BANK OF ENGLAND 12 TWICKENHAM 29

Twickenham kept their hopes of survival in London 2 alive with a clear cut win against bottom of the table local side Bank of England.

T’s took an early lead when full-back John Bradford ended an enterprising back move with a score in the corner. His own conversion from the touchline made it 7-0, but moments later he had to leave the field with injury.

By half time, T’s had doubled their advantage when a break from T’s man of the match, winger Tom Howden, released Joe Foley. Captain Phil Asbury converted.

The Bank were a much more positive outfit in the second half, and scored two tries, converting one, to bring the score back to 14-12.

T’s regained composure and in the last 20 minutes went over twice, through hooker Mike Nicholson in a rolling maul, and a lovely flowing try for Howden. James Clark converted the latter and added a penalty for the final 29-12 victory.

With 3 games to go T’s are anchored in the relegation zone, but if they could win them all they might escape.

TWICKENHAM: Bradford (Wadden10), Howden, Foley, Clark, Guyett (Colquhoun20), Asbury, Peters, Burt, Nicholson, Moses, Goff, Wakefield, I’Anson, Kirby