National 3 South West

Chinnor eased to a 38-12 victory at basement boys Cleve in a card-strewn affair.

Cleve had wing Shack Ajuwa red-carded and scrum half Josh Mortimore sin-binned, while Chinnor hooker Simon Tattersall and lock Andy Smith both saw yellow.

Full back Luke Fletcher punished a sleepy Chinnor with Cleve’s opening try on two minutes.

Chinnor full back Ben Hewitt, on his return from injury, was laid out cold by Ajuwa’s no-arms tackle.

The referee converted his yellow card against Ajuwa to red for dissent. Hewitt was released from hospital later after a scan.

Flanker Adam Hastings’s surging break fed wing James Serrano for Chinnor’s opening try, converted by fly half James Cathcart.

Cathcart added a penalty and converted try No 2 – scored by wing Baz Corpe and set up by centre Huw Morgan.

Serrano scooted in for a third try, Cathcart converting for 24-5 before Tattersall was sin-binned.

Chinnor’s backs continued to shine after the break, with centre Matt Goode showing neat footwork and crashing over for Cathcart to convert.

Cleve bagged a penalty try, converted by fly half Joe Hall, with Smith yellow-carded.

The final try saw Corpe gather Cathcart’s cross-kick and feed replacement Ben Farr to sprint in, Cathcart converting before Mortimore completed the card tally.

There were also plenty of cards as Oxford Harlequins battled a 20-14 home victory over Weston-Super-Mare.

No 8 Jason Welburn notched Quins’ opening try, after full back Graeme Crapper’s 30-metre run, fly half Jeff Stewart converting.

Quins had scrum half Alasdair Maspero and centre Martin Nutt sin-binned, while makeshift wing Alex Lyness suffered a shoulder injury.

Weston flanker George Wright went over to make it 7-5 at half-time and fly half James MacKay’s penalty put the visitors ahead.

Nutt soon scythed through from 40 metres to bag Quins’ second try, but Stewart was sin-binned on 66 minutes.

Quins struck decisively when wing Xavier Andre gathered a loose ball to run in their try of the season from 75 metres, beating three defenders in the process.

MacKay kicked two penalties, either side of one from Stewart to earn Weston a losing bonus point.