Richmond 17 Doncaster Knights 28: Knights' late show seals hard fought win

Lloyd Hayes scored a late try for Knights.

Doncaster Knights made it back-to-back Championship wins with a hard-fought 28-17 victory over Richmond at the Athletic Ground.

Two late tries saw Knights, who trailed 17-16 with just over ten minutes to go, avoid a third successive defeat at the hands of the London side.

Knights got off to the worst possible start when scrum-half Tom James' attempted clearance kick was charged down in his own 22 in the first minute by No 8 Ed Milne.

Rob Kirby added the extras but failed to hit the target with a seventh-minute penalty.

Wing Steve McColl, who was handed the kicking duties in the absence of both Charlie Foley and Kurt Murtagh, opened Doncaster's account with a long-range penalty on ten minutes.

The Scot was wide with a subsequent penalty attempt.

Knights started to get a grip on the game in the closing stages of the first quarter and Richmond did well to deny them a try during a prolonged spell of pressure close to their line.

Knights didn't come away empty-handed, however, and McColl reduced the deficit to a point with a 20thÂ minute penalty.

The home side briefly regained the initiative and opened up a 14-6 lead on 24 minutes when Ronnie McLean-Dents rewarded a spell of pressure going over for a second converted try.