Old Dunstonian did their hopes of London 2 survival no harm with a spirited and ultimately well merited win against KCS Old Boys on Saturday. With the game locked at 14 - 10 to the visitors after 60 minutes and with the old boys squandering possession and regularly incurring the displeasure of the referee, another pointless afternoon loomed. Then, inspired by fly half Brendan Holliday, Jeremy Scott and particularly full back Michael Canty Dunstonians caught light and ran in four unanswered tries in a 10 minute period, leaving KCS bemused and beaten.
 
The day started with an excellent lunch (thanks again to Wendy and the girls) and the well refreshed crowd took to the touchline and did what post lunch crowds do, holler raucous and ill judged advice to the players and upset the referee.
 
The first half produced a tight affair, with Nick Mott's excellent blindside break equalising KCS's opening score. Brendan Holliday kicked a superb touchline conversion and a straightforward penalty which were cancelled out by three penalties to KCS, awarded for reasons unclear by a referee nettled by the touchlines disapproval of his performance, all gratefully converted by the visitors.
 
The second half started in much the same vein as the first, with Dunstonian dominating territory without threatening the KCS line. Burford at 8 generally got over the gain line and the veteran Smith put in an effective shift, but the old boys were guilty of turning over too much ball via an ill judged commitment to offloading from the tackle under any circumstances. Perhaps some patient phase building would have produced better results. The official meanwhile made some poor calls and eventually informed skipper Keith Boyd that the abuse he was receiving from the touchline was jolly unfair and would have to stop. With the club secretary the main culprit now hanging his head in shame and the refs honour restored a game of rugby broke out. KCS were harshly penalised in a promising attacking position and this proved the contests pivotal moment. From the next Dunstonian attack and with the OD's forwards committing KCS to defending the breakdown Brendan Holliday needed no second invitation to scoot through a gap for a converted score. Suddenly the game adopted a different shape as KCS were challenged with coming out of their defensive crouch and forcing the pace. The subsequent space was much to the old boys liking as Holliday, Scott and particularly Canty orchestrated long range breaks characterised by good support running,  sure hands and an eye  for the try line. A game that was tight for an hour was transformed, and to the visitors consternation the scoreboard suddenly read 36 - 14 to the old boys, game over, thank you and goodnight.
 
Encouraging signs in this performance, but if this upward trend is to be extended then focus and availability will have to be maintained.
 
Questions remain after Saturdays performance;
 
Have the old boys got it in them to produce the (probable minimum) three wins required to beat the drop?
Will KCS bounce back to win at Bromley next week and do us (and themselves, as they've probably noticed their own position is suddenly a little precarious) a favour?

Did Burnsy make it back to Lincolnshire Saturday night?
 
Questions 1 & 2 will resolve themselves in time. I'm going no with Q3.