The Blues made it five consecutive Yorkshire Two A wins courtesy of a 50-7 success on Saturday afternoon, running in eight tries in the process.

This emphatic result saw Ripon bag a bonus point for scoring four or more touchdowns for the fifth successive match, and took their season’s scoring total to an impressive 307 points.

The hosts combined a dominant scrum and effective driving maul with incisive back play, benefiting from squad continuity and just one personnel change from the previous week.

Player-coach Allan Hudson led the way with a hat-trick of tries, while fellow back-row colleague Freddy Wharton was named man of the match.

Following a minute’s silence, Hudson opened the scoring from a line-out drive, with James Cooper converting.

Dan Rayner added a second try before Max Marston finished a flowing move involving Hudson, Tom Graham and Will Barrett.

Hudson then secured the bonus point when he finished from a quickly-taken penalty, handing the Blues a 24-point half-time lead.

Hudson completed his hat-trick shortly after the restart, before Harry Drane followed up his own chip ahead to score.

Ripon head coach Adam Scott-Paul wax next to cross the whitewash, following another effective driving maul.

Tom Austin then rounded things off when he completed Ripon’s eight-try rout after useful support play from Barrett and captain James Pearce.

Cooper contributed one more conversion in addition to that which he kicked after the home side’s first touchdown, while replacement Morgan Clark added another three.

Discipline remains an area where the Blues will have to look to try and improve after they conceded 13 penalties across the course of the 80 minutes, while Scott-Paul also received a late yellow card.

And, with their hosts a man down, Harrogate were able to capitalise on their numerical advantage to finally get themselves on the scoreboard, claiming a converted consolation try in the closing stages.

Saturday’s success keeps Ripon third in the Yorkshire Two A standings, where they sit on 25 points from six outings this term.

They currently find themselves five behind second-placed Hull Ionians Buccaneers, and 10 shy of top-of-the-table Leodiensian.

The Blues now have a week off, with no scheduled fixture this coming Saturday.

They return to action on November 21 when they will travel to Grassington to face Wharfedale’s 2nd XV. That game kicks-off at 2.15pm.

Elsewhere, Ripon Hornblowers face Richmondshire away in a Yorkshire Vase second-round tie this weekend.

The club’s 2nd XV currently sit third in the Yorkshire Four A table, having won four of their opening six fixtures this season.