Lewes considered themselves unlucky to go down 23-21 at home to Tonbridge Juddian.

Neil Rumble converted a penalty try forced by Liam Craig-Davies, then added a penalty to put the Sussex side 10-3 up.

Dave Hemsley plunged over from a rolling maul and Rumble kicked another penalty as Lewes edged back in front 18-15 at the interval.

A breakaway try and opportunist drop goal, both by centre John Bourne, gave Judds their win although another Rumble penalty sparked a frantic late spell of pressure from Lewes.

Brighton outgunned East Grinstead up front to claim a 13-0 win at Saint Hill.

Andy Pinnock and Simon Peters scored tries with Joe Brooking adding a penalty.

Gs never really looked like scoring but Brighton skipper Mark Jenkins admitted: "Sloppy finishing cost us two more tries."

Bognor are facing their first big test of the season after making it two wins from two in London Four South East.

Karl Flynn's side came from 12-8 down at the break to win 23-12 at Crawley while Bromley were maintaining their perfect record with a 20-14 defeat of Chichester.

Bognor are at home to Bromley next Saturday.

Skipper Flynn was delighted to win at Willoughby Fields. He admitted: "We under-estimated Crawley a little bit. Not many teams will go there and get a good result."

Tom Spurle kicked an early Bognor penalty but they needed Richard Milne's try to keep them in the game.

Flynn crossed after the break and prop Joe Greenslade popped up with two late tries.

Hove skipper Richard Jackson proved he was a well-read as his side edged home 23-20 at Guy's Hospital thanks to a late Martin Lovell penalty.

Livewire outside half Ben Hampson had joked his captain frowned on quickly taken penalties when interviewed for the Sports Argus recently.

Jackson threw the ball to Hampson for him to score a try from a quick tap on Saturday, then told him: "See, I do read the Sports Argus."

A Phil Beecham try plus two conversions and two penalties from Lovell put Hove 20-5 up but the hosts drew level and might have edged ahead had Struan Robertson not charged down a late conversion.

Hastings and Bexhill played some of their best rugby in years to win 36-29 at Crowborough in Sussex One..

New scrum half Ben Campbell scored two tries with Andy Hitch, Tony Roche and John Fairy also going over.

Skipper Neil Redman kicked four conversions and a penalty.

Seaford were 10-0 down after going up the hill at Pulborough but hit back for a pleasing 18-15 win.

Simon Baker kicked two penalties before Andy Booth and Ben Cox scored super tries to complete the comeback.

Hellingly had a 29-26 home win over UC Chichester while Uckfield cruised through 57-3 at Rye.

Burgess Hill were 44-7 victors over Royal Sun Alliance in Sussex Two while Norfolk Arms scored a 46-0 success at Midhurst.

Old Brightonians had a profitable trip to Robertsbridge in Sussex Three. Their 60-10 win also counted for the semi-final of the Sussex Plate.

Tries came from Mark Dodd (4), Seb Akillian, (2), Matt Wilson (2), Gerald Bush and Tony Harding. Tony Wrinch converted five with Matt Jackson and Leo Lanksford going over for Robertsbridge.

Dithcling took league points with a 10-5 win at Arun.

Shoreham enjoyed a 48-0 home success over Plumpton.