In a big second round of action in the RFU Girls ACE League on Wednesday, four sides made it two from two in what was a much more competitive round of action.
Two games were decided by a converted try or fewer, City of Oxford College picked up their first victory, and Worthing College continue to look like early pace setters.
ACE Girls League Round 2 Results: Wednesday 2nd October
Bishop Burton College 5-63 Worthing College
Newman College 10-50 Hartpury College
Oaklands College 7-21 Exeter College
SGS College 24-27 City of Oxford College
Henley College 24-31 Loughborough College
Worthing College were on the road at Bishop Burton College, their biggest away trip of the campaign but they made that journey look like no trouble at all as they secured an outstanding 63-5 victory. They are flying early on in this campaign.
It was City of Oxford College that Worthing were so impressive against last week, but this week City of Oxford were on the road at SGS College, who gave Hartpury a good game last week, and returned home with the victory. It was a cracking game that could have gone either way, COO just edging it 27-24 – a game that shows real promise for both sides for the week ahead.
Hartpury College meanwhile made it two from two, expanding on their performance against SGS with a fantastic display on the road at Newman College for a 50-10 victory as the Girls in red hit peak form.
Also making it two from two were Exeter College, they travelled to Oaklands College, who had also won last week, and the two had a cracking battle. Exeter took it three scores to one for a 21-7 victory, but both will have taken plenty from it.
One of the games of the day came at Henley College, with Loughborough College the visitors. Loughborough had been outstanding against Newman College last week, while Henley had performed well in a close defeat to Oaklands. On Wednesday they played out an absolute cracker of a game. Both had their chances, but it was Loughborough College that came away with the victory, 31-24 to make it two wins from two to start the campaign.
Round 1 Results:
City of Oxford College 5-43 Worthing College
Exeter College 78-7 Bishop Burton College
Loughborough College 64-12 Newman College
Oaklands College 26-15 Henley College
SGS College 14-29 Hartpury College
Further Fixtures
Wednesday 16th October
City of Oxford College v Exeter College
Hartpury College v Bishop Burton College
Loughborough College v Oaklands College
Henley College v SGS College
Worthing College v Newman College
Wednesday 23rd October
Bishop Burton College v Henley College
Exeter College v Worthing College
Hartpury College v City of Oxford College
Loughborough College v SGS College
Newman College v Oaklands College
Wednesday 13th November
City of Oxford College v Bishop Burton College
Henley College v Newman College
Loughborough College v Worthing College
Oaklands College v Hartpury College
SGS College v Exeter College
Wednesday 4th December
Bishop Burton College v SGS College
City of Oxford College v Oaklands College
Hartpury College v Loughborough College
Newman College v Exeter College
Worthing College v Henley College
Wednesday 15th January
Exeter College v Loughborough College
Hartpury College v Henley College
Newman College v City of Oxford College
Oaklands College v Bishop Burton College
Worthing College v SGS College
Wednesday 29th January
Exeter College v Hartpury College
Henley College v City of Oxford College
Loughborough College v Bishop Burton College
SGS College v Newman College
Worthing College v Oaklands College
Wednesday 26th February
Bishop Burton College v Newman College
City of Oxford College v Loughborough College
Hartpury College v Worthing College
Henley College v Exeter College
SGS College v Oaklands College
