Sat 19 Mar 2011
National League 3 South West
Bournemouth 70 Weston-super-Mare 24
PLAY-OFF chasing Bournemouth showed no mercy to a severely depleted Weston team as they scored 10 tries at Chapel Gate.
The visitors were forced into no fewer than eight late changes, but other results were in their favour as they maintained their ninth position in National 3 South West table.
James Mackay’s 22nd minute penalty was Weston’s sole reply, but they started the second half in positive fashion with breaks by centres Jon Gallagher and Dewey Swartbooi and wing Paul Sprague.
Then a counter attack by full-back Kirk Middlemiss created a penalty which Jack Conway took quickly to stroll over. Mackay converted but Bournemouth responded straight away with scrum-half Hardcastle’s second try which Pollard converted.
However, Weston were still improving when George Wright instigated a move running left, and after good handling by Middlemiss and Sprague, the winger finished the move on the right.
Mackay converted again but Weston’s poor defending and loose passing were to be punished before the end.
But in between, replacement wing Matthew Burns ran in a good try for Mackay to convert.
Weston-super-Mare: K Middlemiss, G Wright (M Burns 62), D Swartbooi, J Gallagher, P Sprague, J Mackay, J Conway, L Grimes (J Whatley h/t), C Withers, S Donegan, S Eaton, A Russell, J Rudkin, R Bignell (E Barker h/t), G Sparks (capt).
Weston-super-Mare scores - tries: J Conway, G Wright, M Burns; cons: J Mackay (3); pen: J Mackay
