Ciaran Donoghue (Dings Crusaders), Nahum Merigan (Hartpury), George Worboys and Frankie Read (Taunton Titans) all earned minutes.

Full-back Donoghue completed 80 minutes for Dings Crusaders as they defeated Hornets 31-24 in National League 2 West.

It was the 19-year-old’s 16th appearance in what has been a fruitful season at Dings, where he has scored a total of 147 including 10 tries.

After playing twice for Ampthill in March, Number 8 Merigan featured in a squad against them as he was named as a replacement for Hartpury in the Championship.

He came on for the University outfit for the final 13 minutes but was unable to help turnaround their fortunes as they suffered a 32-26 loss.

Elsewhere in the National League, Worboys and Read were in Taunton Titans backline. The Somerset side went down 59-21 against The Rams.

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