Chinnor 38, Cheltenham Tigers 15

Chinnor ran in six tries for a comfortable National 3 South West win at Kingsey Road.

The hosts never hit top form and, at times, their defence appeared a little loose, but Cheltenham looked better than a side who have not won this season.

Chinnor started strongly, but it took 12 minutes for their pressure to pay off.

Although flanker Nick Harrison couldn’t take a scoring pass from prop Joe Winpenny, Cheltenham didn’t clear and scrum half Toby Prescott put full back Richard Williams over on the right.

Fly half James Cathcart hit a post with the tricky conversion, but he was soon on target from the left wing as Chinnor scored almost from the restart.

Prescott made a decisive break from halfway and combined with Williams, who fed Wasps Academy No 8 Alex Fan to race down the touchline.

Maybe they thought it would now be easy, but Chinnor seemed to switch off and Cheltenham wing Richard Morris was allowed an easy to run in to score on 19 minutes.

Two minutes later, Prescott snaffled a weak clearance and jinked his way in at great pace for try No 3, which Cathcart converted for 19-5.

Hooker Alan Cawston was soon driven over from a rolling maul, Cathcart again converting.

But Cheltenham went through the phases and created a well-worked try for Morris, which fly half Mike Wilcox converted.

It could have been worse for Chinnor had visiting centre Adam Pickford not passed to home wing Baz Corpe when a try looked on.

They were also grateful to wing Pip Seymour whose big hit stopped another move in its tracks.

Wilcox slotted a penalty soon after the break, but Chinnor nerves were settled when lock Harry Jackman powered over on 48 minutes from Prescott’s pass, Cathcart converting.

Another powerful maul ended with prop Ian Stock bagging Chinnor’s sixth try, but Cathcart’s conversion was ruled out despite some enthusiastic flag work from home touch judge Bill Piers.

Chinnor had three great chances to add to their tally in the final quarter, with the first two being blown by speculative off-loads.

Flanker Adam Hastings and then Seymour raced into the 22, but the ball was lost.

Finally, young centre Huw Morgan fumbled after Fan had blasted to within five metres of the line.

Chinnor: R Williams (capt), Seymour, Goode (Serrano 42), Morgan, B Corpe, Cathcart, Prescott, Stock (Whelan 70), Cawston, Winpenny, Jackman (Devine 53), Smith, Hastings, Harrison, Fan.

Referee: R Harding (Devon).

Chinnor man-of-the-match: Fan.