Teachers kept their unbeaten record with a clinical win over Renegades at National Sports Club on Sunday.

Both teams were missing key players but it was evident that Teachers had more strength in depth, Renegades starting the game with only 14 men and having only substitute available.

Teachers led 14-3 at half-time after tries by Roman Romeo and Scott Correia, both converted by John Newton. Newton won the Amstel Player of the Week for his pinpoint accuracy with the boot in his last game for Teachers before returning to Scotland.

Newton engineered Correia's try with a perfect switch pass, which saw Correia wrongfoot several defenders for an easy score after 15 minutes.

Mike Montgomery kicked superbly for touch and masterminded a clever blindside move after three minutes, feeding Romeo who crashed over in the corner.

Renegades' forwards had the better of the Teachers pack in the rucks with Nick Hinton and Danny Forsythe showing good skills in the art of keeping possession with the ball on the ground.

Renegades battled for every scrap of possession and had it not been for Ashley Redmond's line-out work, Renegades could have quite easily reduced the deficit.

Ten minutes into the second half, Montgomery carried three Renegades defenders with him as he crossed for the try, converted again by Newton to make the score 21-3.

Teachers never looked in trouble at this point and in fact became a little over-confident.

This was clear Steve Everest intercepted a lazy Correia passed and easily scored. Phil Heaney converted to make it 21-10 and gives Renegades a glimmer of hope.

Renegades camped in the Teachers half for 15 minutes and Dave Taylor scored a gutsy try after taking a quick penalty five yards out with Teachers' defence in tatters.

With the point difference only six at 21-15, Teachers shifted into a higher gear and a fiery 10 minutes from the boys in red saw the pressure resulting a superb 35-yard drop goal by Newton for a final score of 24-15.

Mariners 24, Police 17 Police staged a comeback in the second half to show that when Gareth Davies returns from injury they should not be discounted.

Dennis Faries struck early with a quick try in the corner followed by Keith Staddin's opportunist try soon after.

Mariners' David Conway had a brilliant game, cleverly combining his unique jinking style with transferring the ball to the aggressive running of newcomer David Olsen in the centre.

Police fought back well and crossed for a try through Henry Simpson, converted by Steve Parkinson. With the score at 12-7, Conway then showed his individual flair from 30 yards out by selling a brilliant dummy and sprinting past two defenders, bringing the half-time score to 17-7.

Police forwards pressed hard in the second half with Sean Field having his best game this season, taking control at the base of the rucks and mauls.

Several forward surges close to the Mariners try line resulted in two disallowed tries for Police and Mariners breathed a sigh of relief when their line was finally cleared.

Justice prevailed a few minutes later when Dave Bird scored a good try following Field's quick thinking at a penalty.

With the score at 17-12 and 10 minutes to go it was anybody's game and a mistake by Police saw Mariners centre Keith Beatty intercept a pass 40 yards out and score with five minutes left. Gavin Corcoran converted for a 24-12 lead.

Police played aggressively to the bitter end and were rewarded when bulldozing forward Danny Cozens crushed over from 10 yards to score at the final whistle.