■By JEAN BULL

Nottingham ......12pts
Tries: M Green 23, Williams 69 Conversion: O’Leary 24
Bedford Blues.....29pts
Tries: James 33, Tuilagi 44, 60; Adamson 65, 76 Conversions: Maisey 34, 45
BEDFORD weathered an early Nottingham storm at Lady Bay, before grinding down their hosts to make it back-to-back bonus point victories.
Last season’s finalists found things tricky against the Archers last season – suffering defeat and a draw against them – but were much better this time around, thanks in most part to a dominant 16-minute blitz in the secon...