Chew Valley RFC 55 – Bridgwater and Albion RFC – 0

Emma Kemmish | 07/02/2022

Chew Valley RFC 55 – Bridgwater and Albion RFC – 0

Bridgwater and Albion RFC made the trip to high flying Chew Valley on Saturday afternoon where they competed strongly, but were beaten by a side who now top the table.

Chew won the toss and choose to play with the conditions in the first half. This meant that they were playing with a the slops and strong wind in their favour. Albion were playing into direct sunlight so it was always going to be a difficult first half

Bridgwater and Albion started well

Albion started well and neither side was in ascendancy until the 14th minute when following a period of pressure Chew scored their first try under the posts, which was converted.

Another even period of play followed until the 23rd minute when Chew were awarded a penalty just inside the Albion half which they tapped and went quickly on the left and following some good handling they scored a try out on the right which they converted.

Almost from the re-start Chew scored another try again as a result of slick handling from left to right. This was again converted making the score 21-0.

Yellow card for Chew Valley

The visitors then enjoyed a good period of play and on 35 minutes. Chew Valley had a yellow card for handling in the ruck close to the line. The resulting penalty Albion went over but were held up.

There was no further score and the teams went into half time 21-0.

In the second half Chew scored a try in the 44th minute following a series of good moves. In the 49th minute Chew scored another uncovered try and another 10 minutes later.

More converted tries…

The home side scored again in the 67th and 71st minutes both of which were converted. Their final try of the game came in the 75th which was unconverted, making the final score 55-0.

Afterwards Geoff Sluman the Albion Director of Rugby said: “The scoreboard doesn’t lie but it doesn’t reflect the large periods of the game where we competed very well with them. They are now top of the table and a good side. We competed evenly for long periods of the game.

He added: “We just had lapses of concentration when they scored three tries within a few minutes of each other.”

Bridgwater and Albion RFC Team

-James Palmer, Gavin Knight, Matt Ranson, Tom Hopkins, Olly Davis, Karolis Urbonas,George Sluman (capt), Ethan Trubbel Westlake, Jon Hill, Stuart Heal, Ross Mark, Jay Owens, Tom Croal, Aiden Robinson and Oskar White,

Replacements all used – Oskar White, Roger Drabble and Dan Page.

On Saturday Bridgwater & Albion return to College Way to face Newent who have won 10 of their 16 games this season and currently occupy sixth place in the table. When the two sides met in October the Forest of Dean side ran out the winners of a hard fought contest 29-20 Saturday’s match kicks off at 3pm.

Chew Valley RFC 55 – Bridgwater and Albion RFC – 0