Fordingbridge 24 Petersfield 19: PETERSFIELD earned a vital losing bonus point away at mid-table Fordingbridge.
The spirited away display by the first team in their penultimate match of a difficult season moves them to the same points as fellow strugglers Ellingham and Ringwood. However, Field’s significantly poorer points-scored difference keeps them pinned just above bottom of the league Locks Heath Pumas.
All is not yet lost for Field, though, as they have a game in hand over Ellingham and Ringwood, who finished their season on Saturday. Next weekend, Field meet Sandown and Shanklin at Penns Place and must gain a minimum of one point to step out of the last two for the first time since the season began. Last time the two sides met, Field were comfortably beaten by the team from the Isle of Wight, so they will have to be at their sharpest to clinch the result they need.