A first-half hat-trick from Ryan Olowofela kicked off a five-point win in Chinnor as Knights dominated 19–36

20th February 2026

The hosts were first over the line as scrum-half Luke Carter picked the ball from the back of the breakdown and dummied his way into space. 0–5.

Chinnor spent the remainder of the first 15 minutes in attack, but Doncaster showed their fight to prevent them from scoring again. Ben Murphy found his way underneath the ball to hold them up, and after going back for a Chinnor penalty, the backline were quickly off the line in defence to force the knock-on.

Doncaster then switched on the attack as a well-executed line-out allowed Ben Chapman to wrap around and pop the ball to Olowofela. The winger ran onto the ball at pace and sliced through to go over. Bennett added the extras to put the Knights ahead, 5–7.

Olowofela then snatched a second almost instantly as the backline moved the ball out to Veainu, who drew in the final defender with his notorious footwork before giving the final pass to Olowofela. He used his pace to go the rest of the way.

His third try came on the half-hour mark. Veainu carried hard and bumped off one defender before throwing a one-handed pass to Olowofela. He snatched it above his head and powered through the final defender to finish. 5–17.

Zach Kerr made a break up the wing to put Donny back into the 22, and the forwards flooded in to support, clearing out the breakdown quickly. Dolly shipped the ball to Jasper McGuire, who stormed onto it at pace and flew over the line. Bennett added the extras, leaving the half-time score at 5–24.

The second half started well for the Knights as a scrum penalty from the forwards gifted Bennett the opportunity to kick to touch. The line-out was executed well and the forwards spent time at the line drawing in defenders. The ball was then moved through the backs, and a long pass to Veainu allowed him to run it in. Bennett added another two, 5–31.

A yellow card went Doncaster’s way after conceding too many penalties while defending the line, and Chinnor capitalised on the overlap, scoring two tries in quick succession.

The first came when their centre powered into space and distributed to the wing. Matt McNab tackled his opposite winger, but quick ball to Will Cave allowed the hosts to finish the job. The conversion was added, 10–31.

The second try came from the set piece, as quick ball from the line-out allowed them to power over the line. Conversion successful, 19–31.

Doncaster had the final say as McNab chased down Bennett’s kick-off and tapped it back to keep the Knights in attack. Donny found space up the wing, and a final offload to Fred Davies opened the space for him to drive over.

Full-time score: 19–36

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