Rayment running riot for Stortford on poignant day

Bishop’s S...............36 Leicester Lions .... 12
■ By JOHN ALLANSON

THIS game was dedicated to the memory of Stortford’s former 4th XV captain, Max Oliver, who suffered a cardiac arrest and died on Thursday, aged 31.
Stortford were generally the stronger, but Lions defended well, restricting a dominant hosts to three first-half scores. The first two went to hooker, Alex Rayment. Firstly when he seized on a loose ball at the base of a ruck to sprint in from 20 metres, the second at the back of a driving maul after a five-metre line-out from a breakdown penalty...

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