Twickenham held Tabard at bay for the first 25 minutes of Saturday's London Two North clash, but finished up on the wrong end of t a 33-17 scoreline.

The damage was done in a second quarter with Tabard scoring four tries to lead 26-0 at half-time.

Twickenham battled back strongly in the second half with tries from Richard Moses and Rob Kirby, with Neil Francis kicking two conversions and a penalty.

Twickenham: R.Ives, ( M.Nicholson), T.Aldridge, R.Moses, D.Stewart, S.Colquhoun, M.Devers, R.Kirby, M.Devers, J.Peters, N.Francis, P.Astbury,T.Howden (P.Moses), R.Freeman, C.Hay, M.Wadden.