Two-try Brock downs Minety

The Bournemouth outside-centre made his intentions clear in the opening phase of play as he scored twice early in the first half to set his side on the road to victory.

Following good work from Alex Rose on the left wing, Brock was on hand to dart over the line in the corner and notch up the first five points of the afternoon.

Brock followed that quickly with his team's second try of the day as he capitalised on clever play from Jon Sanchez to skip through under the posts.

Sanchez slotted over an easy conversion to propel Oaks into a 12-point lead.

Despite their auspicious start, Bournemouth were unable to add further weight to the scoreboard and Minety had pulled themselves to within four points just 15 minutes into the second half after a quick try and a penalty.

But Sanchez was on hand to give his side some breathing space when he converted a penalty of his own 13 minutes from time and Bournemouth sealed the win in the latter stages with two more tries after some swift and attractive open play.

First Guy Spencer and Jamie McHugh combined in classic style with the latter running in unopposed for the touch-down while Spencer himself got in on the act in the closing stages as he chalked up his 60th career try to seal a convincing scoreline.

Neil Dallyn ignored an attempted illegal trip, to feed Spencer who ran in with the minimum of fuss and complete an impressive team performance.

The result ensures Bournemouth have moved up from fourth to second and are now hot on the heels of league leaders Sherborne, separated only by points difference.

Bournemouth: Spencer, McHugh, Brock, Dallyn, Rose, Sanchez, J Hook (Coxon, 51), Clarke, Denholm, G Scott, Harris, Seward, Kiely, Carroll, Kenny (Beswick, 56). Unused substitute: Dubach.

Bournemouth 3rds were on the receiving end of a hefty defeat as they were gunned down 34-15 at home to Salisbury 3rds in their encounter.