Seven-try haul sees Skolars fail the test

Championship OneLondon Skolars 26Doncaster 38

Doncaster ran in seven tries as they saw off a determined challenge from their hosts.

The visitors weathered an early storm before striking with two tries in three minutes to take a lead they never lost.

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First to go over was Scott Watson, out wide, followed by Shaun Leaf, from a clever pass by Rob Lunt. Aaron Dobeck missed the first conversion, but not the second. Skolars cut the deficit with an unconverted try from Ade Adebisi, but two more tries gave Doncaster a 16-point lead at the interval.

Leaf grabbed his second after 34 minutes and, four minutes later, Ryan Steen alertly dived on a bouncing Kyle Kesik kick before it rolled dead in-goal. Again Dobeck was 50-50 with his conversions.

When Chris Spurr ran onto another clever Kesik kick 70 seconds into the second half, the game was effectively over.

Jy-Mel Coleman and Ollie Purslow went over for Skolars, both converted by Paul Thorman, to make it a 10-point game with 25 minutes left.

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But any nerves were soothed by two more quick Doncaster tries. First, Ben Jones and Watson combined to send over Paul Hughes. Then Craig Fawcett ran a lung-bursting 80 metres after gathering a stray pass.

Although Paul Thorman and Smokie Junor then scored two late tries, it only earned London a deserved bonus point.

London Skolars: N Thorman, Adebisi, Paxton, Cook, Junor, Jy-Mel Coleman, P Thorman, Ball, Gee, Aggrey, Bloom, Clement-Pascall, Boston. Substitutes: Prescott, Honor, M. Sykes, Purslow.

Doncaster: Butterfield, Colton, Leaf, Spurr, Henry, Dobeck, Fawcett, Jones, Hughes, Crawley, Watson, Steen, R. Lunt. Substitutes: Ely, Kesik, Gomersall, Carbutt.

Referee: M Kidd (Pontefract).

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