A late Richard Williams penalty secured Chinnor a battling 30-30 draw against Dings Crusaders in their National League Division 3 clash on Saturday .

The fly half's fifth successful kick from five punished a moment of indiscipline from Dings replacement John Edwards, who was sin-binned for his troubles.

But Chinnor can ill afford to give opponents a 15-0 head start as they did in a dire first 25 minutes at Kingsey Road.

Dings left winger Jon Coller created space in the centre and fed his No 14 Sylvain Edwards, who cantered round under the posts in the third minute.

Fly half Gareth Griffiths converted this, while only some determined defence stopped Dings crossing again.

Chinnor's error count continued and winger Jon Coller stretched Dings' lead with a 15th-minute penalty.

Chris Wright-Hyder then twisted his way through two tackles to dive over on 24 minutes.

Aussie centre Anthony Pyers gave Chinnor hope on the half-hour when he broke a tackle to score.

Williams's conversion made it 15-7, but Griffiths hit back with a penalty.

Pyers was in the thick of the action again on 38 minutes, gaining some key yards before expertly off-loading for debutant prop Andrew Coady to score.

Williams converted this and a long-range penalty with the last kick of the half.

Home lock Matt Hutchins stole a lineout and his second row partner Craig Burrows was driven over for an excellent try, Williams converting from wide on the left.

Dings surged back on the hour-mark when flanker Neil Holder was driven over.

On 68 minutes, Sylvain Edwards reacted first to a chip-kick and ran in under the posts to give Coller an easy conversion.

There was still time for a second Chinnor comeback and Williams got the ball rolling with a 72-minute penalty.

Chinnor had more of the play late on, but it was deep into injury time when Williams levelled the game.

Chinnor: B Hewitt, R Grimsdell, Pyers, Oxley, Carter (Sutton 80), Williams, Burns, Iosefo, Phipps (Cawston 64), Coady (Matthews 64), Hutchins, Burrows, de Bruin, Rixon (Beets 76), Hennessy (capt).