Tom Mills double in vain as Richmond hit back

By Timothy Forrester 

Richmond…………….38

Bishop’s S……………. 21

Richmond old boy Tom Mills tested his old club’s nerves with two tries in the first quarter for Bishop’s Stortford.

Mills pursued a kick though for his first and provided a neat chip and chase for the second, both converted by Mike Cooke. However, Richmond steadily took control, helped by dominating the line-outs, and Alex Schwarz leading the way with a solo try in the 29th minute to cut the deficit to seven.

In the second half, Richmond dominated, despite a period playing with 13 men. Within ten minutes, Richmond had the lead, courtesy of a fine try by 50-cap Miles Wakeling, who supported a Greg Kit-son break, before Lewis Dennett intercepted to run 65 metres for a breakaway try

Tololima Savaiinaea bulldozed his way over for the bonus-point try before two yellow cards in quick succession gave Stortford a glimmer. Ollie Jones scored a try under the posts to cut the lead to seven points, but the Richmond defence held out well before the dependable Callum Grieve added a penalty to keep his side two scores ahead.

Back to 15 men, Richmond added one more try when Savaiinaea again hammered his way over from close range.