LEADERS Malvern swamped Newbold 69-3 after the visitors took a first-minute lead in Midlands Two West.

New signing Tim Streather came on as a replacement in the second-half to score one of the quickest hat-tricks seen at Spring Lane.

Director of rugby David Robins said: "It was an emphatic win and a stunning debut from a very talented young man.

"But we must not forget that the forwards set up the platform for our backs to perform."

Newbold struck with an early penalty but then struggled to cope with a Malvern side hitting their best form of recent years.

Three minutes later, the home forwards set up play from a line-out and full-back Chris Hooper joined the line to score. Adam Dixon converted.

After 10 minutes, the pack put in another drive and winger Ryan Henshaw cut through a helpless defence to ground the ball with Dixon again bagging the extra two points.

Skipper Ryan Watkins extended the lead to 19-3 with only 15 minutes gone before Richard Fleming cut in from the wing to add a fourth try.

Newbold hit the post with a long-range penalty but Malvern swept up loose ball through Stewart Clarke, Phil Rawle and Richard Hobbs.

Alex Wenden used his pack's dominance to take scrums against the head, while Chris Smith and Gareth Taylor were giants in the line-out.

The scoring rate continued when Henshaw used his speed and strength to score and Dixon converted to make it 31-3 at half-time.

After the break Malvern eased off the pedal and Streather was given his Malvern debut after signing from Nuneaton.

Ted Lang and Clarke, with the only forwards' try of the match, added further scores with Dixon converting once.

Hooper and Streather linked up to send Henshaw away before the debutant caught a cross-field kick from Dixon to open his own account.

Dixon again converted before Streather's speed earned a swift hat-trick of tries.

Robins added: "Against a team in the relegation zone, we would expect a high-scoring match and our various combinations all worked extremely well.

"My man-of-the-match was Clarke, who was non-stop all afternoon, whether foraging, carrying the ball or linking with the midfield."