Alcester 28, Manor Park 10

Alcester recorded a second win in a fortnight over the visitors from Nuneaton after the league's hierarchy ordered last week's match replayed because of injuries in Manor Park's front row that left the final twenty five minutes with passive scrums.

A biting wind welcomed Manor for their fourth visit to King's Coughton this season, and the hosts took their frustrations of having to replay the game out on the visitors.

Alcester were guilty of trying too hard in the opening stages, with passes going astray as they snatched at the ball and conceding penalties at the ruck.

But the hosts went ahead through a try from lock Andy Flynn who picked up from the base of a ruck and barged over from short range after centre Brett Allard's mazy run had been halted just short of the line.

Matt Gwynn converted.

But Alcester were disrupted by the loss of fly-half Scott Carmichael, twice the match winner against Manor Park already this season, with a knee injury.

The visitors took full advantage, running in two tries to take an unlikely lead into the break with both sides down to 14 as Alcester open side and his opposing blind side flanker were yellow carded for trading punches.

Alcester regained the ascendancy and the visitors were left hanging on.

Park were penalised twice in quick succession for failing to release after the tackle and the hosts got back in front thanks to the accurate boot of Gwynn.

The visitors were dealt a blow midway through the half when their replacement prop became the second Nuneaton player sin-binned for persistent infringement.

In his absence, Alcester made the game theirs with 10 unanswered points.

From a set penalty move on the left inside the visitors' 22, loose-head prop Matt Bolton took the ball on the burst before breaking the first tackle and running clear to the line.

Gwynn again converted, before adding a penalty.

Nineteen-year-old Alcester flanker James Daffern made the game safe late on.

Alcester round off their Kings Coughton programme against unbeaten leaders Spartans on Saturday (ko 3pm).