It was a bright autumnal Saturday at The Slade but the going was a little soft and Tjs found it hard to break the stranglehold Park put on the game for long periods but had chances to do so.
It all started so brightly for Tjs as fist Shadyn Osgood finished of a series of phases involving just about everyone from Tjs after seven minutes. And three minutes later Park's long pass on the right fell for Nathan Earle to gather and he found Curtis Barnes on the inside and he strolled over from halfway. With Connor Lloyd converting both Tjs led 10-0 after just ten minutes.
Park though were undaunted and they worked their way steadily back into the game with lengthy periods of play in Tjs half. The pressure finally told on the Tj defence and Park crashed over to score on the twenty five minute mark to make it 14-7
A few minutes later Tjs lost Lewis Gjaltema to the sin bin after a thumping tackle on the Park winger and the visitors took full advantage of the extra man from there.
A Park penalty went to the corner and it was a simple catch and drive that followed to level the scores. From the restart Park moved the ball left and a kick through caused havoc in the Tj defence and the ball bounced up for Park to score and lead 14-19. And Tjs woe mounted as they saw the Park No 8 catch the next restart and gallop straight through the Tj pack to feed his support runner and Park went in 14-24 up at half time
The second half started well for Tjs as they were back up to full strength and the ball was spread wide left on the drift which allowed Earle to feed Barnes who dived over in the corner to make it 19-24.
But Park were soon back in territory mode and from a scrum on halfway they kicked through again and with a bit of fortune in the scramble to regather the ball it slipped free and Park gathered to score and led 19-31 after fifty minutes
Plenty of time for Tjs to come back or for Park to keep a tight grip on the game. Unfortunately for Tjs it was the latter as they couldn't get or keep the ball for long enough periods to break down the Park defence. They did manage it on the hour mark when Barnes came off his wing to join in a flowing attack on the right where he found Earle who scampered over to score Tjs bonus point try. Lloyd's excellent conversion made it 26-31 and another thrilling finish was on the cards.
As it was that excitement was dulled as Park tightened everything up again and with Tjs squandering the few chances they had to put the ball into Park territory the game slipped away from Tjs to give Park a well earned maximum points win.
Tjs two points keep them in second spot in National 1 and they head to Leeds Tykes next Saturday for Round 11 of their National 1 campaign