■ By JOE BYRNES
BUCS ROUND-UP
THE league season has been extended by a week because of rearrangements, Leeds Beckett bearing the brunt, playing Nottingham Trent on Wednesday and Cardiff Met on Friday.
It was Hartpury though who kicked proceedings off on Wednesday with a handsome 39-16 win over Durham.
The Palatinate were competitive at 19-16 courtesy of Ben Stevenson and Matt Welsh tries, plus two Tristan Rawcliffe penalties but had no answer to the hosts’ second half blitz.
Luke Stratford, Dwayne Burrows and Victor Pisano crossed while Alex Forrester helped himself to a hattric...