Tabard suffered an agonising 22-18 home defeat to Old Merchant Taylors' in London Two North West on Saturday.

It was a disappointing result for the hosts especially after clawing their way back to take the lead with ten minutes to go.

Tabard got off to great start with Harry Gough's penalty kicking them into the lead but this was quickly cancelled out by the visitors.

One of Tabard’s yellow cards came when Leon Leonidas was sent to the sinbin.

OMT scored the first try of the game when Tabard were reduced to 14 men with a catch and drive at a lineout following a penalty against Tabard.

Tom King was then given a yellow card for a late tackle which left Tabard with an uphill struggle.

In the second half the hosts received their third yellow card of the game when Toby Davies was penalised for clashing with an opponent.

Tabard were rewarded with a penalty at the breakdown after a good break by O’Neill which was well struck by Gough to take the score to 8-6 after ten minutes of the second half.

Tabard’s determination to play with ball in hand gifted OMT their second try five minutes later.

The hosts were rewarded with their first try when Gerald Arasa delivered a wonderful offload to Liam Glynn who moved the ball to the strong running Leonidas and he scored close in to the posts.

The successful conversion took the score to 15-13 in favour of OMT after 22 minutes of the second half.

Tom King then showed what a dangerous runner he is after collecting a loose clearance by the visitors.

His arching run split the OMT defence before passing to Henry Offredy and he set up Hurford whose out stretched arm just made the line.

This gave Tabard an 18-15 lead heading into the last ten minutes of the match but a late try snatched victory for the visitors.