THREE Hampshire union sides head the way in London Division Three South-West after two rounds of games as Winchester, Tottonians and Jersey hang on to 100 per cent records.
It took an injury time penalty from replacement kicker Lee Brading to save Tottonians' record though, as they came from behind to defeat London Irish Amateur by a single point.
However, it was a disappointing showing from Paul Goodall's side against a team who lost to Alton last week and Totts allowed the home side more control than they would have liked.
Goodall, who is likely to be out of action for a couple of weeks with an arm injury, kicked his side back into the match after Irish had hit three penalties in the first half with two of his own.
Midway through the second period, Totts finally got their act together as Mike Green and James Angove worked in tandem to release Lee Brading on the break. That lead was cancelled out by another Irish penalty - setting up a tense final few minutes.
With the last play of the match, Irish were penalised for playing the ball in an off-side position and Brading stepped up to save the day.
"We should have done a lot better though," said an injured Goodall. "But, again, it's a win for us and that's two."
Winchester continued to build on their good beginnings with a 31-12 triumph over Weybridge Vandals, although all their scoring was done in the first half as they went off the boil after the interval despite having all the territory.
New signing Ben Basley ran in two tries as the home side took a grip of the game after falling behind to an early score but, although they never looked like losing, the second half will be a cause for concern after they led 31-5 at the break.
Vandals grabbed a consolation penalty try at the death and coach Barry Bridgman again felt his side did enough but could have done more.
"The scrummaging was much better and we played with far more purpose," he said. "But we are still trying to over-elaborate in certain areas and, if we keep it simple, then we will hit sides hard."
There was little joy for the local sides in London Division Four South-West as both Southampton and Romsey started with defeats.
Southampton were undone by the experienced head of visiting KCS Old Boys' fly-half, who dictated a game which ended 27-7.
With his dominance and Saints taking 20 minutes to get a grip of the game, Paul Brant's try and conversion by Tony Cador was little response to the four tries of the Surrey side.
But Cador was little concerned as they responded well after a similar set back last year. And he praised his opposite number.
"He has a very good game but we played well after losing the first game to KCS last year so I hope we will do the same again this year."
Romsey were left cold and exasperated by their trip to promoted Old Reigatian as they felt they were continually on the wrong end of poor decisions and a 37-10 defeat did not reflect how well they played.
With three players confined to the sin-bin at one point and a 20-0 interval deficit, the Sports Centre side were facing a drubbing, but Graham Noble with a try, conversion and penalty brought some face-saving scores to the tally.
"They deserved to win undoubtedly," said a club spokesman, "but we were playing 16 men throughout the game."
Guernsey's first London League game was one to remember as they sank fellow league champs Old Amplefordians 46-6 while Petersfield scored three tries in a 22-9 win over Old Emanuel.
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