CINDERFORD: P Kennedy, N Matthews, A Deacon, R Fidler, M Cornwell, A Nicholls, M Brown, G Evans, P Knight, T Stevenson, J Carter, D Scourfield, D Knight, J Copsey, D Trigg. Replacements: S Knight, A Duncan, T Wilson, F Burns, D Wright.

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