Cameron adds the gloss for Esher in try-fest
Esher…………….47
Hull Ionians….19
ESHER scored seven tries on their way to a crushing victory over Hull Ionians at Molesey Road.
Second-row Cameron Gentles scored a brace as six different players scored for the home side.
Esher made a storming start as Gentles and fly-half Stephen Boatman scored before ten minutes, converted by Samuel Stanley.
Ionians responded three minutes later when Daniel Tai Sen Choy finished off a flowing move, converted by Isaac Green. After sustained Ionians pressure, Esher scrum-half Andrew Garner caught Ionians dozing, scoring with a quickly-taken penalty after 20 minutes.
Ionians broke through again on the half-hour as Christopher Eggleshaw landed a converted try. Esher's other second-row, Oliver Marriott, got on the scoresheet two minutes before half-time with a converted try from the line-out.
TEAMS
ESHER: Davies, James, Stanley, Cheesman, Sutherland, Boatman, Garner/ Furey, Sweeney, Zeiss, Marriott, Gentles, Yellowlees, Gossington, Seccombe
Replacements: Hope, Leigh, Edwards, Whitehurst, Beckett
HULL IONIANS: Lound, Wilson, Minikin, Allott, Tai Sen Choy, Irvine, Green/ Laverick, Forth, Johnson, Cotterill, Eggleshaw, Cole, Sanderson, Poole
Replacements: Thomson, Stout, Pardo Butina, Boxhall, Humberstone
REFEREE: Michael Hudson
ATTENDANCE: 380
Star man
Cameron Gentles – Esher
Ionians made a bad start to the second half when substitute prop Richard Stout was sin-binned three minutes in.
Esher maximised their advantage when Gentles got his second try on 47 minutes, grabbing a loose ball from Green's blocked kick.
Substitute prop Devlin Hope scored for Esher on the hour as Lloyd Davies added another six minutes later.
Eggleshaw scored his second try for Ionians on 75 minutes but the damage had already been done.
