Wilmore bags four in Luton romp

Luton were too strong for the hosts as they ran in 10 unanswered tries in a one-sided affair which saw four yellow cards.

The visitors controlled the whole game with their power and pace, although Tabard’s Jack Reilly missed a simple penalty early on.

Both teams were then down to 14 men by the 14th minute as Doug Fluker and Cameron O’Connor were harshly shown yellow cards for high tackles.

It was Luton that responded the better as Wilmore scored the first try of the match, after some good hands sent the winger racing away before he kicked it over the full backs head to re-gather and score in the corner in the 15th minute.

The visitors were in again three minutes later through Jake Hobbs, who spotted space behind Tabard’s defensive line to put a kick through and claim to score under the sticks, Chris Talanoa adding the conversion for 12-0.

Tabard closed the gap on 22 minutes through Reilly’s penalty but it was all one-way traffic from this point as Luton’s pace and power proved too much.

Tom Mahendran grabbed Luton’s third try after some good hands sent Hobbs through before he fed Mahendran to squeeze over in the corner.

Luton continued to look threatening every time they had the ball but they were unable to add to their score until the 36th minute when Wilmore got his second of the match after gathering a Robbie Smith kick to score in the corner.

Wilmore was in for his hat-trick with the last play of the half with a carbon copy of his second try as he touched down in the corner, Talanoa kicking the conversion to make it 29-3 at the break.

Luton started the second half as they finished the first, in complete control as they looked threatening every time they touched the ball.

Paul Allen’s side added to the scoreboard in the 50th minute through Michael Weston who supported another Hobbs break to score under the post, Talanoa kicked the extras.

The visitors were kept at bay until the hour mark when Mahendran scored his second of the game, Talanoa converting.

Luton didn’t have to wait long until they crossed again when Weston picked up a loose ball to race 60m to score under the posts, Talanoa’s boot taking the score to 50-3.

Both teams were back down to 14 men again after Craig South and Jo Jacobs was both sin-binned for infringement in the ruck and a late tackle respectively in the 67th minute.

It took Luton just another five minutes to add another try as some good hands from Mark Tindall and Hobbs created room for Adam Harris to score touch down for a converted try.

The visitors weren’t finished there as they scored with the last play of the game through Wilmore who finished off a good break.

Talanoa missed the conversion, but Luton had done more than enough to win 62-3.

Luton host Chingford this weekend.