Dartmouth RFC 5 North Tawton RFC 33
Dartmouth beaten by league leaders at home
Dartmouth RFC 5 North Tawton RFC 33
Dartmouth welcomed top of the table North Tawton to Norton Playing Fields as the only team left in the league with a 100% win record. Not the best time then for Dartmouth to be hit with a mini injury crises which currently sees over 10 players unavailable through injury.
Dartmouth started well and were pushing forward when on 5 minutes North Tawton pounced on a dropped ball and broke away to score to put them in an early 0-7 lead. It didn't get any better for Dartmouth 5 minutes later when another mistake led to North Tawton doubling there lead to 0-14. Dartmouth having plenty of the ball were awarded a penalty on 20 minutes on the North Tawton 22 meter line but after a quick tap and go was overturned the away team broke at pace and added try number 3 to take the score to 0-21.Dartmouth could not turn possession into points for the remainder of the first half and the score stayed at 0-21 at half time.
The second half started like the first and it only took 3 minutes for North Tawton to score their 4th try of the match securing a bonus point. Dartmouth kept battling though and on 54 minutes were rewarded when prop Dec Hammond went over the line for a deserved try. With the conversion getting charged down it was just the 5 points for the Darts. North Tawton were not finished though and managed to add another try with 15 minutes left on the clock to leave the final score at 5-33. Although a defeat for Dartmouth they did manage to have a lot of the ball and if it wasn't for a few costly mistakes the score may well have been closer but North Tawton are a very tough team and they showed why they are top of the league.
Next up for Dartmouth is a trip to Buckfastleigh this Saturday 10th November in the 2nd round of the Devon Junior Cup in a 14.30 kick off.
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Brock, Linford
Picot, Xavier
Britton, Koree
Benjamin, Piers
Hawkins, Matt
Lockerbie, Will
Parrott, Alex
Caunter, Karl
Churchill, Myles
Burrows, Ryan
Stirk, Jack
Clark, Tom
Jones, Dan
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| # | Team | Pl | Pts |
| 1. | North Tawton | 18 | 70 |
| 2. | Exeter Athletic | 14 | 55 |
| 3. | Exeter Saracens | 12 | 40 |
| 4. | Tamar Saracens | 16 | 35 |
| 5. | Buckfastleigh Ramblers | 15 | 33 |
| 6. | Old Technicians | 13 | 28 |
| 7. | Dartmouth | 18 | 27 |
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