Esher leave it late to dent Cinderford
Cinderford……………35
Esher…………………….47
Cinderford suffered their second home defeat in a row to Esher.
Mason Tonks was shown a red in the 33rd minute for a punch.
Cinderford started the brightest through captain Harry Hone, breaking off a maul for his first try early on.
Mike Wilcox converted, much like he did for every kick he took.
The visitors punched back with a break from Daniel Rowland, before Pierre Thompson offloaded it to Luke Peters.
Esher's second-row Adam Bullett then got over after some careless kicking. Sam Morley made the score 7-12.
Cinderford's George Boulton pounced on a scrum for his first score.
An almost identical line from Boulton extended the score to 19-12.
Pierre Thompson found a gap and chipped it through for Morley to score and convert. Hone bagged a second in similar fashion to his first.
Esher's Bullett came flying out the blocks after the break with a charge-down try and Morley converted, 28-26.
Mike Austin then danced his way over and added the extras for his score, 35-26.
Esher flanker Harvey Scott closed the gap to just two, before Rowland got over for the visitors and extended their lead to 35-40. Sam Bullock put the game to bed for the final score, 35-47.
TEAMS
CINDERFORD: Porter, Taylor, Knight, Hodge, Jerrum, Lane, Angell, Hone, Williams, Wilcox, Hendy, Boulton, Forrester, Tonks, Adderley-Jones. Replacements: Brockett, Edwards, Holiday, Fissenden, Austin.
ESHER: Lowes, Hamilton, Skoumbourdis, Jordan, Bullett, McBrearty, Scott, Dow, Thompson, Morley, Lang, Davies, Peters, Rowland, Waters. Replacements: Crawley, Murphy, Norris, Rawston-Rudd, Bullock.
REFEREE: Alan Chandrachud ATTENDANCE: 278
Star man
Luke Peters -Esher
