DUDLEY Kingswinford maintained their 100 per cent record and grabbed another bonus point in their nine tries to nil beating of Banbury.

Ben Connett returned to the side and many observers applauded his return to action as he repeatedly took opposition line out ball and made characteristic rampaging runs.

Dan Shakespeare moved to the tight headprop, Tui Asipito took over at seven with Pete Knight moving to No 8.

In the backs Nick Adams came in with Stefan Shillingford back in at centre after a bout of stomach trouble last week. On the bench Jamie Ramsey Ollie Shakespeare and a welcome return for Stefan Thorp.

The other change involved a colour change as the referee deemed he strips too similar and DK took to the field in their Red and Blue for only the second time this year.

Kicking off into a strong wind ,DK took the game to Banbury and laid siege to their line for the first ten minutes.

Ben Connett took the first of three line outs against the throw and set up Nick Adams on the wing to make a charge for the line but he was held up and Banbury cleared. Gareth Bown then created space for Shillingford to fly into the Banbury 22 but by going to ground he incurred the displeasure of the referee.

Not to be outdone, Jon Higgins fielded the resulting penalty kick and fed the ever alert James Jefferson who raced fully 50 metres to touch down in the corner but the score was ruled out by the touch judge who noted Jefferson had, in fact, placed a toe in touch.

From the resulting line-out Connett again plucked the ball out of the air and Bown accepted the pass, only to see his own knocked down deliberately by the Banbury Centre David Taylor who was duly dispatched to the sin bin. Bown then slotted the penalty on 13 minutes and DK led 3-0.

On 17 minutes the DK back line showed their own dancing steps as the Bown, Shillingford and Weaver combination shreaded the visiting defence as Shillingford glided deftly between the posts for a try which Bown converted to make it 10-0.

The Banbury backs struggled to cope with the pace and agility of the DK midfield. Knight at number 8 was enjoying a good deal of possession as he turned over Banbury ball and he found Stefan Shillingford who feigned to go down on one knee, turned and looped a pass to Gareth Bown who went clean through to score the second try.

With the backs enjoying as much freedom as the referee would allow it was then the turn of Al Francis to pick up a loose ball and feed Luke Greenwood who went on a looping run before sidestepping the centre and diving over to score.

DK were hungry and it was no surprise to see them go ahead again on 37 minutes after a fine catch and drive by Ed Parry to make it 27-0 at the break.

With the bonus point in the bag the second half became a procession and Gareth Davies was next to go over on 48 minutes.

The hosts rung the changes with Jamie Ramsey and Stefan Thorp replacing Luke Greenwood and Tui Asipito, before Tom Weaver and Nick adams made it 44-0.

There was still time for Ramsey and Al Francis to grab further scores to complete the rout.