Old Redcliffians III 7, North Petherton II 17 (From Bridgwater Mercury)

Old Redcliffians III 7, North Petherton II 17

12:00pm Wednesday 13th February 2013 in Sport

Somerset One

Old Redcliffians III 7, North Petherton II 17

North Petherton Seconds responded in the best possible manner from last weekend's humbling defeat by St Bernadettes with a spirited victory away at Old Reds, writes Matt Glanville.

The first half was an old fashioned dog fight in the middle of the park with neither side threatening a score and the home side coming closest before they were stopped just short of the try line.

Petherton started the second half on the attack and scrum-half Dan Pearce opened the scoring with a penalty.

The visitors extended that lead to 10-0 after good work from Miller and Stevens saw Craig Palmer crash over the line.

That soon became 17-0 when Jarvis, Miller and Palmer linked up again to put Stevens through and Petherton into a 17-0 lead.

The home side pressed in the last 15 minutes and were rewarded with a close range score under the posts, what proved to be the final score of the match.