JAMES O’Reilly scored two tries as rugby league side Oxford Cavaliers lost 30-24 to Bedford Tigers in their final pre-season friendly.
Cavaliers led 16-4, but could not quite contain the visitors in their first home game after returning to Oxford RFC.
Bedford scored the opening try, but Cavaliers hit back when John Connaughton went over and Ryan Hodnett converted.
Hodnett and the try of the game from O’Reilly, who scored after great work from Jack Briggs, plus a Hodnett conversion made it 16-4.
Three tries and two conversions saw Bedford go 20-16 up before Dale Townsend equalised for Oxford.
Two quick tries and a conversion sealed Tigers’ win, although Briggs scored from a strong run on the final whistle.
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