Henley Hawks were sucked towards the relegation zone in National 2 thanks to a 44-3 defeat at Redruth.

Hawks' misery was increased by injuries to centre Luke Burns (knee) and flanker Garth Chamberlain (ankle).

Penalties from Redruth's Gareth Griffiths and Henley's Nathan Lambden made it 3-3 on nine minutes, but Griffiths converted Craig Bonds's try soon afterwards and Redruth cut loose after the break.

PJ Gidlow, Gareth Cooper, Sam Parsons, Mark Bright and Rob Thirly bagged tries with Griffiths converting three and adding a penalty.