Camborne 29, Bracknell 20
Camborne put a run of narrow defeats behind them with a bonus-point win over relegation threatened Bracknell in front of a big crowd at the Rec.
Though the visitors opened the scoring with an early try this was soon answered by the Cherry & Whites courtesy of a first senior touchdown for 17-year-old full-back Adam Long wide out in the turnstile corner.
Despite facing the slope the home side then went in front with a fine long range unconverted try from Alex Ducker who swept over from just inside his own half.
On the half hour Bracknell cut the home advantage to two points with a well struck 40-metre penalty from their fly-half’s boot.
Almost immediately Camborne fashioned a superb try with left wing Ducker and outstanding No 8 Jordan Rose combining to send scrum-half Taron Peacock over near the posts. Rhys Brownfield’s regulation conversion made it a 17-8 lead at the break.
Bracknell began the second period strongly and soon managed their second unconverted try to cut the deficit.
The Cherry & Whites responded on 50 minutes when pressure at a close range scrum brought the bonus point try dotted down by centre Declan Matthews and duly converted by fly-half Brownfield.
Camborne made the game safe inside the final quarter when a period of sustained pressure with replacement prop Andrius Zacharovas prominent in repeated forward surges finally set up a second touchdown opportunity for the prolific Ducker.
Late on the visitors gained some consolation by adding a converted score but ‘Town’ were not to be denied an important victory.
Camborne: A Long, L Thomas, R Mcatee, D Matthews, A Ducker, R Brownfield, T Peacock, M Hearn, T Southworth, J Drew (capt), T Whittle, D Cook, P Hinchley, J Nicholls, J Rose. Reps: A Zacharovas, A Riches, M Butler.
Scorers: Tries - Ducker 2, Long, Peacock, Matthews. Cons - Brownfield 2.
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