Newmarket 27 - 0 Peterborough

It was third time lucky for Newmarket as they gained revenge, in some style, for two narrow defeats by Peterborough earlier in the season.

The writing was on the wall for the away team from the kick off. Newmarket recovered the ball from their own drop out, forced a penalty and Aiden Cooper crashed over with fewer than two minutes on the clock.

 The home team were so dominant that the only times that Peterborough crossed the halfway line in the first half were when they re-started after a score. Those incursions were only brief and with Newmarket quick to the breakdown and disrupting opposition ball it was only a few minutes before they were back in front of the away side's posts. This time a Peterborough clearing kick was gathered by Jack Watson and his pass out of the tackle allowed Iain Moffat to score from outside centre.

Cooper soon had his second try as the home side won a scrum against the head. Chris Le picked up at No. 8 and drove for the line before slipping the ball to the scorer who evaded several tackles to touchdown. This time Joe Stafford correctly judged the swirling wind to land the first of his two conversions and give Newmarket a 17 point lead at half-time.

The second half started no better for Peterborough. Their kick off was gathered by Dan Bristow and the second row sprinted the length of the field to score under the posts. However, they responded well and had their best passage of play. Newmarket found themselves pinned in their own half as a number of handling mistakes resulted from their commitment to an expansive running game. But, with the exception of a powerful run by the Peterborough full-back, Newmarket never looked in serious danger of conceding points.

They stretched their advantage as Bristow snaffled a Peterborough throw and again outpaced the defence, this time from the halfway line, to secure his second try and the man of the match award.