Belper 1st XV 26 v Rolls Royce 1st XV 13

The last league game of the season saw the return of no fewer than 6 players to the first team for Saturday's team, Belper hadn't won in 5 matches. Rolls Royce usually this season an easy team to play were anything but with many new faces in the team.

Royces started with some powerful driving in the forwards and quick hands in the backs, Royces scored with two penalties, Belper scored a try in response following good running from Bartrum, scoring under the posts and Dymond converted.

Then early in the second half Royces drove over with a quickly taken tap following a free kick given away for flashing in the scrum. With Belper down to their knees low of confidence, a double substitution with a mixture of youth and guile coming on to give Belper a lift with Laven and Coombes coming on.

They impacted immediately with Coombes and bro mixing it and spreading the ball through the backs and seeing Royces give away a penalty near their line, the ball was then popped to Laven who drove over to give Belper hope. 12-12 Belper then saw the influential Dakin limp off for the evergreen Town coming onto the field. Town instantly created havic from no.6, winning the ball in the line popping down to Gratton who arrived on the loop and drove over to score, then Dymond slotted to give Belper the lead.

Belper finished the scoring with an excellent individual try from N Coombes seeing the replacement scrum half pick up at the base of a ruck and dummy and run in from 22 yards out and Dymond converted to give Belper a deserved win 26-13 giving them a good finish to their league campaign with them finishing mid table and still in the semi final of the derbyshire vase on the 23rd of April