Gavin Moynihan and Stephen Grant went backwards with 73s as Ruaidhri McGee and Cormac Sharvin broke par and moved up in the  €170,000  KPMG Trophy at Royal Waterloo Golf Club.

Moynihan made 17 pars and a bogey and fell 22 spots to tied 28th on seven-under, eight shots behind pace-setter Francesco Laporta of Italy as Grant, who suffered a recurrence if the wrist injury the hampered him last winter, mixed three birdies with four bogeys and fell 25 spots to 34th on six-under.

Laporta finished eagle-birdie for a 67 to finish the day one clear of  Pedro Oriol (69) and David Dixon (65) on 15-under par.

Sharvin fired a four-under par 68 to share 34th on six-under with Grant while McGee dropped just one shot in a two-under 70 to move up seven places to 51st on four-under 

Scores after Round 3:

201 F Laporta (Ita) 69 65 67, 

202 D Dixon (Eng) 67 70 65, P Oriol (Esp) 69 64 69, 

203 M Wiegele (Aut) 68 69 66, 

204 E Goya (Arg) 66 68 70, K Samooja (Fin) 71 68 65, 

205 A Turner (Eng) 65 70 70, B Hellgren (Swe) 74 66 65, B Paolini (USA) 66 71 68, M Haastrup (Den) 69 68 68, M Cort (Eng) 67 69 69, A Olsen (Nor) 64 71 70, J Zunic (Aus) 64 72 69, 

206 S Brown (Eng) 70 69 67, B Hafthorsson (Isl) 69 68 69, C Bezuidenhout (RSA) 67 70 69, 

207 J McLeary (Sco) 69 70 68, M Ovesen (Den) 73 67 67, O Lengden (Swe) 67 70 70, S Connor (Eng) 69 73 65, 

208 F Maccario (Ita) 74 68 66, G Forrest (Sco) 69 69 70, S Fernandez (Esp) 68 72 68, M Lafeber (Ned) 73 66 69, J Sjöholm (Swe) 64 77 67, S Einhaus (Ger) 70 71 67, J Lando Casanova (Fra) 66 72 70, 

209 M Simonsen (Den) 72 70 67, Gavin Moynihan (Irl) 67 69 73, S Benson (Eng) 66 72 71, N Møller (Den) 72 68 69, D Huizing (Ned) 72 66 71, R Davies (Wal) 68 70 71, 

210 R Kellett (Sco) 71 69 70, A Altuntas (Tur) 71 69 70, P Mejow (Ger) 69 72 69, C Sharvin (Nir) 68 74 68, J Arnoy (Nor) 70 69 71, B Eccles (Aus) 71 71 68, P Eriksson (Swe) 70 71 69, K Hesbois (Bel) 69 69 72, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 70 69 71, Stephen Grant (Irl) 67 70 73, 

211 V Riu (Fra) 71 71 69, E Johansen (Nor) 71 70 70, M Galiano Aguilar (Esp) 70 69 72, W Besseling (Ned) 70 70 71, M Kinhult (Swe) 69 71 71, A Langenaeken (Bel) 68 73 70, M Laskey (Wal) 71 69 71, 

212 C Del Moral (Esp) 70 70 72, E Di Nitto (Ita) 69 73 70, A Wennstam (Swe) 75 67 70, Ruaidhri McGee (Irl) 71 71 70, J Glennemo (Swe) 72 70 70, R James (Wal) 71 71 70, J Harrison (Eng) 71 71 70, M Eggenberger (Sui) 70 70 72, G Tadiotto (am) (Bel) 74 68 70, 

213 C Mivis (Bel) 69 71 73, D Gaunt (Aus) 71 70 72, Y Touhami (Mar) 70 70 73, D Vancsik (Arg) 72 68 73, B Robinson (Eng) 72 70 71, J Sarasti (Esp) 67 75 71, S Hodgson (Eng) 71 71 71, 

214 M Tullo (Chi) 72 68 74, T Pulkkanen (Fin) 72 70 72, B Rusch (Sui) 73 69 72, O Rozner (Fra) 73 67 74, O Lindell (Fin) 73 69 72, 

215 J Hansen (Den) 63 78 74, D Law (Sco) 71 71 73, J Carlota (Por) 68 70 77, 

216 M Madsen (Den) 72 69 75, J Loughrey (Eng) 72 70 74, 

217 N Geyger (Chi) 69 69 79, 

222 M Kramer (Ger) 71 69 82