By Martin Symons

NATIONAL LEAGUE TWO (WEST)

Camborne 31 Clifton 24

CAMBORNE increased their advantage at the top of National Two West to six points with a deserved victory over nearest challengers Clifton at the Recreation Ground.

‘Town’ scored first as a well-executed peel move from a close range line-out saw skipper Jon Drew find Ben Priddey who crashed over. Kyle Moyle added a majestic conversion for 7-0.

Inside the first quarter the home side saw yellow cards for prop Drew and flanker Jordan Nicholls, but despite being down to 13 men, Moyle landed a monster penalty from the halfway line (10-0).

A quickfire brace of tries, the first of which was converted, then saw the visitors go in front at 12-10.

One back to 15, Camborne began to dominate up front and on 29 minutes Moyle again landed a long-range penalty to regain the advantage.

As the interval neared ‘Town’ went further ahead with a superb try fashioned from a delightful one-handed offload by centre Josh Matavesi to his midfield partner Connor Gilbert who sent wing Alex Ducker in near the posts.

Moyle duly converted before booting another penalty from distance on the half-time whistle to make it 23-12.

Camborne went up a gear from the resumption, and although more than once their thrilling long-range attacks came to nothing, man of the match Moyle did add a fourth successful penalty on 48 minutes.

Clifton retaliated with a try from a charged down clearance, but the home side managed the game well and still led 26-17 late on.

The Cherry & Whites then delivered the crucial blow from an unstoppable forward drive that saw hooker Priddey dotting down his 30th touchdown of the season.

The visitors bagged a converted try to earn themselves a pair of precious losing bonus points, but Camborne held on to preserve their unbeaten home record.