Stoke Potters 41 Newport Hornets 30.

NEWPORT Drillerman Hornets slipped to defeat against the National League champions elect in a meeting curtailed because of a time-curfew Stoke's Loomer Road ground.

Stoke Potters 41: 1- Kyle Howarth (guest) 0(2); 2 - James Pickard 8(4); 3 - James Sarjeant 10+1(4); 4 - Tony Atkin 5+1(3); 5 - Tim Webster 8(3); 6 - Tim Nobes 2+1(3); 7 Gareth Isherwood 8+1(5).

Newport Drillerman Hornets 30: 1 - Jay Herne (capt) 8(3); 2 - Tom Young 2(3); 3 - Brendan Johnson 9(4); 4 - Matt Bates 0(1); 5 - James White-Williams 3(3); 6 - Lloyd Barrett 1+1(4); 7 - Richard Andrews 7+1(4).