impressive points to win the Sandys Boat Club tournament for the second straight year.

Although they were the best team by far on the day, the reigning Amstel League champions did not dominate the opposition, losing their final game 3-0 to Le Vieux, a visiting American side.

After defeating Police 10-5 in their first game at the Malabar field with tries from Ross Webber and Heath Robinson, Teachers beat Renegades 7-5 and Mariners 27-0.

Police, who appear to have made tremendous strides since last season, finished second with wins over Mariners (5-0), and Renegades (12-0), and a 7-7 tie with Le Vieux.

New Police recruit John Clutterbuck made a splendid debut, demonstrating strong running, tackling and passing abilities.

He combined well with Mark Adams and Alan Oliver, who each scored a try, and helped set up his skipper Sean Field's score during the match against Renegades.

"I am pleased with how we played,'' Field said afterwards. "Although I would have liked it even better if we had won.

"There are still plenty of areas that need work like our rucks and mauls and our finishing. But I am pleased with the way our backs played, especially John Clutterbuck.

"He's mobile and very useful.'' Mariners, who finished the round robin tournament in last place, were never able to get their momentum flowing after defeating Le Vieux 15-0 in their opening match.

Le Vieux, who had four players over the age of 50 on their team, found themselves behind 3-0 after Gavin Corcoran kicked a drop goal.

Wayne Fisher and Dave Conway each scored a try and Corcoran added a conversion to end the rout.

However, Mariners were soon on the receiving end of a brutal scoring assault when they came up against Teachers.

Teachers scrum half Michael Montgomery began the onslaught, with a try from close range after Mariners were penalised. Andre Simons added the conversion to make the score 7-0.

Three minutes later Simons kicked a penalty which was followed by a converted try from Noel Capewell.

Heath Robinson and Capewell then added a try each.

Teachers captain Alvin Harvey, although pleased with the results, said there were still too many areas that needed work.

"We wanted to use this tournament as a test game,'' he explained. "So that we could try out different people in various positions hoping that we will be able to decide our final 15.

"We were a bit shaky early on, but once we got going and had our bearings we were fine. I'm confidently optimistic.''