Gosford All Blacks had to withstand furious early exchanges before beating a determined Abingdon 13-3 in their Division 2 game at Stratfield Brake.

Bryan Graham's early penalty for Gosford was matched by Abingdon's Xavier Lecocq.

All Blacks were disrupted by injuries to Tom Iles and scrum half Rob Mackintosh, but won the game with second-half tries from winger Steve Dee and Graham.