South West 1 East

WITNEY were overpowered 23-3 away to a hungrier, quicker Maidenhead side.

The hosts bagged a try from wing Mike Burnett inside two minutes.

Centre Tony Marawa fumbled the ball with the line at his mercy, but on eight minutes giant lock Mark Mueller crashed through three tackles to score.

Fly half Mike Virgo converted, while Witney full back Henry Lamb replied with a penalty on 28 minutes.

Virgo slotted a penalty before half-time and repeated the trick after 45 minutes.

Witney wing James Monks found centre Carl Strutt after a strong break, but Strutt knocked on.

Henry Lamb missed a penalty before scrum half Elliott Brown scored a late try for Maidenhead.