South take 5pts in first win of the season

Chester 18-33 South Leicester

Fifth placed Chester suffered their first defeat of the 2015/16 season as they were beaten by South Leicester - who claimed their maiden victory since promotion.

The visitors had this match wrapped up at half-time as they were truly dominant in all areas of the game.

South sealed their four try bonus point in just over half an hour as scores from William Cave, Stuart Bale, William Sutton and Calum Gunn saw the away side race into a 3-30 lead. Ricki Aley added two penalties for South with Chester’s only points coming from the boot of Rhys Hayes.

The home side were handed a small lifeline just before half-time when James Preston crossed for an unconverted try, but the gap was extended back to 25 points when Aley nudged over his third penalty of the day after the break.

John Ketland went over for Chester on the hour and even when William Ward and Stuart Bale were sin-binned, the home side still couldn’t find a way back into this encounter. Thomas Gregory’s try two minutes from time was merely a consolation on what was a disappointing afternoon for Chester, but a joyous one for South Leicester.

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