Jersey 67-10 Portsmouth

Sam Tuia (r) and Donovan Sanders (l) scored seven tries

Jersey has gone five points clear at the top of National Three after an impressive win over Portsmouth at St Peter on Saturday.

While Portsmouth claimed the first points of the game with an early penalty, it was all Jersey allowed them in the first half.

Fly-half Dan Hawkes levelled the score with a massive 52-yard penalty, before five first-half tries gave Jersey a 38-3 lead at half-time.

Anyone here today who knows anything about the game would have loved watching those two (Sam Tuia & Donovan Sanders) play together, they are absolutely fantastic and a joy to watch

Jersey coach Ben Harvey

In the second half Portsmouth again scored first, after a Jersey kick was smothered and winger Cameron Hayton ran in an easy seven points for the Hampshire side, but that again was all Jersey allowed.

Inside centre Donovan Sanders scored his second, Sam Tuia claimed another three to take his tally to five and a 50-yard dash from winger Ashley Maggs finished off the game for a rampant Jersey.

The island side continued their average of over 50 points a game, but head coach Ben Harvey believes his side is anything but average.

"At the moment we're not setting average standards in this league, I'm delighted and I thought the boys were terrific considering the windy conditions," he said.

Harvey told BBC Jersey he was particularly proud of kicker Hawkes, who scored eight of his 11 kicks and hit the posts twice.

"I'm delighted, goal kicking is something that is close to my heart being a kicker myself, I know how hard kicking is in windy conditions like this, so terrific today," he said.

While Jersey's forward pack controlled the game from the offset, it was centre pairing of Tuia and Sanders who ran riot scoring seven of Jersey's 10 tries.

Harvey said: "Anyone here today who knows anything about the game would have loved watching those two play together, they are absolutely fantastic and a joy to watch.

"Certainly some of the twinkle-toes stuff that Sam does with his feet, I don't teach him that, so I'm very glad he's here."

Jersey face seventh placed Basingstoke next weekend.

National League Three South

1 JERSEY 35

2 Bracknell 30

3 Old Albanians 28

4 Havant 27

5 Dorking 25

6 Hertford 25

7 Basingstoke 23

8 Diss 16

9 North Walsham 15