Another hat-trick for McCann

Newcastle-under-Lyme put 72 points on Blurton in the second round and it wasBedstone's turn to suffer in their third round tie which a dominantNewcastle won 64-15.

County player Simon McCann scored his second hat-trickof tries in the competition while Nicholas Ward (2), Sam Rees Boughton,Matthew Jones, Ian Evans, Sam Asplin and Kieron Leech also touched down.Jones kicked seven of ten conversions.

Newcastle head for King's Granthamin the fourth round.

They squeezed through 15-12 at Mansfield in a toughgame against Magnus with Nick Creswell kicking them to victory with fivepenalties.

Bedford had few problems at Harlington winning 45-7 and willmeet the winners of the October 30 game between King's Stratford andWarwick.

Arnold Hill are through to the fourth round after beating QueenElizabeth's from Spalding 17-5.

They were evenly matched but Arnold'sdefence was excellent and Manny Scott and Matt Brown scored greatindividual tries for them.

They must travel to meet the winners of theNovember 8 tie between Lady Manners and Nottingham High School.