Shrewsbury 32 Wolverhampton 21

Survival is within reach for Shrewsbury in Midlands Two West (North) after a priceless basement battle success over Wolverhampton.

The Sundorne Castle men ran out 32-21 winners on Saturday, the home success now taking them three points clear of the bottom two.

But with tough encounters against Lichfield, Ludlow, Bridgnorth and Dixonians still to come, Shrewsbury aren't taking anything for granted.

"We could probably do with a couple more wins but Saturday was a really important victory for us," said spokesman Mattie Morris.

"It was well deserved so it was a good day for us."

Shrewsbury looked to be in control in the early stages of Saturday's clash, storming into a 13-0 lead after tries from Dan Harrison and Andrew Swann and a penalty from Morris.

Wolverhampton had edged in front by half-time thanks to two converted tries, but Shrewsbury were not to be denied and dominated the second half.

JJ Lowrie-Herz crossed the line twice while Matt Borich also scored a try and Morris converted twice.

There was frustration for Bridgnorth as they slipped to a home 16-14 defeat to Aston Old Edwardians.

"We were desperately disappointed not to win it," said captain Gareth Bladen.

"We scored two tries to their one but gave away a couple of needless penalties which were costly.

"But we are certainly improving as a team and we have our eye on next season.

Danny Markevics had given Bridgnorth an early lead with a try which was converted by Matt Farrington before Aston replied with 16 points of their own through a converted try and three penalties.

Mike Preece grabbed a late consolation score, with Farrington again adding the extras,

Ludlow kept alive their slim hopes of a play-off spot with a routine 46-15 triumph over bottom club Ashbourne.

The Linney men started slowly in either half and found themselves behind twice early on.

But two tries from Tom Rawlings and one each from Will Norton– who also added three conversions and a penalty – and Tom Waters put Ludlow 29-8 up at the break.

Tom Rawlings completed his hat-trick after the break, with his brother Dan Rawlings and Andrew Brick also crossing the line for a late consolation try from Ashbourne.

By JAMES GARRISON