OLD NORTHAMPTONIANS 28-18 TOWCESTRIANS
The ONs regained the Alliance Cup which they had lost to Tows in the 2017-18 season after holding it for 14 consecutive years and it makes a clean sweep of the Northampton and District Alliance Mens Trophies after last weeks Lewis Shield and Oceanic wins.

Tows started by far the brighter and led 10-0 with less than 15 minutes played following a Pepe Nanci penalty and his conversion of Callum Jones’try.After a long delay for a serious Tows injury the ONs kicked to the corner and after driving close via the pack Josh Bull took Lewis Barker’s pass to touch down and with Joe Heslop’s successful conversion it was 10-7 and so it remained until the break.

On resumption the ONs turned down a kickable penalty to go for touch and Sam Donald finished off a well constructed drive from the ensuing lineout.Nanci kicked his second penalty but minutes later Donald went over again from another maul and with Heslop converting both tries the ONs led 21-13.At the other end it was Tows turn to drive a lineout maul with Harry Knibbs the scorer but the conversion attempt drifted narrowly wide and the ONs led by 3 points as the game moved into the final quarter.The ONs came back strongly being held up over the Tows line and then missing a lineout throw close in but eventually after another series of powerful drives play was moved right and Bull squeezed in at the corner and Heslop converted from wide out to take the final score to 28-18.

ONs:Joe Heslop,Rhys Evans,Josh Bull,Ben Rivans,Rory Seymour,Jake Johnson,Lewis Barker,Ethan Wright,Lochie Brown,Luke Bond,Guy Holt,Sam Howes,James De La Cruz,Sam Donald,Dan Hughes.

Replacements(all used):Ben Ibrahim,Owen Postlethwaite,Toby Wallace,Tom Heslop,Matt Parry,Sam Connor,Mike Bellamy.