The AASE League resumed yesterday for the second stage of the competition, following the initial group stage.

Each division of the competition, North and South, split into a top and bottom half ahead of half term for stage 2.

The top three in the North play each other again, as do the top four in the south, with the bottom four in the north facing each other once more, and the same in the south.

Yesterday saw all of the fixtures in the South completed, with just one in the North played, the others a delayed until later in the month.

Hartpury College and Exeter College seized the initiative in the top division of the South, opening the second stage accounts with a 30-3 win over Henley College for Hartpury and a 34-11 victory for Exeter College over Beechen Cliff.

In the second division in the south Truro College got off to a fine start with a brilliant 45-10 victory over Ivybridge Community College, while SGS Filton College were almost as impressive as they saw off St Paul’s Catholic College 48-22.

Over in the North, meanwhile, there was no play in the top division, while in the second division Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College got off to the perfect that with a 33-12 bonus point win over Moulton College.

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AASE Stage 2, Round 1 Results:

Exeter College 34-11 Beechen Cliff

Hartpury College 30-3 Henley College

SGS Filton College 48-22 St Paul’s Catholic College

Truro College 45-10 Ivybridge Community College

Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College 33-12 Moulton College