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CHIPPING Norton took full advantage of a reprieve to defeat Gosford All Blacks 31-7 at Stratfield Brake.

Gosford had been leading 20-0 before last month’s original clash was abandoned on 48 minutes after referee Keith Cannock pulled a leg muscle.

The rescheduled match on Saturday proved a very different affair, with the visitors pulling away in the second half.

Kieran Phillips-Tebb went over for Chippy’s opening try, with Darren De Bruyn converting.

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But Will Watts’s score, converted by Chris Bennett, levelled proceedings.

Joe Murrell bagged a second try for Chippy before the break and they pushed on strongly in the second period.

Lock Shane Newman was adjudged to have touched down try No 3, despite protests that Gosford prop Tom Heydon beat him to the ball.

De Bruyn converted this and a penalty try awarded after Gosford’s Ben Bodinham tackled Phillips-Tebb off the ball.

Gosford went close through Harry Sutton after a kick ahead, but Chippy wrapped up the scoring with a try from replacement Josh Thornton.

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