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Dartmouth RFC 17 Kingsbridge 2nds 05

Dartmouth RFC 17 Kingsbridge 2nds 05

Les Jefferies16 Sep 2014 - 15:09
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Another pre season Win


Dartmouth RFC 17 Kingsbridge 2nds 05

Dartmouth’s winning ways continued last week with an impressive win against Kingsbridge 2nds. The win came all the better because Dartmouth were without key players. Karl Caunter, Jamie Kearney, John Dingle, Martin Sharam were all playing out of position. I don’t want to tempt fate but Dartmouth has the winning mentality that they had three seasons ago when Norton was “The Fortress” and Dartmouth went up from Devon Two to Devon One. The feel in the Dartmouth camp is that of a gutsy determination to win.

The first try came from Jake Lomas with four minutes gone. John Dingle picking the ball up from a ruck passing the ball through the hands and with Karl Caunter sprinting up the wing, unselfishly popping the ball to Jake Lomas who thought he had a hot potato in his hand juggled the ball safely to his chest and went over for his first of the season. Dartmouth’s fly half, Vince May just missing the conversion with the wind just blowing the ball wide. With Dartmouth dominating the scrums’ and lineouts, Dartmouth just couldn’t get the elusive try and the score remained five nil up to the half time whistle.

Another good half time talk from John Dingle, gave the team the impetus they needed for the second half. Dartmouth’s coach, Lee Chase making a couple of half time changes. Chase bringing off, Andy Williams, Simon Entwistle and Scott Silsbury and bringing on Dave Bradley, Dan Jones and after advice from Martin Sharam, Dave Cudd. The large crowd didn’t have to wait too long for try number two for Dartmouth, Dartmouth putting pressure on Kingsbridge in a lineout, John Dingle picking the ball up and going over with just five minutes of the restart. This time Vince Hill putting his laces through the ball to take the score to 12 – 0.

Kingsbridge were gifted a try just moments later, Kingsbridge stealing the ball and spinning the ball out to their backs. Dartmouth had to wait a while for the next try and it was Karl Caunter who picked the ball up in Kingsbridge’s 22 and bullied his way over the white wash with half an hour gone in the second half. That’s the way it stayed up to the final whistle and the team were more than happy with their workman like performance Dartmouth’s big test will be New Cross, New Cross play in Devon One and it will be a tough, contested match but the way Dartmouth are playing there may be an upset at Strap Lane.

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