Last-gasp Charlie stings Old Reds

■By RORY MORROW

Old Redcliffians....29
Hornets..................... 31
CHARLIE CARTER’S late penalty snatched victory for the Hornets at Scotland Lane to stun Old Redcliffians.
Fly-half Ash Groves’s early penalty had put the Old Reds three up but Hornets roared back with an attacking maul that ended with Joachim Hulliah crossing; Carter converted.
Old Reds’ problems increased when captain Dan Thurston was yellow carded for repeated home indiscipline. Francis rubbed salt in the wounds by scoring, Carter again adding the extras.
But the home side finally...

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