THEY certainly made it hard for themselves and benefitted from a vital disputed try late on, but a 12th win in 14 games was no more than the home side deserved and they break into the top five as a result.
Tring led 13-0 midway through the first period after Guernsey had spurned scoring opportunity after opportunity, but the margin had been narrowed to three by the interval and in a fluctuating second period Jordan Reynolds' men ran in two tries, the second of which, a Shane Taylor score in the corner, Tring were very unhappy with as it was called by the home touch judge.
Tring cut the gap to four with a late penalty, but there was still time for Sam Whitehead to return the margin to seven with a kick in front of the posts with time virtually up.
Reynolds said that experience ultimately made the difference.
'I think the difference is that we kept a cool head and Tring got flustered.
'I think we showed a lot of maturity.'
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