Midlands Premier
DUDLEY Kingswinford were the toast of the Midlands Premier after running in 11 tries during an emphatic 70-0 win over Scunthorpe.
Thomas Walker led the way with a hat-trick, while Joseph Dunn grabbed a brace. Further scores came courtesy of Ben Rhodes, Stefan Shillingford, James Jefferson, Callum Nichols, Kieron Williams and Sam Vaughan.
Leaders Bridgnorth had to show their character coming back from 16 points behind to beat Burton 27-26.
There were early lessons to be learned for the leaders before Patrick Smallman, Jordan Burgess, Gareth Blaydon and replacement Joseph Cave all crossed the whitewash to take a narrow victory.
Newport (Salop) sit in prime position for a title challenge just a point behind Shropshire rivals Bridgnorth but with two games in hand.
They also had to dig deep to win 11-8 against Sandbach, who had led 8-5 at the break through a Adrian Bishop try followed by a Kieran Stubbs penalty before title hopefuls Newport responded.
Harry Mahoney scored Newport’s try while Jake Leonard scored the decisive penalty.
Sheffield remain in the promotion hunt but also had to come back to take a 15-7 victory at Yorkshire rivals Doncaster Phoenix.
Clayton Hill had put Phoenix ahead only for Sheffield to keep their league hopes alive through Sean Casey and David Clayden tries.
While teams above them dropped bonus points, Bromsgrove ran out 28-15 victors at Broadstreet to stay firmly within the leading pack.
Ross Attwood, Drew Harper, Edward Krawiecki and replacement Jack Tharme all ran over tries.
Finally, Syston are waiting for any slips from the leaders and maintained their position with a 17-10 win at Oundle.
At the opposite end of the table, Nuneaton showed their determination to escape trouble with a much-needed 26-13 win over Paviors.
