Los Tilos — Alumni: 12:31, Top 12

Alumni saw off Los Tilos 31-12 in the Top-12 tournament on Friday evening, a result that keeps the visitors firmly in the hunt for the title while sending the hosts further adrift in mid-table.

By then the standings told the story. Alumni sit third with 81 points from 24 matches — sixteen wins and nothing between — while Los Tilos languish in sixth with 64 points after nine defeats.

The visitors have been running the show lately. Their last five results read 54-20, 27-24, 42-22, 37-43 and 48-5, a run that shows consistency even when the scorelines vary. Los Tilos, meanwhile, have managed just one win in that span against Newman.

And here's the thing — we backed Alumni to win before kickoff with 66 per cent confidence. The away side did not travel to make up the numbers and they took it apart from the start.

The gap between the two sides remains 17 points. Alumni will look to close on the leaders, while Los Tilos need to find a way through their recent slump if they want to climb out of sixth.