Harrogate dominated their National League Two match at Rosslyn Park to win 53-20 with eight tries, five conversions and a penalty.

It was their fourth consecutive win and consolidates their second place in the league.

Harrogate caught Rosslyn Park cold as they ran in 17 points in the first ten minutes.

The forwards provided a solid platform for the backs to exploit.

Good work by fullback Smithies, timing his runs into the line, centre Barker cutting through the opposition defence and sniping runs from scrum half Rhys Morgan, returning from injury, created tries for wings Mugan and Tapster.

Cholewa continued his good form with the boot adding two

conversions and a penalty.

When Park finally awoke, sustained pressure led to a try by centre Matt Dowse.

Before half-time further tries from the hard-tackling centre Johan Visser and a second from flying wingman James Tapster, both converted by Cholewa, gave Harrogate a 31-5 lead at the break.

Park's second half scores came from a try, a conversion and a penalty from their leading points scorer and fly-half Sam Howard plus an injury time try from second row Lee Gibson.

Harrogate's second half points came from a second try for Mugan, two tries for Smithies and a superb Barbarians style try for Cholewa from a move which was started by Smithies in his own 22.

Updated: 12:43 Monday, November 17, 2003