Maybe the only thing larger than Teachers' one-sided 37-11 victory over Mariners was the bump over Ron Hook's left eye. That came after his head was scrunched into the National Sports Club's grass yesterday by a swarm of Mariners following Andre Simons' try early in the second half.

But the pain from the giant-sized welt was obviously eased by Teachers' second straight victory, allowing them to become the only unbeaten team in the Amstel League. Hooks could also take pleasure in making his own contribution to the victory with a crucial first-half try to give his team an 8-3 lead.

Mariners, meantime, now 0-2, are still looking for their first win of the season and finally got their first try of the season from Neil Alexander during the last few minutes of the match.

Besides Hook, Teachers were supplied with plenty of offence with a pair of tries from Butch Robinson -- who now leads the league with three for the season -- along with tries from Michael Montgomery, Andre Simons and Tim White. Simons was also successful on a penalty kick and a pair of conversions.

Despite the euphoria surrounding their unblemished start, however, Teachers could be without one of their star players for a while. Before the end of the first half, Ashley Redmond, watched as closely as a turkey in an oven, was discovered punching a Mariners player by referee Norman Wilson.

Redmond, one of Bermuda's best -- and cleanest -- players, was immediately dispatched to the sidelines for the remainder of the game and could face a stiff three-game suspension by the league for the singular misfortune of being caught by Wilson.

"He's an important part of our forward play,'' said Teachers captain Alvin Harvey afterwards. "I'm sure we'll lose him for a few games, but we'll just have to make an adjustment somewhere along the line.'' Harvey's troops were forced to make several adjustments after the first half, which saw a spunky Mariners crew trailing by only seven points.

"We were thinking things were going to come as easy as they did last week,'' said Harvey, who was doused with ice cold water by exuberant team-mates after the game. "We just needed to settle down a bit.'' Teachers used the half-time break as a chance to think of ways to throw ice on Mariners' tenacious defence and blinding presence.

Robinson provided the necessary `oomph' as he took the ball into the congested lanes against the manic swarm of Mariners to give Teachers their second try of the second half. Simons had scored moments earlier. That was followed by a spurt of offence with two more tries and the rout was on.

"Speed...that's what we've been working very hard on,'' said Harvey, referring to Robinson's frequent races through traffic while fans watched with gasps of incredulity on the sidelines.

Renegades 11, Police 10 It was a quirk of fate -- a wrinkle of destiny -- that gives team-mates permanent wrinkles around their eyes and face.

Kicker Tim Fox left his Police team-mates with a glassy-eyed, what-the-heck-was-that reaction after missing a penalty kick with just seconds left in the game that would have handed Police their second win of the season.

Police fell to 1-1 while Renegades (1-1) bounced back like jumping beans to win their first game of the season.

"That's the biggest problem we've got...it's kicking,'' snorted Gareth Davies in disgust following the heartbreaking loss.

Renegades, meanwhile, remain in a scoring funk, but held on to a narrow 6-5 lead after the first half thanks to a pair of penalty kicks from captain Pat Jones. Police got on the scoreboard with a try from Shane DeMille.

Andy Cook's try early in the second half opened up that lead slightly before Troy Glasgow of Police scored one himself after a scorching run to make the score 11-10.

"It was nailbiting time, yes indeed,'' said Jones. "But we played well up front and won good clean ball. We played a different game this week than we did last week. We played a lot tighter up front. That was the difference.''