Gosford All Blacks 7, Wallingford 48
Wallingford sealed the BB&O Premier Division title after running in eight tries against a battling Gosford side at a very wet Stratfield Brake.
For the fourth consecutive match, a Wallingford player scored a hat-trick, but this time it was fly half Simon Yapp on his return debut.
Although Gosford never let their heads drop, they were well beaten by a side brimming with confidence, who should now go through the season without dropping a point.
The hosts showed good energy from the start, but fell behind after a sloppy lineout on nine minutes.
Wallingford snaffled the ball and prop Ed Jenkins was driven over with Yapp converting.
Winger Nick Risk, with hat-tricks in Wallingford's last three games, was next to go over on 15 minutes after a flowing move begin by centre Pete Lloyd's burst.
Gosford's forward pressure paid off with a try from captain Eugene Griffin after 27 minutes.
Griffin converted, and for a time Wallingford looked rattled.
Yapp helped them re-discover their momentum when he latched on to Derek Viljoen's pass and sprinted through a static defence to score and convert on 34 minutes.
Gosford, who saw hooker Chris Jones sin-binned for pulling back Lloyd, trailed 24-7 at the break after Viljoen picked up a loose ball to canter in on the right wing.
The Viljoen-Yapp combination clicked again on 44 minutes, allowing the later to break through and convert his own try.
Yapp completed his treble with a score on the left wing after some good recycling.
Gosford No 8 Rick Benito was yellow-carded after 53 minutes, but Wallingford couldn't manage another score until the closing stages.
In between the hosts maintained a good work rate, while visiting full back Henry Venners managed to knock on with the line at his mercy after hacking up the wing.
On 72 minutes, a change of direction created a massive overlap for Wallingford and flanker Pete Holton could stroll in for a try, which Yapp converted.
Try No 8 came on 74 minutes when Stuart Mount found fellow replacement Don Jenkins in space, and the Kiwi centre sprinted in.
Gosford's efforts almost gained them a late consolation score, but the final whistle signalled champagne celebrations for the jubilant visitors.
Gosford: Williams, Joines, B Hughes (Glithero 35), D Hughes, Grant (Major blood 47-52), Holburn, Clutton, Machin, Jones, Donnelly (Major blood 43-5) (Murray 55), Stepney, Rhymes, Weir, Griffin (Major 55) (capt), Benito.
Wallingford: Venners, Risk, Collett, Lloyd (Don Jenkins 46), Simons, Yapp, Viljoen, E Jenkins, Hill (Mount 61), Young (Chapman 52), Dor Jenkins, McKenna, Blaszko (capt), Holton, Thorns.
Man-of-the-match: Yapp.
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