With availabilities and injuries throughout the club the third selected side still managed to travel to Heaton with a squad of 16 players, unfortunately, only a handful of those were recognised three quarters, and this proved to be the major factor in the result of the league encounter. After the previous weeks large points tally, the Centurions were on the wrong end of a high scoring game.
The young student side were ruthless with any turnover ball, and, small mistakes and, at times poor decision making by the visiting side, were punished by the home attack, including a couple of the Newcastle University 1st xv backs, who used their pace and skill to devastating effect.
The Tynedale side were dominant in the forward battle and Jim Lamb, Rory Craney, the ever improving Ollie Shrimpton and the ball carrying ability of Rob Earnshaw were denying the students any decent possession, and with Ian Charlton winning good lineout ball, it was the Centurions who were on top in the early exchanges. With Ben Common, Callum Snowdon and Mark Smailes trying to use possession to their advantage, with little effect due to the home defence coming up in numbers to snuff out any threat, the Tynedale side were unable to make any breakthrough.
When Medicals gained possession of the ball in the eighth minute this led to the opening score when they attacked with speed and good movement off the ball and support play enabled them to take the lead, with the try being scored.
This was the pattern throughout the first half, three further unconverted tries, coming from almost identical runs gave them a 20 - 0 interval lead.
After the turn round came two further tries, despite the defensive efforts of George Hendry and captain Jake Sloan, one of which was converted.
The visiting side then were rewarded for their hard work when, after good play by Jacob Brown, flanker Josh Turnbull charged over for a try, converted by scrum half Adam Binks to reduce the arrears.
The Medicals impressive centre who had been introduced at the break, then took the game away from the Centurions, scoring three tries in quick succession and with two being converted, the result was beyond doubt.
Still Tynedale forwards were on top and after winning a strike against the put in from sacrum on the right, the impressive Turnbull, picked up and charged over from the 22 metre line to round off a quality debut performance.
With tiring players on both sides, the extra pace and fitness of the home side was beginning to tell and three further tries followed despite the last ditch attempts of Ryan Laverty and winger Andy Purvis to defend against the pacey centre and the supporting players, the game was given a one sided appearance that was not always the case.