Melbourne 20 - 9 Newark

Another tight attritional game for Melbourne
Scoreless 1st Quarter
Newark opened the scoring with a long range penalty
Melbourne replied with a sharp try form Jack Pearce after a catch and drive and short ball. Euan converted
Newark penalty at half time
HT 7-6
Newark take lead after a penalty at scrum time
Yellow card for Pagey after being stamped all over
2 penalties for Euan regaining led for 13-7
Try for Tommy Howard after great hands Pagey, Euan and devon with Pearce running into space for Tommy to beat 3 men and score under the posts. Euan converted
Debut for 18 year old James Benstead
Late YC for Al judge for a high tackle
Final score 20-9
High quality game from Melbourne against tough opposition. Great lineout. Coaching session from Roger Lucas showed improvements, Defence superb as usual and Melbourne's normal tenaciousness at the breakdown
MOTM James Lockhart
Good ref too
Top of the league. 5 points clear