Clifton 29 Cleve 7: Clifton completed the double over local rivals Cleve in a typical derby match.

The Henbury-based side sit at the summit of South West One needing just a point from their remaining three fixtures to secure the title.

Clifton opened their account in the seventh minute, when fly-half Andy Bell was brought down by a high tackle close to the Cleve line, the referee having no option other than to award a penalty try, which Bell converted.

Cleve looked disjointed and lacked creativity in their attacks.

In the 15th minute, Clifton won a line-out and set up a ruck in midfield. The ball was recycled and moved to lock Darren Barry, who sprinted on to it before releasing a perfectly-timed pass for second-row partner Paul Reed to score in the corner.

A series of thrusts by the visitors then earned a penalty and, when Cleve scrum-half Lee Audis took a quick tap, he was felled by Clifton prop Chris Rowlands, who was in an offside position and was sent to the sin-bin.

Clifton struck again in the 33rd minute, when Bell spotted some poor alignment in the Cleve defence. His half-break created the overlap for full-back Rob Viol to score another converted try.

Cleve crossed on the stroke of half-time when stand-off Nathan Huntley caught the home side's defence off guard. Audis added the extras to make it 19-7.

The second half was a stop-start affair, with a series of injuries.

Cleve spent large parts of the remainder of the game in their own half and their set piece began to deteriorate.

With the Clifton pack now in the ascendancy at the scrum, a strike against the head saw Clifton No 8 John Levis waltz in from five metres to score before they finished things off with a well-worked try by wing Sam Kent to seal their victory.