Bishop Burton College maintained their spot at the top of the Northern Conference in the AASE League in Round 5 but saw their gap significantly narrowed.
Gosforth Academy are now just a point behind, with Brooksby Melton College chasing hard as well. Meanwhile in the Southern Conference Beechen Cliff stretched into the outright lead of the table, taking full advantage of Exeter College’s bye week.
Northern Conference
The game of the day in the Northern Conference was always set to be the top of the table clash at Kingston Park with second place Gosforth Academy hosting top of the table Bishop Burton College. What nobody could have imagined though was quite what a thriller it would be as the two sides shared 67 points, with Gosforth just holding the advantage at a 36-31 final score. Crucially though, Bishop Burton gained two bonus points, a losing one for staying with 7 in defeat, and a try scoring bonus for their four tries. Those two points in defeat saw them hold a one point lead over Gosforth at the top of the table, narrowed from the four at the start of the day.
Brooksby Melton are just three points further adrift after they beat Stourport convincingly, 59-5, and they are still yet to play Gosforth, so could have a real influence in the final placings in this Northern Conference pre the second half of the season split.
Arguably though, the result of the day came in a match that did not really affect the top end of the table too much as Moulton College made it two wins from two thanks to a bonus points 31-22 victory at Oaklands College, lifting them from 6th to fourth in the table.
Southern Conference
Beechen Cliff stretched out their lead at the top of the Southern Conference with a 40-21 victory over St Paul’s Catholic College. They began the day level with Exeter College on 20 points, but with Exeter on a bye week, Beechen Cliff grabbed the full 5 points against St Paul’s, meaning that even if they lose in next week’s massive top of the table clash against Exeter, the worst case scenario for them is that they go back to joint top.
Hartpury College got back to winning ways after back to back defeats, beating SGS Filton College to lift them into third place, leaving the Bristol AASE side still adrift at the foot of the table without a win to their name as yet.
Truro College meanwhile enjoyed a Moulton College-esque rise in the table as they too made it back to back victories, albeit it with a bye week inbetween. They beat Henley College 38-19 to rise from 6th to 4th in the table, just two points behind Hartpury in third.
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AASE Round 5 Results:
North
Gosforth Academy 36-31 Bishop Burton College
Oaklands College 22-31 Moulton College
Stourport High School 5-59 Brooksby Melton College
Myerscough College – Bye
South
Beechen Cliff 40-21 St Paul’s Catholic College
SGS Filton College 12-26 Hartpury College
Truro College 38-19 Henley College
Exeter College – Bye
Northern Conference Table
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | BPs | Points |
| 1 | Bishop Burton | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 | Gosforth Academy | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Brooksby Melton | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Moulton College | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Oaklands College | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Myerscough | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Stourport HS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Southern Conference Table
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | BPs | Points |
| 1 | Beechen Cliff | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | Exeter College | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Hartpury College | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Truro College | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Henley College | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | St Paul’s | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | SGS Filton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Round 4 Results:
North
Bishop Burton College 18-10 Oaklands College
Brooksby Melton College 57-0 Myerscough College
Moulton College 20-17 Stourport High School
Gosforth Academy – Bye
South
Hartpury College 19-50 Beechen Cliff
Henley College 36-26 SGS Filton College
St Paul’s Catholic College 42-43 Exeter College
Truro College – Bye
Round 3 Results:
North
Myerscough College 41-5 Moulton College
Oaklands College 24-31 Gosforth Academy
Stourport High School 7-27 Bishop Burton College
Brooksby Melton College – Bye
South
Beechen Cliff 39-10 Henley College
Exeter College 47-40 Hartpury College
SGS Filton College 7-24 Truro College
St Paul’s Catholic College – Bye
Round 2 Results:
North
Bishop Burton College 24-14 Myerscough College
Gosforth Academy 39-12 Stourport High School
Moulton College 19-29 Brooksby Melton College
Oaklands College – Bye
South
Hartpury College 76-24 St Paul’s Catholic College
Henley College 22-29 Exeter College
Truro College 17-29 Beechen Cliff
SGS Filton College – Bye
Round 1 Results:
North
Brooksby Melton College 24-29 Bishop Burton College
Myerscough College 30-43 Gosforth Academy
Stourport High School 5-46 Oaklands College
Moulton College – Bye
South
Beechen Cliff 42-7 SGS Filton College
Exeter College 34-21 Truro College
St Paul’s Catholic College 19-17 Henley College
Hartpury College – Bye
Further Fixtures:
Round 6
North
Brooksby Melton College v Oaklands College
Moulton College v Gosforth Academy
Myerscough College v Stourport High School
Bishop Burton College – Bye
South
Exeter College v Beechen Cliff
Hartpury College v Truro College
St Paul’s Catholic College v SGS Filton College
Henley College – Bye
Round 7
North
Bishop Burton College v Moulton College
Gosforth Academy v Brooksby Melton College
Oaklands College v Myerscough College
Stourport High School – Bye
South
Henley College v Hartpury College
SGS Filton College v Exeter College
Truro College v St Paul’s Catholic College
Beechen Cliff – Bye
