Bridgwater & Albion RFC 29 – Barton Hill – 0 – Match Report – Saturday 16th September
. Bridgwater & Albion RFC 29 – Barton Hill – 0
Bridgwater and Albion RFC made it two wins in a row for the first time in a while when they proved too much of a handful for Barton Hill and scored five tries to earn a bonus point .
A brace of second half tries for the returning Kyran Devitt was the icing on the cake. This was against a team who were dominated by their forwards who ran out of steam as the game went on. Had the fleet footed hosts made the most of their chances the margin of victory could easily have been greater.
Homes side dominated
Bridgwater dominated their opening passages of play and created early pressure on the Barton Hill line. The final pass went to ground.
Almost a quarter of an hour had passed before the visitors made their first skirmish into Albion territory. At this time the danger was cleared.
The hosts then countered well and worked their way deep into Barton HIll territory. They earned a penalty which was taken quickly and played to Jay Owens. Owens went over in the left hand corner for an unconverted try.
The visitors replied strongly and mounted a series of attacks on the Bridgwater line. Although on each occasion, the home defence held firm.
As the clock ticked down to half time Barton Hill were awarded several penalties. These, on each occasion was kicked to touch close to the Bridgwater line. Try as they may the visitors were unable to cross the line and the half time score remained 5-0 to the hosts.
Bridgwater & Albion RFC came out all guns blazing!
The Albion came out from the interval all guns blazing. Almost from the kick off the ball found Lewis Plece. Plece made a strong run down the right before touching down for a try behind the posts. Harrison Greenslade added the extras to.
The hosts continued to press forward. On the 55th minute, number 8, Harrison Cornish made a strong run and was rewarded with a try to extend the lead.
The longer the game went on the more telling the Albion attacks became and after the ball was worked well across the backs. The ball found Devitt out on the left who went over for an unconverted try.
On half an hour captain George Sluman charged through the middle and appeared to touch down for a try, but the score was disallowed.
In the dying minutes of the game Bridgwater were very much in the ascendancy and once again the ball was worked well across the backs before it found Devitt on the left who went over for his second try which Greenslade duly converted, to make the final score 29-0.
On Saturday the Albion travel to Bristol to face Old Redcliffians who are likely to prove much
Bridgwater & Albion RFC Team
Alex Hannah, Gavin Knight, Harry Pentelow, Leigh Parker, Tom Hopkins, Josh Parker, George Sluman (capt), Harrison Cornish, Scott Franklin, Harrison Greenslade, Jay Owens, Josh Frost, Lewis Plece, Thomas Croal and Kyran Devitt.
Replacements- Graham Slorance, Alex Knight and Jake Knight.
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