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Tavistock 60

Torrington 0

THE match's first try came directly from Torrington's kick off, centre Batten got involved immediately with a strong break down the blind side and unselfishly passed infield for Mark Friend to finish off with a try under the posts. Fly half West converted it with ease.

Torrington barely had time to work out what had just happened before a surging forward attack led by props Aidy Baker and Matt Martin took Tavistock deep into Torries half — some slick passing from West, saw winger Charlie Furnivall finish neatly in the corner to make it 12-0.

Tavistock lost Danny Luffman to injury and scrum half Ewan Smith to the sin bin. However the Red and Blacks worked harder to make up for the one man deficit and flanker Duncan Law powered over for another try.

Torrington were struggling to hit back and before long Tavistock were on the attack again and after strong support running from second row Andy Schuttkacker and quick rucking, the ball found its way home, into centre Doug Lloyd's hands, who touched down. West added the conversions leaving a half time score of 24-0.

Torrington gained credit for their dogged defensive commitment despite being up against an in form team. It was this tackling that kept Tavistock at bay at the start of the second half and play became scrappy but it West caught Torrington on the back foot and score a converted try himself. Hooker Lloyd James joined in the party shortly afterwards with a try following yet another of his powerful runs, taking the ball from inside the fly half and puncturing Torrington through the heart of their defence.

Tavistock were on the rampage once more. Flankers Law and Friend worked tirelessly at the breakdown and gained deserved recognition as, it seems, their excellent form in recent weeks has simply become routine practice.

Arguably the try of the game belonged to replacement flanker-come-winger Dan Oner. After a strong turnover at the scrum, Number eight Andrew Griffiths showed his deceptive turn of speed and broke to supply seductively quick hands through Smith, West, Lloyd, Batten and finally Oner who superbly finished off the most opportunistic of tries.

Further tries from West and centre Ross Batten made this a comprehensive win for the home team.