Rugby rounded off the regular season with an emphatic victory at The Brook, but it still was not enough to earn them automatic promotion, as Dunstable secured the Calor Central title by a point after their single goal success over Uxbridge.

Town made light work of the hosts on the day, with David Kolodynski grabbing the first on 13 minutes by smashing home Jamie Towers's head back across the box, after Richard Blythe, Justin Marsden and Kolodynski himself had all already gone close to opening the scoring previously.

Hayes goalkeeper Bobby Khaira was generally a busy man in the home goal in the first half, including a fingertip save to Nathan Fox’s superb strike.

He also had to be in top form to keep out a Towers’ shot from a tight angle and another Fox shot which was creeping in to the bottom corner.

Aside from a skewed effort from Tony Mendy, the visitors did not threaten Niall Cooper’s goal at all in the first half, and Valley went on to be even more dominant in the second.

Marsden got Rugby's second not long after the restart, receiving Blythe’s pass before poking the ball through Khaira’s legs and into the net - despite the best efforts of a defender on the line.

Marsden’s first-time volley then drew another good save from Khaira, before he turned provider for Kolodynski’s second of the game when his long, mazy run ended with a cut-back which gave the in-form striker the chance of a simple tap-in.

The rout continued in the 58th minute, with Kolodynski soon completing another Valley hat-trick by cleverly squeezing home from a tight angle - after Seb Lake-Gaskin’s unselfish pass had picked him out in the box.

Lake-Gaskin got in on the scoring act with Rugby’s fifth midway through the half, running on to a long ball from the back before slotting past the hapless Khaira.

Kolodynski made it six with his first ever four goal haul for the club on 73 minutes, helping the ball over the line after sub Greg Kaziboni had battled well to get the ball back on the edge of the area before stabbing his effort towards goal.

As Town eased down, and attention shifted to the game at Dunstable, Fox also struck the base of the post late-on.

Valley Line-up: Cooper; Myles, Fox, Gudger, Haines; Towers (Kaziboni), Marsden (Williams), King, Blythe; Lake-Gaskin (Cunniff), Kolodynski. Subs not used: Palmer, Pritchard. Booked: None.

AFC Hayes: Khiara, Paul, Crane, Goode, Bailey, Underwood, McManus, Gough, Rabees, Mendy, Walters.