Kidderminster Development XV secured a commanding 34-13 victory in what was a heated affair, as the hosts slammed six past Ledbury to complete a league double at Marlpool.

In the opening minutes, both sides were evenly contested with KC’s holding a strong defensive line and were putting their bodies on the line.

Ledbury took the first points of the match after winning a penalty in front of the posts, with the no.10 converting his kick to give the visitors a three-point lead.

Kidderminster were unlucky not to take the lead after 20 minutes; after a James Rigsby try was disallowed with the referee blowing his whistle for a previous high tackle made.

The home side continued to press and got their reward five minutes later through Billy Bennett who latched onto a James Whitehouse pass to score over on the far right.

However, their lead didn’t last long with Ledbury scoring their second on the half hour mark, latching onto a loose ball from a Kidderminster attack and the opposition centre ran through at the other end to score.

KC’s response was immediate after fine work again from James Whitehouse who weaved his way into the opposition half, and found the run of Ryan Wainwright who bull-dozed his way past the defenders to score under the posts, with Mike Humphreys converting the kick as the hosts went in at the interval with a 12-8 lead.

Into the second period, the home side bagged their third try after a quick penalty taken by Billy Bennett and released a pass towards C.L Jones on the left who picked the run of substitute David Kane to score his first of the match.

Ledbury were trailing by just four points when they scored on the 50th minute from a lapse of concentration by the Kidderminster defence with the game heating up.

Just moments later, the referee was forced to pause play and had no choice but to award Ledbury’s fly half a straight red after throwing a punch at Alex Royall from the resulting late tackle as tempers flared from both sides.

On the hour, David Kane went over for his second try of the match from a Mike Humphreys offload to score just under the posts with Ledbury unable to stop Kidderminster's free flowing play.

Kane came agonisingly close to completing his hatrick after breaking through the opposition line but he unselfishly made the pass for a supporting player, however, the ball was knocked on deep into Ledbury’s half.

In the remaining quarter it was demolition time from the home side with second row Steve Price scoring Kidderminster’s final two try’s in the space of three minutes, and notably the try of the match from his second try after producing a mammoth 60m dash downfield, man handling his way through to complete a thrilling 34-13 home win.

Man of the match: Ryan Wainwright

Kidderminster Carolians RFC

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