Chester’s happy new year lives on
Chester 31
CHESTER continued their fine form as they kept out Stourbridge in a bonus-point win.
The Hare Lane club have lost just once in 2017, and tries from Kyle Joseph, Ross White, Tom Foden and captain Guy Ford ensured that number did not grow.
They opened the scoring after seven minutes when blind-side flanker Joseph forced his way over from a pick-and-go, with Callum Bennett slotting the conversion.
Stourbridge's only real chance to get points on the board came in the 21st minute, but Luke White's penalty attempt struck the post.
Chester added to their lead on the stroke of halftime as Bennett kicked a penalty after Bridge had illegally pulled down a driving maul.
It took ten minutes for the first score of the second half, with lock White holding off two defenders to charge over the line and Bennett added the extras.
The next Chester try came on 67 minutes and was the pick of the bunch.
Winger James Preston broke through the visiting defence before passing inside for centre Foden to race in for his side's third try.
And skipper Ford secured the bonus point in the dying seconds as he forced his way over from a driving line-out.
TEAMS
CHESTER: Green, Preston, Foden, Payne, Ross, Bennett, Holloway, Campbell, Baston, Fitzgerald, Bown, White, Joseph, Craven, Ford
Replacments: Gill, Strudwick, Reed, Morris, Burrage
STOURBRIDGE: Petty, Rundle, Bridger, Otutaha, Venus, White, Heatley, Thorp, Wilkes, George, Depper, Moore, Mukarati, Harding, Munro
Replacements: Thorne, Harrison, Lea, Tilsley, Scott
REFEREE: Benjamin Davis
ATTENDANCE: 411
Star man
William Bown – Chester
