Devon one

TOTNES 3

NORTH TAWTON 73

THE score suggests it was a one sided affair and the stark truth is after a shaky first 10 minutes from the visitors it was indeed.

Totnes scored first from a penalty offside by North Tawton for 3-0 to the home side who at this stage looked full of running; with a few dropped passes from North Tawton it looked that maybe the away side were in for a hard afternoon.

However after 15 minutes a Si Quick try settled any jitters for the visitors; it was converted by James Bowden. North Tawton took control after a missed penalty from Totnes which seem to take ages to take as the home team needing to get their breath back after a sustained period of fast open play by a North Tawton team getting the taste for it with three tries in ten minutes.

This put the game well out of reach of a disheartened Totnes side.

The best of the tries came from a Totnes restart as Si Quick off loaded to Si Cox – the pair ran from inside their own ten metre line for Si Cox to score without a Totnes player touching the ball.

From then on in it was just about North Tawton keeping the score board ticking. There were three tries for Craig Dennis, two tries for James Bowden and one each for Matt Baker, Si Cox, Si Quick, Gary Sizmur, James Miller and Matt Hurrell with nine of the conversions successful – taking the score to an outstanding 73 points.

Totnes appeared more pleased to hear the final whistle than North Tawton who by the finish were throwing the ball around with impunity and enjoying a run out in the South Hams sunshine.