Bedford ……….61 Rotherham……19
Bedford Blues began pre-season preparations for next season with suitable aplomb as they put Rotherham Titans to the sword in a nine-try victory.
Blues started the contest well and were 19-0 to the good after just 15 minutes.
Jac Arthur marked his arrival to Bedford within a minute of the first whistle, while Pat Tapley and Luke Frost also made darts to the line.
Theo Nwosu-Hope did manage to break the resistance to make it 19-7 at half time.
Blues started the second half with further attacking intent and again made a burst for the line inside 60 seconds as replacement scrum-half Jake Garside broke the line and set Joey Conway away.
Rotherham came back instantly and scored through Luckas Sableman-Blue but Jake Garside showed ingenuity to take a quick penalty and left Dean Adamson to do the rest in the corner.
Matt Worley marked his return from international duty with Hong Kong by extending his purple patch with a try, completing a lovely little 1-2 with Sean French to run clear from halfway.
Rotherham got their third with ten minutes to play through Jack Bergmanas as they continued to battle hard.
But Blues completed proceedings in style as they scored three tries in as many minutes through Monty Royston's pick and go, Arthur's second and Jake Garside's touchdown out wide.
