Western Counties

Truro 13

Tavistock 15

AFTER two heavy defeats in their last two outings, against Okehampton and Penryn, Tavistock got back to winning ways when they overturned the odds by winning at Truro on Saturday.

The first half hour was scoreless but Tavistock created more chances and were unlucky not to get points after two excellent breaks from Owain Lloyd. These opportunities went begging when the first petered out because of a lack of support and the second when the scoring pass could not be collected by Jamie O'Gallagher.

However, the field position created by Owain's break the forwards kept the ball tight and eventually number Ben Williams was driven over the line.

Truro hit back before with a penalty from Scott Martin after the visitors were put under their own posts.

From the restart Truro took the lead with a try from prop Chris Gilbert who was driven over from a rolling maul. Martin added the conversion for a 10-5 lead. Tavistock were lucky not to fall further behind when Truro took advantage of a sleepy visitors' defence to work winger Aron Struminski clear and only a last ditch tackle from Tavistock wing Danny Luffman prevented a score.

Early in the second half Truro extended their advantage to eight points with a second penalty from Scott Martin.

Tavy pressed to reduce the arrears with centres Doug Lloyd and Jamie O'Gallagher asking questions of the Truro defence.

As the game entered its final quarter Tavy were rewarded with a second try when Owain Lloyd's running line opened a gap in the Truro defence which allowed him to score.

With time running out the Devon side battered the Truro line but were unsuccessful until two minutes from time when winger Danny Luffman picked up a pass inside his own half and a dazzling run saw him score in the corner to give them the lead.

From the restart Tavistock transgressed and Truro were awarded a penalty. Fortunately for the visitors the kick went wide and they were able to run down the clock to grab a much needed win.

The post-match analysis by the Truro management felt that their team had not played well but in truth they played as well as they were allowed with their side dominating the forward exchanges for long periods. The Tavistock back row of Will Brown, who had his best game of the season, Owain Lloyd and Ben Williams were outstanding and it was their determination in the tackle and excellent ball carrying that laid the foundations for the rest of the pack to feed on.