Teachers 8 Renegades 34 Shane Gill was both the hero and the villain in this one-sided contest. Gill scored three tries but also became the first player to be sent off in the league this season.

Well known for his constant vocal on-field dialogue with opposing players and referees, Gill pushed ref Peter Borland too far and was dismissed for dissent five minutes before the final whistle.

As expected, Gades forwards had the upper hand in the set pieces and seemed to find a quicker way to the breakdown than the Teachers pack.

Teachers failed to win enough of their own put-ins at the scrum and lineout to ensure a platform for further attacks and this allowed Renegades to dictate the pace of the game.

Three of Gades tries came from dominance in the forwards and Teachers' weakness in defending the rolling maul. Rod Stewart was everywhere and created the first try with a quick tap penalty following a stolen scrum. He fed Gill who crossed the try line untouched.

Gades' second try was an individual piece of magic from newcomer Greg Garside who left two Teachers would-be tacklers floundering with his swerving run from the half-way line.

Following the half-time score of 21-3, Teachers captain Bobby Hurdle rallied his troops and this resulted in a more determined effort ending in a fine try by Jeff Sangster.

Two penalties and a conversion would have brought Teachers within five points of Gades but they were all missed and Renegades pressure in the pack saw two more tries at the other end, one from a pushover scrum and the last from a driving maul close to the Teachers line.

The win put Renegades firmly in the top spot in the Beck's League with little hope of Mariners stopping their winning streak next week.

Mariners 14 Police 27 Mariners' inability to retain possession at the tackle line cost them dearly in First Division rugby action at the weekend.

Their forwards failed to provide a second phase platform for their talented backs to launch attacks. And constant turnovers by the more experienced Police pack allowed Gareth Davies the luxury of choice and time to counterattack or just punish the Mariners ball-winning ineptness with clever kicking, knowing that his forwards would win more than their share of the resulting line-outs where the tallest Mariners forward was under six feet.

On the rare occasion that Mariners flyhalf Dave Conway did get some decent possession from his forwards, he straightened up his back line nicely and eventually found a very receptive and speedy wing in Simon Hirstenstein who twice beat the Police cover defence with pace.

This was a huge improvement for Police after the previous loss to Renegades.

However, one wonders how much was a result of a huge difference in the opposing pack, Mariners providing very little organised opposition in both set and loose play.

Davies crossed for the first Police try and good pressure by the Police pack saw the returning Calum Welch crash over from a maul before leaving the field with an injured hamstring before half-time.

The Mariners backs had a few chances late in the first half but failed to use the obvious overlaps when they were within striking range of the Police try line.

Davies rounded out the Police score with another try following a drive at a line-out.

In the only second XV match played, Teachers achieved some revenge for the 1st XV loss with a record hammering of Renegades 79-0, play ending mercifully 15 minutes early as agreed by Teachers captain, Dave Hutchinson.

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