Cornish Pirates overcame a 13-point half-time deficit to beat Nottingham 35-34 and finish fourth in the Championship.
Pirates were helped by some wayward kicking from the visitors, who missed four conversions and three penalties in the clash at the Mennaye.
Nottingham had a bonus point secured within 22 minutes as David Williams went over twice, alongside tries from Harry Graham and Ryan Olowofela to put them 20-7 ahead as Matt Pritchard replied for the hosts.
Chester Ribbons’ try reduced the gap only for Jay Ecclesfield to go over soon after as Nottingham led 27-14 at the break.
They extended their advantage to 34-14 soon after the restart thanks to a try from a driving maul before the hosts came back.
Milo Hallam, Harry Yates and Harry Hocking all crossed in a seven-minute spell to put Pirates ahead before a scoreless final 20 minutes.
“We probably didn’t deserve that one,” Pirates joint-head coach Gavin Cattle told BBC Radio Cornwall.
“I think the rugby gods were on our side a little bit and they left a lot of kicking points out there.
“But then you look at [the] first-half and second-half and it was night and day.
“We had a bit more energy about us, we looked a bit too pretty in that first-half by playing a bit of structured stuff, rather than going back to the fundamental of winning collisions, winning the one-on-ones and that was the message at half-time.
“We were looking for the perfect picture, let’s take somebody on one-on-one and things will happen.”