North Petherton 2nd XV 48, Chard 2nd XV 5 (From Bridgwater Mercury)

North Petherton 2nd XV 48, Chard 2nd XV 5

3:30pm Sunday 28th February 2010 in

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PETHERTON were out for revenge after suffering a 30-point defeat away against Chard - and they got it.

The home side started off excellently, interlinking well with great off loading and direct running, which resulted in Tom Williams scoring out wide within the first five minutes, Harry Roberts converted.

Petherton's debutant second row Ben Stewart scored the next try crashing over following some good work by the forwards, again Roberts converted.

The dominant pack again set up the third and fourth tries for brothers Simon and Matt Ranson, Roberts missed both conversions. Chard rarely threatened Petherton's line their only score came from a Pethy knock-on which Chard gathered and broke away up the slope to score, resulting in a half time score of 24 -5.

The second half started off well for Petherton who were playing up the slope, with centre Robin Havill making a great line break to score out wide, Roberts added the extra two points.

The next try came when Tom Williams broke up the right hand side and, looking to set up skipper Ben Williams, he chipped over the three defenders. The kick was slightly out of reach for Williams, who delicately flicked the ball on to full back Sutherland-Earl to score in the corner, Roberts missed the extras.

Skipper Williams had his moment five minutes later when after some good mauling up the field, the ball came wide to hooker Nathan Murdoch who off loaded to Williams. He had to dive down low to gather the ball and score in the corner in one motion, Roberts made an excellent conversion going over off the cross bar. The final try came from the opposite winger Luke Williams after some good running from the back line, the conversion was missed.

Next week Petherton 1st XV host high flying Kingsbridge while the2nd XV entertain Somerton.