Dudley Kingswinford 44
Stoke-on-Trent 12
DK avenged their defeat at Stoke in October in some style with a clinical performance at Heathbrook.
They ran in seven tries on Saturday with another highly impressive team performance to reinforce their Midlands Two West title credentials.
The hosts were 5-0 up after only four minutes.
A strong break from Andy Mcewen in the Stoke 22 ended with a ruck near the line, from which the ball was spun to Gareth Davies, who spotted a gap to score an unconverted try.
The home side continued to press hard and it was 20 minutes before the visitors finally ventured out of their own half.
DK's pressure told on 24 minutes when Stoke killed the ball under their posts and Gareth Bown kicked a penalty to increase the DK lead.
A minute later a superb 50m defence splitting break from Davies saw him deep into the Stoke 22 before offloading for Stefan Shillingford to score DK's second try, giving them a 13-0 lead.
After 27 minutes it became 20-0 and it was Davies’ turn to carve open the Stoke rearguard with a scintillating break.
He held the ball up before finally passing to Andy Mcewan who thundered over for the try, before Bown converted.
The floodgates had well and truly open and after 32 minutes DK scored a fourth try.
Ollie Shakespeare set up a ruck in the Stoke 22 of the ball flew down the line to Jak Davis, who squeezed into the corner to make it 25-0 at the break.
The visitors hit back three minutes after the restart.
After a determined forward drive into the DK 22, scrum-half James Voyce broke through and managed to reach the DK line for a well worked unconverted try to make it 25-5.
DK though struck back almost immediately when Stoke lost the ball in their own 22.
Davies did well to fashion a four-to-one overlap from which Ed Parry cruised over the line and to the posts for DK's fifth try. Bown converted and DK led 32-5.
The biggest roar of the day came after 58 minutes when popular right wing James Jefferson scored his first try for the first team.
Shillingford turned over the Stoke ball close to the goal line and it was quickly moved right for Jefferson to crash over near the corner, making it 37-5.
He repeated it again a minute later. A pacey 40m break from Leigh Foster had the Stoke cover in disarray and a dazzling exchange of passes saw Jefferson grab his second.
Bown converted and the score was 44-5 after 59 minutes.
Stoke had the final word with a consolation in stoppage time.
Voyce scored his second try of the game direct from a ruck inside the DK 22.
Fly-half Ben Oakley converted to make it 44-12 with the last kick of the game, but DK had ran out comfortable winners.
DK are at home to Hereford this Saturday (2.30pm).
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