Cinderford survived a second-half comeback from Redruth to secure their fifth National 2 West victory in a row and move up to second place in the table.
It was the home side’s impressive first forty that earned them victory and consisted of a couple of Luke McMahon penalty slots in the opening encounters as Redruth were punished for the ill-discipline. Cinderford continued to build into the first half and were awarded with a try for their efforts. After several attempts to pierce the Redruth defence, inside centre Hugo Murray bundled over the try line. The home side looked in cruise control heading into the half time break as scored once more with flair.
Elliott Southworth finished off scintillating home attack by scoring in the corner with McMahon making the score ever sweeter by converting an excellent effort at goal.
With another try Cinderford making it 23-0 early in the second half, this time by Sam Smith, the away side well and truly seemed out of the contest. However, they were anything but. The home side’s lead was cut to eleven points in the space of five minutes. Tries from Jamie Prisk and Shaun Buzza created understandable doubt amongst the Cinderford faithful. The momentum of the match had well and truly shifted when Luke Johnson’s stylish score tightened the game ever closer. However, the home side were able to remain strong to see the game out with four points separating the teams.
Cinderford; Elliot Southworth, Will Baldwin, Harry Tovey, Hugo Murray, Sam Smith, Luke McMahon, Stan Folks-Underhill, Harry Edwards, Nathan Taylor, James Elliot, Tyler Jerrum (Capt.), Ben Carpenter, Aaron Ryan, George Knowles, George Angell.
Repls; George Perry, Dan Broady, Jack Cuthbert, George Evans, Sam Allford.