Charlie Amesbury signed off from Rosslyn Park in style with a brace to spark a 50-19 win against Cinderford at The Rock.
After conceding three tries in six minutes, Park had six different scorers to secure a third-place finish in National League One.

After a close nine minutes, Cinderford scored against the run of play as Ed Bogue found a gap under the posts. They doubled the lead three minutes later as Frame found space on the left before Reuben Norville ran clear on 16 minutes.

Park were given a lifeline, though, on the half-hour when Dan Broady was sin-binned for collapsing a maul. And the home side made it count, Hugo Ellis finishing off a 15-man maul seven minutes later.

The gap was cut to seven points in the last play of the half, Joe Munro picking up Jack Gash’s delicious offload. Park continued their momentum after the restart as Stewart Maguire powered over two minutes in for the equaliser.



And the lead was secured on 47 minutes by Ellis’ mauling as Amesbury ran through on the right five minutes later. Top scorer Benji Marfo put on a show after 63 minutes, picking up a kick before running clear on the left.

Oli Grove and Amesbury added the finishing touches for Park in the last five minutes.

Stats
Rosslyn Park
Tries: Ellis H 37, 47, Munro 39, Maguire 42, Amesbury 52, 79, Marfo 63, Grove 74
Conversions: Leonard 40, 43, 48, 53, 64
Penalties:
Team (15-9/1-8): Russell Weir (Henry Robinson 56); Charlie Amesbury, Oli Grove, Joe Munro, Benji Marfo; Harry Leonard, Jack Gash; Oli Smith (Paul Doran-Jones 40), Karl Gibson (Adam Bellamy 54), Nick Lovell (Stewart Maguire 40, Lovell 46, Maguire 54, Smith 77); Jamie Gray (Adam Frampton 56), Gregor Gillanders; Mike McFarlane, Arthur Ellis, Hugo Ellis © (Gray 60)

Attendance: 624

Referee: Andrew MacNeamy

HT: 12-19
Star Man: Charlie Amesbury – Rosslyn Park

Warren Muggleton @WMuggleton

images: David E Whittam

April 29, 2019