LUCTONIANS were left reflecting on two yellow cards which cost them dearly during a 22-33 defeat against title hopefuls Redruth.

Despite being underdogs going into the tie Lucs went ahead after seven minutes when the hard working Connor Deignan was driven over from close in, Louis Silver converting.

Redruth replied soon after when Todd Prisk was also driven over from close quarters, Fraser Honey kicking the extras to level the scores.

Ed Pascoe was shown yellow for the visitors after 24 minutes for collapsing the maul, but despite both sides showing plenty of endeavour it wasn’t until the last play of the first half that Tommy Phillips from Redruth was driven over, again from a driving maul, Honey again kicking the conversion to give them a 12-14 lead that they were never to relinquish.

Lucs playing the second half with the wind at their backs started with a degree of confidence and a Josh Watkins try deservedly brought them back into the match following a good move involving James Wheeler and Louis Silver to bring them within two points.

But Redruth were not for rolling over and against the run of play increased their lead when again they scored from a driving maul through front row Rich Brown, Honey again excellent from the tee for a 12-19 lead.

Lucs however were struggling to make their ball possession count and their only gain was a Tom Jones penalty on 61 minutes (15-21).

The game changer and the nail in Lucs coffin was the two yellow cards to Josh Watkins for bringing the player down who had blocked his clearance kick in his own 22.

From the resulting line out maul No.8 Aiden Cheshire also followed him to the touch line for a technical infringement.

Lucs now down to 13 couldn’t hold their opponents out and Dean Bonds ran in almost un-apposed on 66 minutes (15-26) before full back Will Trewin also stole through on 73 minutes following a flowing Redruth move, Honey again converting for an eight-point tally and being Redruth’s pick of the players (15-31).

Lucs reduced the arrears when replacement scrum half Josh Nott intercepted with a couple of minutes to go, Tom Jones converting to give the home side a respectable score but not enough to claim a losing bonus point (22-33).