SRFC Vs Plympton Victoria 55 - 7

Twomeads saw a resurgent Salcombe this Saturday, looking to bounce back to winning ways after two hard losses. From the kick off Salcombe’s attack looked dangerous and lively in a game that was largely fast and loose. 

Salcombe’s first try came after a scrum combined with a well worked backs move and cheeky grubber from 10 Jordan Anderton, pounced on by returning full back Mark Parnowski showing off football skills like Ronaldo to dribble it past stunned Plym-Vic players and dive into the corner. Conversion missed by Clarke. 

This was the case with Salcombe’s 2nd try of the afternoon. Strong hard running from centre Eddie willow saw him take on 3 defenders and pop the ball to Parnowski who again went over in the corner. Conversion missed by Clarke. After a mishandled restart allowing the visitors a sniff in Salcombe’s 22, Salcombe were able to clear with a turn over penalty. This trend was to continue for the afternoon. 

Salcombe’s 3rd try of the afternoon came from the captain Lee Clarke. After hard running from Salcombe forwards a little show and go snipe from the back of a ruck saw him go in under the posts. He then added to his score by converting it. 

Kick off again proved problematic for the Crabs resulting in dropped balls and a turn over. Again the home sides aggressive off the line defence won the ball back with an interception from winger Sam Wilkins. Salcombe’s final try of the half came from Eddie Willows. A pop pass from centre partner Liam Wills and with hips seldom seen outside of a Strictly ballroom, Willows went in under the posts. Conversion missed by Clarke. 

The second half started much as the first finished, a kick off mistake giving the visitors possession to put Salcombe on the back foot, and again aggressive defence causing Vic’s to give the ball back to Salcombe. The Crabs 5th try of the afternoon came as a bit of a surprise, a questionable cross field kick to give Vics backs possession and aggressive defence to win the ball back, saw two miss passes and a cheeky back door pass by hooker Matt ‘Littler’ Harvey saw prop Dan Sinnott go over the line in Clubhouse Corner. Converted by Clarke. 

Salcombe didn’t have it their own way all afternoon a mis-communication at the line out and a lapse in concentration saw the red wall broken and Vics their first converted try.  Kick off had more problems for the tiring Vics team. A team yellow saw them reduced to 14 and a quick tap penalty with a training ground move made space for winger Graham McNicol go over in Clubhouse Corner. Converted by Clarke. 

A successful kick off retention, box kick return and aggressive defence again saw the visitors hand possession back to the Crabs. From the resulting scrum saw No. 8 Kieron Clarke have a pick and run from inside the Crabs half, slalom between 3 defenders and go in under the posts. Converted by brother Clarke. Aggressive defence from kick off again saw Crabs in the opposition 22, with a line out into a well rehearsed backs move, the ball ended up in the hands of winger Sam Wilkins who went over in the corner. Conversion missed. 

Salcombe’s final try of the afternoon came off the back of the still aggressive Crabs defence after a period of sustained pressure in their own 22. A quick tap penalty from Anderton saw him and centre Willows show a clean pair of heels to the tired Vics defence. Converted by Clarke. Final score 55-7. 

SRFC would like to thank Plym Vic for the game, The volunteers for providing the catering and the bar staff. Salcombe have 2 weeks off now to heal some inured bodies and kick on after this great result into the second quarter of the season.

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By Dan Sinnott