Pirates beat Ampthill to seal sixth successive win
Despite Josh King's early try, Pirates trailed 23-7 with five minutes of the first half to go as tries for Kaden Pearce-Paul and Byron Sharwood, along with three Josh Barton penalties, put the visitors in control. But Jack Forsythe and Billy Young went over to make it 23-21 at the break before Matt McNab put the hosts in front after the interval.Rhys Marshall's try levelled it at 28-28 soon after, but King's second try, and a Bruce-Hosyton penalty with eight minutes left, opened up a 10-point lead.But Ampthill ensured they left Cornwall with two losing bonus points as Lekima Ravuvu forced his way over with a minute left."It was a good contest," Cattle said."That first half. we had a couple of tries held over after a real strong maul and Will Trewin was through on an inside ball that didn't go to hand."Our discipline was poor in that first 20 or 30 minutes [with] eight or nine penalties in the first half."The penalty count was an issue, but we addressed that at half-time."I've got to give our maul credit because I think that gave us a foothold in the game."
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