Bicester maintained their promising start to the season with a 31-20 victory against Chipping Norton in a friendly at Oxford Road.

The home team were 10-6 behind at half-time, despite their dominance of the set-piece scrums and line-outs.

Bicester converted territory and possession into points during the second period, running in four tries through Paul Leverton (2), Marius Du Toit and Maurice Van Wyk, who landed three penalties and a conversion.

For Chippy, Royce and Evans scored tries with Adam Smith adding two conversions and two penalties