Renegades 13 Police 13 Two fine individual tries by wing Warren Bundy got Police out of jail and salvaged an unlikely draw in a Beck's League game that Renegades should have won.

Bundy picked up a loose ball and sprinted over in the corner to level the scores a few minutes from the end.

Police players threw their arms in the air on the final whistle and could hardly believe their luck after 'Gades had destroyed them up front and denied the Blues anything more than a few scraps of possession in the second half.

Renegades' pack were camped on the Police line for what seemed a lifetime before Sam Alexander drove one of the lineouts over for the first try near the end of the first half.

But Bundy's first score, late in the first half, had given Police an 8-5 lead at the interval.

Phil Heaney's touchline kicking was majestic but his decisions not to take the easy points with four kickable penalties in the first half eventually cost 'Gades victory.

Instead, he chose to kick for the corner and take a gamble on his dominant forwards driving over from close range. But the Police forwards put the effort in when it really mattered and foiled this plan time and time again.

The Police pack missed Dave Bird's offensive punch and only had Sean Field-Lament's experience in the back row to rely on although he was too often being hoisted in the lineout to be effective around the field.

Shane Richmond and Gareth Lewis worked hard with the limited possession to penetrate the 'Gades defence but were often brought down by Peter Hughes and Dominic Sommers.

The Police defence stood firm against a constant barrage of attacks from the 'Gades forwards, whose front five gave their best performance this season by stealing most of the Police scrums and lineouts at will.

The defence eventually broke when number eight John Tarrant scored following a pushover scrum to put Gades 13-8 in front.

Police efforts seemed to fizzle out and they looked like accepting defeat when, totally against the run of play, Bundy rescued a draw with his only touch of the ball in the second half.

So while both teams scraped a point out of this game, Police still remain one win ahead of their rivals. Their remaining matches against the other clubs could decide the league title. Teachers and Mariners, who are firmly entrenched in third and fourth place respectively, have nothing to play for except pride.

Teachers have to play Police on the next two Saturdays and would effectively hand 'Gades the title if they could pull off an upset on both occasions.

Gades meet Mariners next Saturday in an expected walkover and so it could all be down to the last game of the season between Teachers and Renegades on April 18.

Teachers 46 Mariners 5 This match was so one-sided that Teachers captain Patrick Cooper accepted Mariners' plea for mercy and agreed to cut 15 minutes off the second half.

Veteran Teachers wing Darryl Bean had a field day with four well-taken tries, two from runs deep inside his own half.

The first half was similar to a touch rugby game and if it were not for a few dropped passes, the Reds would have scored 50 points in the first half.

Other try scorers for Teachers were Alvin Harvey, Brian Desmond, Derek Hurdle and Jeff Sangster. Mariners got the first score through Roger Marshman who played his final game before returning to New Zealand.