This emphatic win by Teachers pushed Mariners out of second place by virtue of more points scored by Teachers.

Teachers dominated every phase of play except the scrummage where the Mariners front five drove the Red pack backwards and stole most of their scrums in the first half.

The Teachers back row had a huge influence in the match with Patrick Cooper and Anthony Cupidor taking the ball on and always in support of their backs in the breakdown, both scoring tries. Mike Montgomery made a welcome return at fly-half and his deft touchline kicking kept Mariners pinned in their own half.

Scrum half Craig McIntyre crossed first for the Reds after a quick pick-up at number eight by Cooper. Before the Mariners back row knew what had happened, McIntyre was crossing under their posts. Mariners, who had promised so much after the shock win over Renegades in their last outing, were not letting the ball do the work when they had unmarked men out wide.

Captain Gavin Cocoran was the main offender here and often used the crash ball when his men had created an overlap situation. Teachers never looked in trouble and their improved defence kept the Mariners at bay for the whole game.

Mariners certainly missed the inventiveness and match-winning qualities of Dave Conway -- he does so much to boost his own team's confidence in attack and worry the opposition.

The first half scoring was completed by Cupidor snapping up a loose lineout ball and popping to his other back row colleague, Brian Desmond to crash over for a score of 13-3.

The second half was one-way traffic with Cooper having a "stormer'' with his driving runs.

Teachers took full advantage of Mariners errors and Cupidor and Alvin Harvey crossed for further tries.

Nathan Brown's try was a brilliant solo effort from his own 22-metre line after collecting an attacking kick, beating two men along the touchline, collecting his own chip kick and rounding the final defender.

It was fitting that Cooper should score the final try after great support work by Bobby Hurdle and McIntyre.

Renegades 54 Police 13 Another one-sided affair saw Renegades dictate play from the start and poor tackling let in Shane Gill for two tries in a few minutes after being fed both times by Phil Heaney.

Winger Greg Garside, who is becoming the find of the season for Renegades, outstripped the Police defence with pace and crossed to give the Gades a 19-0 lead after just 10 minutes of play.

Police were always on the back foot but they dug in deep and soaked up a lot of the pressure until near the end of the half when Rod Stewart got on the scoreboard after great support play and Gill made it a hat trick, the score moving to 31-3 by half-time.

Police started the second half in the right frame of mind and Shane Richmond, who was having a great defensive game, scored following a brave attack by Warren Bundy.

This stirred Police to greater things and within five minutes, fiery newcomer Mike Jemenez was driven over the Gades line for Police's second try.

Police would have scored more had it not been for the superb cover defensive work of Rod Stewart, who just seemed to be everywhere in this match. Garside rounded out the scoring with a final break after good support by Heaney, who converted seven of the eight tries.

In second XV action, Teachers hammered Mariners by 40-18. Credit also goes to Police for fielding a second XV against Renegades even though they had to 'borrow' players from other clubs. Police lost 20-7.

The next league matches are scheduled for the weekend of November 27-28 following the World Rugby Classic and the Caribbean Championship.