OXFORDSHIRE Cup final man-of-the-match Andy Henley says he would like to stay with Oxford Harlequins next season.

The centre from New Zealand received the Ron Grimshaw Memorial Trophy, which was donated by the Oxford Mail in memory of their late rugby correspondent.

Henley has been Quins' most impressive back in his two years at the club, demonstrating this again with a hat-trick of tries at Iffley Road.

But it is not always easy for clubs to hang on to their overseas stars as Chinnor discovered to their loss last summer.

Henley said: "I'm hoping to stay around, but there's things that need sorting out like work and a visa.

"If I didn't need a visa, I would be fine.

"Having progressed with Quins, I would like to be around to give it a real push for promotion next year."

He added: "We've definitely progressed from last year. We've probably scored twice as many tries.

"Being an outside back, that's what we like to see.

"We've also got a few more quality players in key positions.

"We are trying to play an expansive game, but last year we didn't really understand it as well.

"You need to learn how to get the ball wide and support the play.

"This year we have also had more consistency. Last year we didn't have the same team for more than a few games."

Henley's hat-trick against Witney was his second of the season following a treble at Mounts Bay in the league.

He said: "I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time, I guess.

"You've got to be pleased with any game where you get three tries.

"I've had quite a few twos, but that's my second hat-trick.

"I was out injured for almost three months, but I didn't miss too many games as it was partly over the Christmas break.

"I started well and got injured in the third or fourth game, but I feel I've got my form back.

"We've still got two big games to go to push ourselves on."

As for the final, Henley added: "For us it was a matter absorbing all Witney's pressure.

"We knew our strength was to get it out wide.

"We wanted to play our natural game and not let them take control with a tight game.

"They had some big boys in their forwards and we had to tire them out."