RUGBY Borough responded to defeat on their FA Trophy debut with victory against local rivals Racing Club Warwick.
Borough twice came from behind to triumph at the death against neighbours Warwick at Townsend Meadow.
An injury-time goal from substitute Cam Collins snatched the points for Borough after Tendai Daire and Leo Stone had both restored parity.
The result means Rugby sit fourth in the Northern Premier League Midlands table.
Warwick broke the deadlock after just two minutes when Aaron Opoku finished at the second attempt as Ellis Myles’ last-ditch tackle proved in vain.
However, Borough drew level two minutes later as Rich Black’s long ball sent Daire through and the striker coolly finished past Racers goalkeeper Sam Lomax.
The home side reclaimed the lead on the stroke of half time when Kyle Barnett finished from close range at the back post after Borough failed to deal with a long ball into the box.
Rugby hit back for a second time on 59 minutes as Stone worked a yard of space for a shot in the box and curled a low effort into the bottom right corner.
And the Racers then had Jack Edwards sent off on 79 minutes for a lunging challenge on Bryan Kohyrelon.
Borough made the most of the man advantage two minutes into injury time as Collins finished Myles’ low ball in from the right from close range to snatch the points.
That came after Borough’s debut in the FA Trophy ended in a 3-2 defeat against Sutton Coldfield Town at the preliminary round stage.
Early goals from Sam Smith and Reece Gibson put the home side into an early two-goal lead.
However, Bradley Stretton halved the deficit for Rugby just before the break after he beat two defenders and found the bottom corner.
Sutton restored their two-goal lead early in the second period as Sean Devlin curled a shot past Borough goalkeeper Brandon Ganley.
Borough struck again five minutes from time when Stone played a one-two with Burgess on the edge of the penalty area and fired in off the post.
Rugby are next in action against Wellingborough Town on Saturday, September 6 with kick-off at 3pm at Kilsby Lane.
