WITNEY braved a second-half comeback from Windsor to make it four wins in a row with a 16-12 victory at a muddy Hailey Road on Saturday.

Eleven points from the boot of fly half Henry Lamb, along with a penalty try, helped them into a 16-0 lead after 50 minutes despite the difficult conditions.

But the visitors pinned their hosts back and two tries, one converted, led to a nail-biting finish, which Witney edged to remain third in South West 1 East.

After heavy persistent rain, both sides were prepared for a slog in the mud and Lamb had an opportunity to kick at the posts on seven minutes, but his attempt sailed wide.

It did not take long for the fly half to put Witney on the scoreboard, though, as he slotted a three-pointer with a quarter of an hour played after Windsor were penalised for offside.

Another Lamb penalty made it 6-0 on 24 minutes, with the remainder of the half turning into a muddy slogging match inside the visitors’ half.

Witney’s pressure took its toll and on the stroke of half-time they took full advantage of the visitors having a man sent to the sin-bin.

Opting for a scrum against a seven-man pack, No 8 George Lane kept the ball at his feet as Windsor were forced back over their line, where a penalty try was awarded for collapsing the scrum.

Lamb added the extras for a 13-0 lead at the break.

Witney continued in the same fashion at the start of the second half and Lamb added a further three points on 50 minutes.

But that was to be all the hosts contributed to the scoreline as they found themselves under pressure from a resurgent Windsor.

The visitors hacked forwards and, after a good run from winger Tay Ndeuerke, were camped on Witney’s line.

After a period of pressure, the hosts’ defence finally cracked and Alan Crawshaw sliced through from eight metres out to score a converted try under the posts to make it 16-7 on 56 minutes.

Windsor had their tails up and with five minutes remaining, they drove towards the try line, leading to Jack Williams going over for an unconverted score.

Despite being up against it and their lead cut to four points, the hosts came back into the game and were awarded a penalty on Windsor’s ten-metre line.

The visitors were marched back three times for descent, but Witney were unable to take advantage and found themselves facing a counter attack in the dying moments, but they held on for victory.

Tug Wilson’s side will be looking to continue their fine form when they face second-bottom Reading on Saturday.