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Reading 32 (Tries: Barrett 2, Flynn, Hausermann. Cons: N James 3. Pen: N James. DG: : N James.)
Bridgwater 15 (Tries: George, Mayer. Con: George. Pen: George.)
Champions Reading found themselves 12-0 down inside the opening nine minutes of this match before coming back for a win. Tries from fly half George and right wing Mayer saw the visitors go into a 12-0 lead with George also adding a conversion.
Reading made it onto the scoreboard on 25 minutes when centre Danny Barrett went over and Neil James converted. George slotted over a 28th minute penalty goal and the visitors were 15-7 ahead.
In the closing stages of the half Reading were right back in it when Barrett completed a double and James converted to go in a point behind.
15 minutes into the second half and Reading were in front for the first time in the match with James kicking a penalty goal.
Four minutes later they went 24-15 ahead with scrum half Jeremy Flynn going in for a try and James converting. They took till the 77th minute to make the game safe when No 8 Ben Hausermann went over before James added an 80th minute drop goal to round of the victory.
St Mary’s 59 (Tries: Mills, Spicer, Gill, Robertson, Randall, Harraway, Clevely, Beckerleg. Cons: Martin 8. Pen: Martin.)
Barnstaple 0 ()
Comprehensive final day win for St Mary’s OB against already relegated Barnstaple. The home side ran in eight tries and they were all converted by the boot of Jon Martin who also added a penalty goal and was successful with all nine of his kicks at goal.
They were 24-0 up at the break with three converted tries and a penalty goal. Five more tries followed in the second half and they took complete control of the match for the win.
Cheltenham 6 (Pens: Watters 2.)
Cinderford 22 (Tries: Martin. Con: Trigg. Pens: Trigg 5.)
Cinderford did the necessary to claim second spot and go into a play off against Hertford for the right to go up into National Three South.
Cheltenham opened the scoring with Phil Watters knocking over a penalty goal on 21 minutes and it lasted just three minutes with Dan Trigg responding for the visitors. Watters added a second on 27 minutes to put the home side ahead again. Cinderford though took the lead on half time when prop Andrew Martin went over for a try and Trigg converted for a 10-6 lead.
In the second half Trigg slotted over four penalty goals to carry the visitors to victory and the play offs.
Keynsham 11 (Try: Thomas. Pens: Dix 2.)
Chinnor 7 (Try: Oxley. Con: Cathcart.)
Chinnor were able to field a full strength side for this last game
of the season down at Keynsham. Chinnor started in a sprightly fashion and
were attacking the Keynsham line straight from the kick-off. A searing break
by Darren Oxley saw him slice through the middle of the Keynsham defence
before handing on to the supporting Tom Johnson who was hauled down a couple
of metres from the line. Chinnor continued to attack and it came as no
surprise when in the 10th minute Jon Brooks took a flat pass to power his
way over the line for a fine individual try to leave James Cathcart the
relatively simple task of kicking the conversion. It had been all Chinnor up
to this point. Keynsham then got into the game by capitalising on a
speculative, sloppy pass to score wide out in what was their first incursion
into Chinnor territory. A fine break by Cathcart petered out through lack of
support with the game now opening up on both sides. Towards the end of the
first half Keynsham took control and they were battering the Chinnor line
at the half time whistle just with the game evenly poised at 7pts to 5.
Keynsham started the second half at a rate of knots and with
Chinnor finding it difficult to find their jumpers in the lineout they
were winning a fair amount of set piece ball. With the referee adjudging
Chinnor to be offside on two occasions under the posts, Greg Dix obliged
with two penalties within 12 minutes of the restart to put the home side in
front. The game then began to get untidy with Keynsham desperate to hang on
to their slender lead and Chinnor equally determined to claw their way back
in front. The last 15 minutes saw Chinnor encamped in the Keynsham 22. The
referee penalised Chinnor 4 times in this period, twice for collapsing
their own rolling maul along with two other decisions which no one,
including the Chinnor skipper, who quite politely questioned his rationale,
could comprehend. Keynsham found it difficult to break out from their 22
meter line because the breeze had strengthened and penalty kicks were
gaining just a few metres. The game was now on a knife edge and it spoke
volumes for Keynsham's character and determination that they were able to
withstand the Chinnor onslaught to gain this most important win.
Truro 17 (Tries: Denning, Voisey. Cons: Cowl 2. Pen: Curvegen.)
Clifton 68 (Ties: Viol 4, Cox 2, Hyder-Wright, Morgan, B Kent, Glover. Cons: Barnes 6. Pens: Barnes 2.)
Clifton thrash already relegated Truro on the last day of the season with their biggest ever league win.
Rob Viol led the way with four tries to go to the top of the try scorer’s list with 19 for the season, which is also a new Clifton record for a league season. In all they ran in 10 tries with John Barnes converting six of them and adding a couple of penalty goals in an 18-point haul. .
Oxford Harlequins 19 (Tries: .)
Clevedon 26 (Tries: Bushell, Fox, Panocho, T O’Rourke. Cons: .)
Oxford Harlequins fought all the way in this match before Clevedon came back to take the points in their pursuit of Cinderford but it was not to be and they had to settle for third place.
Clevedon took an early lead with winger Christian Bushell going over for an unconverted try but by the half hour mark the home side were 12-5 ahead with a couple of tries. Before the break though Clevedon grabbed a second try through wingman Anthony Fox and it was converted for 12 all.
Five minutes into the second half and Oxford were 19-12 ahead when they scored a third try. Clevedon levelled when No 8 Mickey Panocho was on the end of a pick and drive move.
Clevedon secured the win when with eight minutes remaining a fine break by Tom O’Rourke saw him score under the posts for the easy conversion. |
