Midlands 1 West

Banbury Bulls were battered 52-19 at home to Lichfield in their fifth successive defeat.

Bulls opened the scoring with a third-minute try from wing Carl Daniels, converted by fly half Pete Papenfus.

But Lichfield found their feet and bagged 40 unanswered points in 46 minutes.

Greg Massey (2), Tom Adams (2), Gareth Brear and Richard Burton notched tries, with Luke Massey converting five.

Banbury staged a brief rally with two tries from replacement Henry Teare, Papenfus converting the latter as they eyed the consolation of a four-try bonus point.

But Brear and Matt Brown touched down for Lichfield, Luke Massey converting the former.