Cornwall and Devon

Veor 15

Tavistock 35

AFTER some pre- match problems with the home side's pitch and a collapsing goalpost, it resulted in the game being played at Camborne RFC.

It was evident that in the early stages of the game there was a interruption in focus. Veor gave everything they had in the opening minutes of the game resulting in an early try after continuous picking and driving.

However, Tavistock were patient and calmed down their rugby to pressurise Veor.

Andrew Griffith made some yard gaining runs which stunned the Veor defence and gaining good territory for Tavistock. A well-constructed maul led to Andrew Kaka pickiing up the ball close to the opposition's line and dive over for a dramatic score. This levelled the scores early on and Richard West converted.

Veor didn't show any signs of lacking confidence and came back with some attacking rugby. However, Tavistock found themselves deep inside the oppositions' half. A good scrum pressured the opposition and quick reactions from Duncan Law caused a charge down, in which Doug Lloyd capitalised on to score.

The foundations were set and Tavistock played with more bravery.

However, Veor caught Tavistock off guard to get another try but this did not dent Tavistock's confidence and in the second half Danny Luffman scored, with a scintillating run. Richard West converted to build the Tavistock lead.

Veor did not give up and pressured the Tavistock defence. Tavistock were penalised a few times on which Veor had the chance to turn into points. Luckily the wind was on Tavistock's side and the score board did not keep ticking over for the opposition.

A crucial penalty from Richard West sailed over to set the foundation for a good away win. This gave Tavistock a release of pressure on which winger Will Glover capitalised from a well-timed Danny Luffman pass to crash over the line to score the bonus point try.

Clever play and reactions under pressure saw a crucial drop goal from Tavistock's number 10 Richard West to increase the lead.

After this Tavistock played some good running rugby and after a tremendous effort from all the eight forwards, Tavistock pressured Veor into a poorly aimed kick to touch. The loose ball was gathered and shipped wide for Charlie Furnival to score in the corner.

All in all it was a patchy display which resulted in a crucial away win to keep the momentum rolling, Tavistock were indebted to two individual outstanding performances from William Tomkins and Doug Lloyd.