CALDY suffered a fourth consecutive defeat in the Championship away at Ampthill on Saturday as they lost 33-19. 

Ampthill made the most of the scrappy start to the game and after a successful lineout, Richard Barrington went over to score the opening try of the afternoon.

Caldy hit back almost immediately with a mirror image of the Ampthill try, from the lineout the ball was mauled over the line by Ollie Wynn for his fourth try of the season.

The home side re-took the lead two minutes later from another line out which allowed Josh Barton to slide over to score.

The game got a bit scrappy till the stroke of half time when James Hatfield dived over to score a third for the home side.

Caldy came out in the second half with more purpose and brought themselves within a try after a good flowing move, and Callum Ridgeway scored to end a great phase of play.

Ampthill regained their advantage when Saracens loanee Brandon Jackson intercepted Matt Gallagher and ran in to score.

The strength of Ampthill was too much for Caldy and a fifth try was scored by Ampthill on 66 minutes through  Lekima Ravuvu.

Caldy had some good chances to gain bonus points but after the match, head coach Matt Cairns said : “We built a lot of pressure in the first half and we tended to be in their 22 for a while so we are disappointed not to get more rewards from the pressure. When they scored the breakaway try and the intercept in the second half it was the final nail in the coffin”.

Things don’t get easier for Caldy with unbeaten league leaders Coventry visiting Paton Field on Saturday.