HEREFORD United suffered a 6-0 walloping on their first trip to Truro City.

Second-half substitute Cody Cooke scored a hat-trick for the home side and there were two goals from veteran Barry Hayles and another from Isaac Vassell.

To make matters worse for United, manager Jon Taylor was sent to the stands for comments to a linesman in the first half.

Hereford: Williams, Yorwerth (Oyibo 69), Cutajar, Hawker, Gascoigne, Gordon, Vetier (Kone 75), O'Neill, Diop, Sullivan, Onyeike (Fortnam-Tomlinson 59). Subs not used: Mahony, Ciani.

Truro: Burns, Pugh, Palmer, Farkins, White, Ash, Green, Duff (Ciooke 54), Brett (Thompson 22), Hayles, Wright (Vassell 66). Subs not used: Afful, Moore.

Referee: Andrew Bennett.

Attendance: 421.

Goals, Hayles, 13 min, 1-0; Cooke, 60 min, 2-0; Hayles pen, 62 min, 3-0, Cooke, 69 min, 4-0, Vassell, 71 min, 5-0, Cooke, 81 min, 6-0.

Yellow cards: Hereford - Yorwerth, foul, 46 min; Gascoigne, 77 min, foul; Hawker, 81 min, foul.