Gritty Rochford Hundred came back from the dead to complete a memorable double over league-leading neighbours Basildon at Gardiners Lane -- snatching a last-gasp victory.

In a nail-biting contest that went down to the wire, with Tom 'Jonny' Ashton kicking the winning points on the final whistle to seal a 13-12 London 4NE victory.

Ashton stole the show - scoring all Rochford's points as they stole victory from under their hosts' noses.

Basildon led 12-3 with a few minutes left, but stand-off Ashton forced his way under the posts after good work by both forwards and backs to throw his side a lifeline.

He kicked the conversion to haul his side to within two points of Basildon, and got his chance to secure an unlikely victory two minutes into injury time.

A drive into the home 22 resulted in a Rochford penalty on the touchline and Ashton kept his nerve to strike the ball sweetly through the posts.

Published Tuesday January 13, 2004

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