Lost but didn't give up

Early pressure from the large home pack resulted in a penalty try after ten minutes. Scouts attacked from the restart and after a couple of strong runs lock Richard Bussey stormed over for Adam Frost to convert and level the score.
MM went ahead again when a blindside break saw them score out wide with the conversion just missing.
With the half almost up Scouts grabbed the lead for the first time when again their attack made huge holes in the home side defence and Alex McKay dotted down. Frost added the extras.
There appeared to be an unexplained eight minutes added to the first half which resulted in a questionable second penalty try for the hosts.
Frost slotted a penalty after the restart to narrow the gap but MM’s large forwards were gaining ground and two further tries by the end of the third quarter gave them a 31-17 advantage.
Scouts were not giving up and almost scored when Tom Holliday made a seventy metre break but just ran out of gas and the support runners could not capitalise. However Scouts did have the final say when replacement scrum half Matt Brown dived over. Frosts conversion attempt, which would have gained a losing bonus point, narrowly missed.