THE Oratory School moved into the last 32 of the Schools Under 18 Vase after hammering visitors Ryde School with Upper Chine 62-7, writes Richard Ashton.

The Isle of Wight side were blitzed from the start by Oratory, who scored four tries inside the opening 20 minutes on a glorious afternoon to all but put the game too bed.

They opened the scoring when Tom Greenfell cut a beautiful line from close to a ruck to burst through and dot down, and inside centre Will Bruce then found space to go over to the left of the posts.

Flanker David McDonald was the next to cross before fellow back row, No. 8 Morgan McRae powered over, in an increasingly one-sided contest. With Ollie Monye adding two of the four conversion attempts, the home side were cruising at 26-0.

Monye – cousin of former Enngland star, Ugo – then turned on the style with a try-of-the-season contender, the wing showing remarkable balance and quick feet to side-step five defenders from a standing start as he scorched in from about 35 metres out.

Ryde gained their one moment of glory on a tough afternoon when Oliver Scovell made an interception midway inside the hosts’ half before crossing for his side’s only try, Luke Margham adding the extras.

Oratory hit back almost immediately though, with replacement Lucas Sieyes bursting down the left wing to score before the outstanding Mikey Williams collected a Bruce chip ahead to dot down. With Monye having been taken off, William Cassar added both conversions to send the hosts into the break 45-7 up.

The second half followed a similar fashion with the away side unable to deal with Oratory’s physicality or intensity, and prop Dalton Byrnes took advantage to help clock up the half-century.

Man-of-the-match Williams, who switched to stand-off from scrum-half midway through the first half, then threw a glorious pass which fooled both Ryde centres and enabled Jack Mather the easiest of passages to the line, before the same player doubled his tally to complete the scoring an emphatic win.

Oratory joint-coach Mikey Hennessy was pleased with the result, which continued Oratory’s unbeaten season, but warned his side must continue to improve.

He told the Chronicle: “It’s nice to win, although there were certainly be tougher challenges ahead.

“We were good in patches, but there were also things we will need to work on if we are going to get further.

“This is the first year we’ve entered, and it certainly adds an extra edge. We’re enjoying it and hopefully we can keep going.”