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Dorset & Wilts Division 1 North
Minety move clear
Cooper Avon Tyres 11pts - Minety 1st XV 24pts
Minety
ran four tries past Cooper Avon Tyres to secure a convincing away win
and consolidate their position at the top of the table.
Minety’s hard-working pack laid the foundation for the
win, wresting control of the scrums and providing a secure supply of
ball. They also created both Minety’s first-half tries. The first
was scored in the left corner by number 8 Jack Ward from a
catch-and-drive following a lineout. The move that led to the second
also started with a driving maul, although this time the ball was
flicked out to skipper Martin Coe on the blindside wing. He was held up
short of the line but supporting flanker Charlie Gawthropp was able to
grab the ball and bundle over for the try in the right-hand corner.
Neither try was converted and Minety also missed a penalty goal
attempt. Their hosts had better luck with the boot, kicking two penalty
goals to make it 6-10 in Minety’s favour at half time.
Having lost flyhalf Will Dyer with a dead leg, Minety brought on Oli
Bown at flanker after the break while Ward moved to standoff.
Cooper Avon Tyres took the lead 15 minutes into the second half thanks
to a lineout catch-and-drive of their own which was capped by a forward
breaking away and diving over for a try in the corner.
Behind by a single point, Minety hit back, first with a try from Ward
who took scrum ball and chipped it over his opposite number. Having
gathered his own kick, he chipped again, regathered and then
sidestepped the fullback before touching down under the posts. He then
completed his personal tour de force by kicking the conversion.
The visitors capitalised on turnover ball to seal their win. Prop Craig
Smith wrenched possession from his opponents after a lineout inside
Minety’s 22 and smuggled the ball back to scrumhalf Max Sparrow.
He sprinted round the melee of forwards before putting away his
captain, who had moved to inside centre to accommodate replacement
Robin Greenway on the wing. Coe stepped inside one would-be tackler and
then outside another before charging threequarters the length of the
pitch for a try under the posts at the other end.
Ward slotted the conversion to make it 11-24 at the death.
Minety are away again this Saturday, this time playing Westbury in the Dorset & Wilts Senior Cup.