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DK's relief at recording their first win of the season last week proved to be short lived as they came down to earth with a bump at Scunthorpe.

The home side who are second from bottom of Midlands Division One, fully deserved the precious points, as they made far fewer errors and generally managed to retain most of the ball they won.

The visitors made one change to last week's team with Wayne Millard replacing Al Francis at loose head.

DK were 5-0 down after only two minutes and in that time they had already lost possession no less than three times.

Scunthorpe's danger man, left winger Rewiti Vaimoso, fastened onto a loose ball stepped inside his man to give centre Tom Foster an easy run in.

Dudley soon hit back and Tom Bissell made it 5-3 on eight minutes after missing a sixth minute opportunity.

DK won adequate possession and territory but their handling and retention of the ball in contact was pretty abysmal, often handing the home side hard won possession on a plate. They paid the price for this when Scunthorpe full back and skipper Tim Robinson made it 8-3 with a 32nd minute penalty.

Scunthorpe at this stage were very much there for the taking, only Vaimoso and veteran prop Andy Fish gave DK any real cause for concern, but despite having the lion's share of ball and the strong breeze at their backs, the visitors finished the half 8-3 down.

DK pressed hard at the onset of the second half and on 67 minutes Paul Coles touched down to reduce the arrears to 11-8.

Robinson's 69th minute penalty made it 14-8 to Scunthorpe and another one for hands in the ruck on 71 minutes saw the home side increase the lead to 17-8, but DK were still very much in the game until they were reduced to 13 men when Coles was yellow carded after 73 minutes to follow scrum half Alan Mitchell into the sin-bin.

The hosts scored a converted try late on to seal victory to leave DK well and truly rooted at the bottom of the table.

12:16pm Thursday 6th December 2007

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