It was a bad day at the office for Oxfordshire’s leading sides as Chinnor and Henley Hawks fell to away defeats in National 3 South.

Chinnor’s 42-0 hammering at Rosslyn Park sent them back into the relegation zone, while Henley are in mid-table mediocrity after losing 25-14 at Canterbury.

This was the first time Chinnor, who conceded six tries, have failed to register a point.

Their only contribution to the scoresheet were yellow cards for lock Matt Hutchings and wing Tom Shiel.

This was skipper Hutchings’s sixth sin-binning of the season, and he has now completed home and away ‘doubles’ against Rosslyn Park and Bridgwater!

Park’s tries came from wing Nick Canty, flanker Martin Anayi, lock Adam Harris, hooker Adam Blemings, scrum half Graham Barr and wing Jon Swords.

They led 18-0 at the break, while fly half Richard Mahoney added three conversions and two penalties.

Henley were leading 14-5 after 17 minutes at Canterbury, and had chances to go ahead decisively.

After shipping a simple try to centre Ben Thomas on five minutes, Hawks dominated the first half.

They ran in two excellent tries by flanker Stean Willians and full back Dave Birtwhistle, centre Danny Wells converting both.

Leading try scorer Neil Baggett suffered a broken rib from a three-man tackle as he looked to touch down his ninth of the season.

Henley wing Sam Portland brushed off Gert De Kock only to recalled for off-side which surprised everyone bar referee Marcus Caton.

Hooker Simon Tattersall then knocked on just short of the try line.

Canterbury were kept at bay until the 52nd minute when star man De Kock struck with the first of a try brace.

He notched 20 points, converting both of his tries and kicking two penalties.

Hawks were further handicapped when wing Tom Haynes was taken to hospital with a shoulder injury.

A disappointed Hawks' director of rugby Jason Forster said: “We scored some good tries and certainly suffered as a result of two players being badly injured.

“With some luck we could have scored twice more to go 28-8 ahead at half-time, but we were guilty of making too many errors and losing control of the ball.”