Guernsey Press

Raiders top of the tree at Christmas after 12th win

RAIDERS ended the year with a bonus-point victory on Saturday to ensure they sit proudly on top of the London & South-East Premier tree at Christmas.

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Owen Thomas, scorer of the first Raiders try and 18 points in total. (Picture by Mike Marshall)

It was not all plain sailing away to a Sutton & Epsom side hit by injuries in a game that involved a flurry of cards – three of which were shown to Guernsey captain Lewis Hillier, with the two yellows followed by a subsequent red not the sort he wanted to be receiving heading into the festive period – but a 43-19 success including six tries was just the result Raiders wanted to ensure they can enjoy the Christmas break.

They were 17-7 ahead by half-time with Owen Thomas scoring 12 of those points thanks to a try, two conversions and a penalty while Anthony Armstrong also touched down before the break.

After the turnaround, further scores came from Tom Ceillam, Dan Hill, Nick Merrien and a cracker from Armstrong with Thomas adding three conversions.