After a break of a couple of weeks, the Centurions stormed back to into action with an exciting display of running and handling in near perfect conditions.

Strong tackling by Ethan McLeod in midfield allowed Rob Earnshaw to pick, make ground and lay the ball back. Lively scrum half Chris Kerr found Thomas Beatty and the fly-half cut out several defenders with a long pass to full back Donald Stembridge who powered over.

Jason Armstrong and Ed Coffey linked well near half way to feed centre Jake Sloan. Under pressure the skipper managed an astute square kick directly to Andy Stembridge and the winger showed good speed and a nice jink to beat his opposite number and the covering full back to score wide out.

Donald Stembridge scored a fine second after catching the ball deep in his own 22 metre area and brushing off numerous attempted tackles with his strength and elusive running style.

Rory Craney and Callum Foxcroft were producing quality ball in the line out and one these re-starts led directly to a try under the posts scored by an elusive Sam Richardson.

Right winger Freddy Seruisavou appeared to have a nice try in the corner that was disallowed however, the ball quickly switched infield and back row Martyn Hutton showed pace and strength to force his way over near to the posts.

Beatty converted the last three tries to leave the score 0-31 to the Centurions at half time.

This score line suggests a one-sided game but Gateshead were always competitive and were back in the game with two converted tries shortly after the break.

The Centurions talented number 10, Thomas Beatty, ended this fight-back when he followed up his own lovely chip to touch down and add the points before scoring a beauty. Kerr found his partner 50 metres out and an excellent run to the right-hand corner saw Beatty waltzing around defenders with dancing feet and finally barging power took him over.

Near the end the Stembridge brothers combined for another free-running try from long distance with Andy scoring his second and adding the conversion to round off a wonderful game of rugby.