Saturday's game saw Shelford visit Cambridge Commodities Park with both sides on 16 points in the wrong half of the table, writes Steve Wells.

Ely welcomed back Luke Turner, his first game since September, and Paul Dewey, his first game since the middle of October, but they have now lost Jake Alsop for a few weeks.

The opening try of the game, came from a Shelford line-out, which saw Shelford cut through the home side to score a converted try to lead, they doubled their lead soon after,.

Shelford were soon on the scoreboard once again, and Tigers again missed tackles in the build-up and again this proved costly as Shelford added a converted conversion.

As the end of the half closed in, Tigers were on the scoreboard after Lee Thompson powered over to score, with the conversion added as the half-time score saw Tigers 21-10 down.

The start of the second half saw the referee blow for a penalty for Shelford, with visitors opting for the points, but the ball went wide of the posts and Ely scored a try-out on the left.

Tigers went down to 14, for foul play, as John Surbey, was shown a yellow card, despite being  down  a man, Ely score as Rhys Williams Goldman  picks off a pass, and feeds captain Jim Storey the ball to score, with Clarke adding the conversion.

Tigers went into a point lead and from the restart Shelford were awarded another penalty, this one within kicking distance, so opting to kick, but the ball went wide of the posts.

Moments later, another penalty to Shelford, this time they make no mistake to lead by two points.

From the restart Ely push Shelford back, winning a scrum put in. but Shelford managed to hold out, and put the ball out for the final whistle to take the win.

Final Score 22-24.