There was a thought it was difficult to win away in National Division 3 South, as most of the results were going the way of the home sides.

But that pattern was well and truly broken this weekend as five of the seven fixtures saw the visitors successful, including two terrific wins for both Basingstoke and Havant in Kent.

Five second half tries, including a 24-point haul for director of rugby Ian Calder, brought Basingstoke back from being 13-6 down at the break to record their third win of the cam-paign - a splendid 44-27 triumph over Westcombe Park.

It was a stirring showing from the Down Grange side, who responded to the call from skipper Richard Baker to go out and put everything into their performance on the pitch, and they got their just rewards.

This was typified by prop Steve Buttle chasing down the Westcombe scrum-half midway through the second half and turning the ball over, which resulted in a Basingstoke score.

"It was that kind of character in the side that saw us to the win," reflected Calder, who kicked all five conversions as well as adding three penalties to his try.

"The boys played really well," he continued, "and we deserved to win and take the points out of there."

Havant are back into fifth place, having secured the league double over the side that denied them promotion two seasons ago, Old Colfeians. But they had to hold on at the end, having relinquished an 18-5 lead to within a score.

It was not after the visitors were forced, yet again, into a re-jig of positions when they were hit with yet another injury - this time to centre Owen Jones - in the first half. It made the victory all the better with players out of their natural positions.

The lead changed hands twice in the first half with Steve Claffey's two penalties separating the sides at the break. But when Dylan Rauben-heimer followed up a fine passing move to score, the game looked secure for the Hooks Lane side.

But it was not to be, even though Dave Jones slammed over a long-range drop goal for 21-10 as they withstood a strong comeback from the Kentish side, which resulted in a converted try and a battering on the Havant line in the dying minutes.

Their win breaks their run of four defeats in the last five and builds up a cushion between the chasing pack.