Red cards mar crucial win

Guernsey 32, Old Elthamians 22

IT TERMS of a result, Guernsey rugby could not have asked for more on Saturday.

This was a massive bonus-point win at Footes Lane for the home side, who in turn denied their opponents an important bonus point in a hard fought encounter.

However, the match finished on a sour note as the simmering tension you would expect in such a crucial fixture boiled over in the final moments and saw both Tom Ceillam and Sam Stevens shown red cards as well as Old Elthamians fullback Tom White for their roles in an ugly melee.

That was partly why Guernsey player-coach Jordan Reynolds was not in celebratory mood afterwards.

'It was always going to go that way,' he admitted.