Raiders edge it with McClean try

By IAN HADDRELL

Dings Crusaders ..33 

Worthing ……………..35

LEADERS Worthing kept up their excellent start to the season with a narrow victory over Dings Crusaders.

Dings, looking for a third consecutive win, took an early lead when centre Harry Rowson went over under the posts for Ben Bolster to add the extras.

Matt McClean reduced the arrears with a ninth-minute penalty for Worthing, before Will Beer ran the length of the field to score and McClean converted.

A converted try by full-back Connor Slevin was followed by a second McClean penalty on the half hour, but three minutes later the Raiders centre was yellowcarded.

Dings took advantage of the extra man when Josh Lloyd scored and Bolster converted to trail 20-14 at half-time.

Dings quickly opened up a six-point lead as Lloyd scored again, before centre Tom Hargan crossed the line, Bolster adding the conversion.

McClean kept Worthing in touch with his third penalty, but Dings regained the ascendancy with a converted try from Joshua Wood.

In the 59th minute, Henry Birch scored as Worthing drove over after a line-out, with McClean again converting, and it was the centre who crossed the line after 65 minutes to give the visitors the victory.