DUDLEY Kingswinford made it 15 wins from 15 with a commanding performance at Banbury.

Cruising at 0-55 up just under the hour, DK took their foot of the pedal towards the end.

Firstly the hugely influential Ian Langford was yellow carded on 61 minutes for a stray elbow, giving Banbury some welcome respite.

Then, after he had returned, DK still had to finish the match with 14 men and were unable to prevent the home side taking full advantage by scoring a couple of consolation tries in the final minutes.

But by then the game was over as Banbury, who have endured a tough baptism to Midlands One West, were battered and beaten in the front five where DK often drove them off their own ball.

Their back row and backs competed well but were never really in with a sniff until near the end.

DK were forced make several changes to the side that beat Bournville. Simon Fletcher was unavailable so James Jefferson was at full back with Jak Davis making a welcome and successful return to the right wing in his place.

With Stef Shillingford out with a sore hamstring, Tom Weaver returned to outside centre. Gareth Bown returned at fly half though still suffering with a bruised back and Jon Higgins reverted to scrum half in place of Matt Farrington who injured a hand in a midweek county game.

Loose head prop Al Francis was out with a knee injury.

DK were on the front foot from the off, keeping Banbury firmly penned inside their own half.

They took the lead after five minutes when a neat pick up from No 8 Ben Connett was passed through Jon Higgins to Gareth Bown arriving at pace to score. Gareth converting his try for 7-0.

A second DK try came on 14 minutes when the visitors turned over Banbury possession to move the ball wide with great pace and panache to Robbie Jones on the left wing, his neat inside pass saw Tom Weaver swerve away for an unconverted try which made it 12-0.

A scintillating third try came on 23 minutes when Jak Davis made a great break out of the DK half and made the ball available to Tom Weaver, who made a miss pass return to Jak who in turn fed James Jefferson to score in the corner.

Another crisp three-quarter move out to Robbie Jones saw the winger neatly step inside his man to stride in for DK’s fourth try and a bonus point, Jon Higgins converting to make it 24-0 after 28 minutes.

The home side could do little to stem the flow with the DK pack all over them like a rash and a fifth try duly arrived after 34 minutes from Jefferson.

Try number six followed almost immediately after the restart when a great break through the middle and pass from Langford saw Connett held up on the line before quick hands saw Davies in for the score.

With Banbury on the ropes DK filled their boots with a seventh try after 45 minutes when great forward play and swift ball left Jak Davis with only a prop in front of him, it was no contest as Jak rounded him to score.

Great off the cuff play from both forwards and backs saw Davies in space again on 51 minutes and the pacy wingman made no mistake with his second and DK’s eighth try.

DK’s ninth and final try after 59 minutes was conjured from a brilliant box kick from Higgins which was superbly picked up first bounce by Bown to fly in for his second try.