By JON RICHARDSON

Dudley K...................35 Hornets.....................40 HORNETS defeated Dudley Kingswinford by five points in an 11- try epic, despite Jess Smith’s hat-trick. An all-action opening saw Dudley lock, Smith, score within a minute, Theodore Mannion’s conversion giving an early seven points. Hooker Kieran Ward got Hornets up and running, full-back, Charlie Carter, converting. The tempo continued as Smith scored his second, with Mannion again converting. Hornets centre, Adam Francis replied before Dudley winger, George Bennett, seared clear for the...