Straight from the restart, Park lost possession and Wareing fly-kicked the loose ball into the home 22. He streaked through and tried to collect, although the run of the ball was not kind. He did manage to flick the ball up to Danny Facer, who looked likely to score, but was hauled down just short. A series of drives from the forwards had the home side defending desperately, but the chance was lost when Toby Handley knocked-on at the base of the ruck.

With Park back on the attack, Tristan Prosser-Shaw was shown a yellow card for an apparent offence at a ruck. This decision was to prove crucial as the home side scored two late unconverted tries whilst Lions were a man short.

Lions began the second half well with a series of strong driving runs, which led to a typical dummy and dive over attempt from Toby Handley. This time he was held up just short, but from the resulting ruck, the forwards drove over with Tristan Wati claiming the touchdown. The conversion was missed to leave the scores tied at 10-10.

Lions were dominant at this stage with the forwards driving strongly and gaining good ground. Wareing then dived over for what looked to be his second try. With the home side heading towards the try line for the conversion, they gradually realised that the referee had not awarded a try but had penalised Lions for a supposed obstruction.

The home side then began to utilize the breeze at their backs, and pin Lions into their own half with long kicks to the corners. A long pass from home fly half and captain Rob Hitchmough gave space for fullback Foster to slice through for a converted try and a 17-10 lead. With time against Rugby, for the second week running they gifted the opposition an interception try when Toby failed to find Glenn Bond on Lion’s 22. The conversion in front of the posts gave the home side a flattering 24-10 lead. Lions responded well and deep into injury time a Park forward was shown a yellow card for blatantly killing the ball in front of his own posts. Lions opted for a scrum, Tristan Prosser-Shaw picked up and sold a lovely dummy to score a try at the death. Bond converted with the last kick of the game to at least give Rugby a losing bonus point.