DAN Brady continued his try-scoring exploits as the winger’s hat-trick helped Banbury ease to a 53-19 home win against Chippenham.
Ed Phillips, who scored 18 points, and Ian Isham also crossed twice as Bulls made it three wins in a row.
Banbury raced into a 19-0 lead in the South West 1 East fixture, thanks to tries from Tommy Gray, Phillips and Jimmy Manley.
Chippenham took full advantage of Angus Johnson being in the sin-bin and replied through Oli Alcorn’s score, converted by Al MacKenzie.
- Dan Brady scores a superb second try for Banbury during their win over Chippenham Video: Banbury RUFC
Isham was also yellow carded for Bulls, but they survived without conceding again.
Phillips then crossed once more to give Banbury a 24-7 lead.
Jacob Unwin’s try, converted by MacKenzie, cut the home sides’ advantage.
But Bulls raced into a 53-14 lead, thanks to scores from Brady (3), who has now crossed seven times in three matches, and Isham (2).
Phillips converted four of the home side’s nine tries.
Chippenham grabbed a late consolation through Kieran Atkin.
Matt Henderson and Fotu Latu both scored two tries as Oxford Harlequins made it back-to-back wins when beating Stratford-upon-Avon 34-7 away.
The visitors led 17-0 after 16 minutes.
Toni Turetta crossed, with Henderson going over twice.
The hosts replied through Max Sheldrake’s converted try, but Latu crashed through to put Quins 24-7 in front.
Latu and Pete Alston then went over in the second half to cap a superb performance.
Rory Garrett converted two of Quins’ six tries.
Witney fell to a third-straight loss when suffering a 28-8 defeat at home to newly-promoted Beaconsfield.
The visitors raced into a 14-0 lead after 19 minutes, thanks to tries from Dru Labri and Ben Cartwright.
A Luke Manning penalty got Witney on the scoreboard.
James Lambert’s try put Beaconsfield 21-3 up on 47 minutes, before Manning dived over for the hosts.
But the visitors added another score when Lewis, who converted all four tries, crossed.
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