THREES ROAR BACK AFTER THE INTERVAL

There is nothing better than replacing the bitter pill of defeat by the scent of victory. And the threes, well held by a decent Finsbury Park outfit a week earlier, bounced back with a performance described as "full of character" by skipper Steve Renny against visiting Belsize Park IVs.

Although the second row was quick to point to the enthusiasm and commitment of the young tyros in the side, and the names of Charlie Hoy, Lewis White, Jake Baker and Ethon Dottin-Lewis, spring to mind, the experienced heads in the team also played their part.

The returning James Barber, for one, was the author of two successful penalties in the first-half when
Belsize Park, playing with the elements, farmed this advantage to lead 14-6 at the break, which included a penalty try,

However, the reversal of fortunes was apparent in the second when Ignatians got the bit between their
teeth. The commitment was rewarded with a penalty try and a touchdown from the combative and tenacious Adonis Kleanthous.

The latter was frustratingly sidelined in the second-half against Hertford after copping a shiner - the
legacy of a stray elbow - and no doubt he will have had to face more than one stewards' enquiry as
to how sir came to suffer the bruising at the school he teaches. He had the last laugh here.

Steve Renny said: "Even when we conceded two tries in the first-half, we talked about lifting our
performance in the second-half. We managed this and, even went the game eventually went to uncontested scrums (second-half), we never gave an inch."