Societe Generale Valley RFC started Super Saturday in the Dettol Premiership in third place. By the time two earlier games had been played, they dropped to fifth and needed to beat league leaders Natixis HKFC. However, Valley failed to move from that position as they fell to a heavy 50-12 loss to their rivals. A win over Club means more than any other for the Valley team and lock Chris Allman showed that passion early on after charging down a clearance kick from Jamie Lauder to score in the corner. The conversion was wide as Valley led 5-0 but it was not to be their night. Football Club controlled matters for the rest of the game, and Valley did their best to help. HKFC fullback Niall Rowark was given five penalty opportunities from the tee in the opening half, slotting all to give Club a 15-5 lead before the blue and whites notched a first try. That came from another Hong Kong international in the HKFC backline, Jamie Hood. ‘ HKFC made sure of their attacking opportunities, especially from the set piece. The 62 points between the two teams brought the day’s total to 199 from three matches. HKFC increased their lead in the league with the bonus point win pushing them out to 42 points, ahead of Kowloon on 26, Sandy Bay on 22, Tigers on 20 and Valley and Scottish bringing up the back on 19 each. Kroll USRC Tigers beat KPMG HK Scottish 35-31 behind a 25-point second half to secure a bonus point win and escape the Premiership cellar. ImpactHK HKU Sandy Bay erased a 12-0 deficit early on to produce a four-try bonus point in the first half before going on to overwhelm DAC Kowloon 43-24. In a tense finish, Scottish conceded critical penalties late, allowing Jacob Myers to slot a final penalty and put Tigers in the win column 35-31; both sides claimed bonus points with Tigers scoring four or more tries, while Scottish finished within seven. Tigers’ director of rugby Lewis Evans was checking his pulse afterwards but was relieved with the win. “The game didn’t go as we wanted it to, we made it hard work but we did what we came to do. Scottish performed really well and I am relieved with the win, which was needed,” he said. The bonus point was encouraging for Evans. “To score some of those tries the way we did, you know, seeing the tight head and second row combine out wide – that’s what we’re trying to get to; it’s a mindset and will take us a little while,” he said. “We definitely had some outcomes from what we worked on this week, so it was a positive result, even it if was a difficult one for a coach to watch.” Tries were not wanting in the day’s second match between Kowloon and Sandy Bay with the teams combining for six scores in the first half before adding four more in the second as Sandy Bay ran out 43-24 winners. Wing Huw Alexander’s late tally gave Kowloon a needed bonus point as they try to hold on to second on a day where Tigers, Scottish and Sandy Bay – all behind them on the log – collected bonus points. Sandy Bay coach Will Webster was happy with his side’s performance saying: “I am pleased with how we responded to going down early. Definitely it’s progress for us. I’d rather we didn’t go down 12-0 at all, but that is resilience, and coming back into it gives us a lot of belief. The forwards did an incredible job up front to give us the platform. “We are disappointed with giving up that bonus point, but there is a tremendous amount we can take from that. Kowloon have beaten us twice and now we beat them pretty convincingly so it’s a step forward in what we have been working on.”