Blackheath’s strong finish is too much for Park

■By GRAHAM COX

Blackheath …………32

Rosslyn Park ………24

AN excellent game, fast, furious and physical saw Blackheath leading for all bar an eight-minute spell in the second period when Park, who were never out of it, looked to be gaining the ascenmetres out. visitors then suffered a in front dancy, only for the Club to finish strongly and claim a bonus-point win.

The hosts made easily the best start, Oskar Hirshyj-Douglas putting Oli Burgess through for the first try, Tom Ffitch adding the conversion to his second-minute penalty.

Tevita Cavubati drove across for a 15-0 lead, but although Blackheath had the better of the line-out, disrupting promising Park attacks, the visitors had the edge at the scrum which provided the platform for Matt Gordan to score next to the uprights and reduce the arrears to 15-7 at the half-time break.

Steffan James narrowed the gap further with three points after the restart, but a great drive saw Noah Sloot touch down to give Blackheath daylight.

Park responded with a fine move down the right for a Charlie Walker try, before Rhys Charalambous burst through the midfield and offloaded to Steffan James to score, the fly-half ‘s third conversion nudging the visitors ahead.

However, a long period of open play culminated with Hiskyj-Douglas cutting an angle to cross, before Ffitch saw out time with a late penalty.

REFEREE: Alan Chandrachu

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Star player

Noah Sloot -Blackheath