Late show seals win for Dings

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Sunday, November 09, 2008
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DINGS got out of jail with a penalty try in the dying minutes to secure their first away win of the season and climb to fifth in National Division Three South.

The Lockleaze-based side, who boast a 100 per cent record at home, had lost their three previous matches on the road although two of those games were against top two London Scottish and Ealing.

Chinnor were first on the scoreboard with a penalty from fly-half Ben Hewitt after three minutes.

Dings enjoyed the better of the opening quarter with flanker Mitch Quoi in sparkling form with a couple of turnovers and two powerful runs but Dings were unable to crack a strong Chinnor defence.

On 16 minutes, Chinnor had powerful No 8 David Jackson sent to the sin bin and Dings took immediate advantage with a try by Quoi.

No 8 Mike Panoho picked and drove from the back of a scrum 15 metres out and Quoi seized on the quickly recycled ball to dive over for the try. Westall converted.

As the game went into the second quarter the home side looked quick and stronger, and good kicking by Hewitt pinned Dings in their own 22 for long periods.

Hewitt landed a penalty on the half hour and five minutes later the pressure paid off and Chinnor took the lead with a try from wing James Serrano.

Hewitt and Westall traded penalties in the first five minutes of the second half to move the score to 14 -10.

After going very close with two long-range efforts, Westall closed the gap to a penalty on the hour mark.

But two minutes later things looked tricky for Dings when skipper Panoho was yellow carded.

The visitors soaked up 10 minutes of pressure and then they eventually woke up for the final 10 minutes.

And with the final play of the match, Dings clinched victory. They had had three line-outs and three scrums on the hosts' line before Chinnor collapsed the scrum when the Dings' pack were on the charge.

Westall added the conversion seconds before the referee blew up for full time.

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