IF there were any potential banana skins for Hampshire One leaders Petersfield and Southampton on their trips to Hamble and Fawley respectively, they were dry and non-slippy as they crushed their hosts by 80 points in both cases.

After going behind 3-0, Southampton set about Fawley with some gusto, scoring tries at will, and dominating the game throughout after Wayne Allen's brace of push over scores set the tone.

Dave Griffiths' try-scoring spree continued with another hat-trick, but he had an off-day with the boot, converting just three of the 15 tries.

The small pitch at Hamble proved no problem for Petersfield, who cantering to a 86-3 victory over Hamble, who are now part of a three-way set five points off the pace at the foot of the table.

Only a Seamus Noonan penalty was the sum total of their efforts, as the free-scoring league leaders collected twelve tries without reply. "We are back on track after the disappointment of the Heathens result," said Petersfield coach Mike O'Shea.

Millbrook are back into fourth on points difference, with a morale-boosting 45-0 victory over Nomads, made better by the fact they were players short of players for most of the first half.

Starting with only 13, as two cars were stuck in Fratton Park football traffic, Millbrook still took a 12-0 lead in the opening quarter, and stretched it to 17-0 with 14 players on the park.

The outstanding Mike Mulchay bagged a pair of tries and two assists in an excellent personal performance, which had manager Alan Day, one of the late arrivals, very pleased.

"That was much better," he said. "That performance is what we have been talking about for a while. With the inclusion of Rob Prowting in the back row, he gave us some stability."

However, Nomads classed their performance as the worst of their season and leaves them eighth.

Fareham Heathens stopped Sandown & Shanklin in their tracks, shutting out the Hurricanes with a 17-0 success, which moves them to sixth, just behind their opposition.