PDMS Southern Nomads beat Emerging Nomads 65-24 at King William’s College on Saturday and took one step closer to another Shimmin Wilson Manx Shield.

Nomads have three matches remaining and need two wins to be confirmed as champions.

Elliott Callow and Rob Keelan both ran in hat-tricks for Southern, Jacob Holstein got two and there were also scores from Jack Sleight, Josh Smith and Ethan McNaught. Mark Young added 10 conversions.

Jack Sleight changed sides and also scored for Emerging Nomads with other tries coming from Josh Samuels, Orry Watterson and Steve McHugh. Ari Brooks-Lund kicked two conversions.

Douglas Celts remained hot on the Nomads’ heels after they beat Vagabonds B at Ballafletcher 43-7.

Tries from Carl Conroy, Chris Bollen and Owen Carvin plus two Conroy conversions saw Douglas lead 19-0 at half-time.

In the second half Carvin grabbed two more to complete his hat-trick and there were also tries from Andrew Colley and Rob Todd with Conroy converting two. Vagas battled hard in the second half and thoroughly deserved their consolation try which was scored by Ryan de la Harpe and converted by Tom Rowley.

Full rugby round-up in Tuesday’s Examiner.

Results: Saturday, February 16

North One West

Birkenhead Park 37-20 Douglas

Lancashire/Cheshire Three

Prenton 0-60 Ramsey

Shimmin Wilson Manx Shield

Southern Nomads 65-24 Emerging Nomads

Vagabonds B 7-43 Douglas Celts