Tavistock Colts 8
Brixham Colts 33
TAVISTOCK Colts produced a lack-lustre performance against Brixham at Sandy Park on Saturday.
Missing players from three key positions and with some obvious hangover from the superb college win in the Tens Tournament just three days earlier, Tavistock never really got a grip on the game. Brixham forwards scored the first try after 10 minutes, before losing their lock-forward to a red card for a cynical kick at the Tavistock scrum half Ross Malton, right under the referee's nose.
Tavistock then produced their only try of the game with the backs linking to move the ball right across the pitch for George Rodgers to score in the corner.
Despite being down to 14 players, Brixham's forwards were much more aggressive and the visitors' second try came from their back-row forwards breaking Tavistock's line to score under the posts just before half time.
The second half was similar to the first, some good possession by Tavistock before losing the ball to the visitors who made much more yardage - chiefly through their more determined forwards.
By 80 minutes, the visitors had scored a further three tries to Tavistock's penalty, both teams had lost a player to a yellow card and the game had become very scrappy. This was a disappointing result for Tavistock Colts.