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Cullompton thirds 5

WITH no first team fixture this week North Tawton took the chance to give their second team a run out against a Cullumpton third team.

While the scoreboard might tell its own story this was a lively encounter that maybe did not reflect the effort made by the visitors and they played a lot better than their five points suggest.

In the blink of an eye the A team were two tries up and looking in control. Cullompton did take advantage of North Tawton’s lack of concentration to score what was to prove to be their only points of the match and for a minute or two looked like they might be able to improve on the five points but a good spell of play from the home side with a few tries for good measure put the game beyond Cullompton by half time.

The second half got under way with more of the same from Tawton but it has to be said Cullompton never gave up on the match and were a credit to the shirts.

North Tawton welcomed back one or two faces — Cam Rickaby back in the fold and Dave Fewings, who scored tries for fun; more importantly for Tawton it was good to see some new faces having ago, who will keep the first team players on their toes which has got to be good for the club.