Team to Face Shelford

McComb Leads Cambridge to Second in Table

On the road at Dings Crusaders in Bristol, Jim Wigglesworth took Cambridge into an early lead through a penalty, but after 15 mins he had to leave the field through injury. A few minutes later Albert Portsmouth scored and Harry Key converted and the score remained 0-10 until half time, despite a YC to Key on 30 mins. The second half was an equally close affair with Dings getting level after a penalty then a well worked try on 65mins. But with 10 mins to go, a Cambridge driving maul ended with Rob Conquest scoring his 4th try in 3 games and the visitors held on to the end. Gareth McComb, skipper for the day and playing at No 8, was Man of the Match. With Hartpury in a real battle at home with London Irish denying them a bonus point, and Amptill going down at Canterbury 33-30 in a real humdinger, CRUFC take second spot alone in National 2 South, 6 points behind Hartpury. And Shelford returned to form with a big win over the other Bristol team, Clifton. All set then for the big one next Saturday, in case you hadn't heard.

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Wigglesworth inspired by Saint Paul

Jim Wigglesworth scored 4 tries and kicked 5 conversions as Cambridge overcame Exmouth in a stop start encounter at Volac Park. Full Back Paul Diggin showed his class on his debut having a hand in the all that was good about Cambridge play until he had to retire with a knock at 60 mins. He had made the first try for Rob Conquest and then put Wigglesworth in for his first try. The forwards dominated the set piece and got a deserved penalty try next. But Exmouth were no push over from then on, and under pressure following a YC to Dan Hemmingway on 29 mins, Exmouth scored. They came back for a second before half time, but in the red zone Wigglesworth read the play, intercepted and outpaced everyone over the 80 metres to score. 28-8 up at HT, Cambridge looked comfortable, but Exmouth came out all guns blazing and scored two quick tries to make it interesting. But Wigglesworth matched Exmouth try for try and after a remarkable last 10 minutes, Cambridge finished 40-23 winners. There could be only one Carter Jonas Man of the Match - Jim Wigglesworth. Earlier in the day, the Development Team gave the Cambridge University U21s team a work out, winning 41-3. High velocity prop, Tom Jones continued his try scoring form with another two.

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