LUCTONIANS continued their perfect start to the season with an emphatic nine-try 66-5 victory against Macclesfield.
Lucs were superb throughout, no more so than in defence when Macclesfield were in their red zone, and they repelled their advances on more than one occasion.
The home side who were playing in orange shirts as part of their Charity Day when the players shirts would be auctioned off following the game.
Lucs were on the scoreboard as early as the second minute when Lewis Parkes collected a deft James Mear dink kick to dot down, Jamin Hodgkins kicking the extras as he collated another 17-point haul, all from the tee in what was another kicking masterclass.
Hodgkins increased Lucs lead when he added a penalty, before Conor Geraghty stole through to score when put through by Joe White and Owien Harriot-Davis to give the home side a 17-0 advantage.
Lucs then turned defence into attack when the marauding Harriot-Davis, crashed through the Field defence on 35 minutes to give them a 24-0 lead at oranges with Hodgkins converting, this after Oliver Longmore for Macclesfield had seen yellow for foul play.
And Lucs turned on the style straight away after half time when man of the match Caleb Montgomery was over the whitewash following a lose line out throw from Field within a minute of the re-start to increase the lead to 31-0, Hodgkins again immaculate from the tee.
James Mear went over on 46 minutes, following No9 Owen Randell’s awareness to spot a hole in Fields defence.
Montgomery and Harriot-Davis combined to put Lewis Parkes away again five minutes later for his second score of the game, Hodgkins converting for the home side to lead 45-0.
But he spoilt his copybook performance soon after when he saw yellow for a high tackle.
Despite being down to 14 Lucs continued to impress and the explosive Owen Randell wriggled his way over the line before taking on the kicking duties to nail the extras to lead 52-0.
This was following Macclesfield’s only contribution to the score when George Boughey somehow found a way over just after the hour for their sole five points.
Lucs final try came from Montgomery at the death. But this was after Jack Goodwin had also contributed with his touch down a few minutes earlier, converted by Randell (59-5).
Luctonians will be confident on their travels next week when they make another long journey to Cornwall to play Redruth.
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