Hornets Colts retained their unbeaten home record with victory over Gordano.

Hornets Colts 24 pts

Gordano 17 pts

WITH the title already secured, Hornets went into their final league game of the season aiming to retain their 100 per cent home record against a stubborn Gordano team.

It was the visitors who were first to score on 12 minutes, but after a series of penalties and line-outs, captain Mike Long orchestrated a levelling opportunity for leading try scorer Aedan Coleman. Jack Osborne kicked the conversion for a two-point lead.

The lead was extended when good work from Byron Marriott and Jacob Hill gave Osborne the chance to score under the posts and nail the conversion.

Matt Cates made a cameo appearance on the Gordano wing when they were temporarily down to 14 men and had a hand in their try just before the break to make the score 14-10.

The half-time introduction of the bench helped to turn the screw in the control of the game and Leon Counsell finished off a good team try. A line-out was won by Ash Locker, who set up the rolling maul which enabled Jacob Swain to peel off and score the bonus point.

Gordano finished the game strongly, scoring a late try and pushed hard for another. Oli Coppage was named as the Phoenix Autobody man of the match.