DINGS CRUSADERS 22 EALING 29: Not for the first time this season, Dings made it all too easy for the opposition by conceding far too many penalties.

Ealing full-back Ben Ward kicked the visitors to victory, with 19 points from seven kicks.

Dings had to settle for a losing bonus point for the second week running, despite outscoring Ealing three tries to two.

Ealing opened the scoring on eight minutes with a try from flanker Blair Morris after a neat block on the Dings tackler went unnoticed by referee David Walker. Ward added the conversion.

Dings hit back two minutes later when a fine jinking run by man of the match George Watkins took play to the Ealing line for full-back Orlando Stott to claim the touchdown. Adam Westall converted to level at 7-7

Stott was again in the action when he went close a minute later with a run up the middle of the park, after a good break by flanker Mitch Quoi was just halted by a last-ditch tap tackle.

By the middle of the second quarter, Dings were already racking up the penalty count and Ward landed two to give the visitors a six-point lead.

Another penalty was driven to the corner by Ealing to set up a five-metre line-out, which was caught and driven over by the visitors' pack. The ball was held up over the line by Dings, but No 8 Guthrie Hall scored a soft try from the base of the resultant scrum and Ward converted.

Dings opened the second half with a bang, camping on the Ealing line for five minutes and showing great patience and control for skipper Stean Williams to eventually burrow over the line, Westall added the conversion to get Dings back in the game at 14-20.

With Dings continuing to be penalised at the breakdown, Ward added a penalty and a drop-goal and Watkins landed a penalty for Dings to take the score to 26-17.

Dings hit back five minutes later with a brilliant solo try from wing Watkins, when he gathered a clearance kick from Ward and weaved his way through the visitors' defence to score in the corner. Any chance of a comeback by Dings was lost when scrum-half Neil Dipple was sin-binned on 70 minutes and Ward rounded off the afternoon by landing his seventh kick five minutes from time.